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First lychees to be sent to the US, Australia

May 29th at 13:42
29-05-2015 13:42:39+07:00

First lychees to be sent to the US, Australia

The first containers of Viet Nam's lychee will undergo irradiation treatment and be shipped to the United States and Australia in a few days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Nguyen Huu Dat, Director of the Post-Export Plant Quarantine Centre No 2 under the MARD's Plant Protection Department (PPD), said the Anh Duong Sao Company will ship their first consignments of lychee to the US on May 30.

Meanwhile, the first containers to Australia will be freighted on June 10 by the Rong Do Company. More shipments are expected to follow, Dat said.

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