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First Hung Yen longan batch to be shipped to US

Jun 2nd at 14:27
02-06-2015 14:27:05+07:00

First Hung Yen longan batch to be shipped to US

Farmers in Hung Yen Province have reasons to be cheerful as their first batch of longan will be dispatched to the United States shortly.

According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Doan Thi Chai, the province had more than 20 hectares of longan that had been granted regional codes for export to the US.

They crop had been grown by over 170 local households in Hong Nam Commune in Hung Yen City, and Ham Tu Commune in Khoai Chau District, and they expected to harvest about 80 tonnes this year, she said.

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