Off-season fruits prove lucrative for Mekong Delta farmers


Dragon fruits being grown to organic standards in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An. – VNA/VNS

HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are increasingly growing fruits out of season and more efficiently.

In 2013 the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had unveiled plans for growing five key fruits - dragon fruit, mango, rambutan, durian, and longan – during their off-season in the delta’s 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City and the south - central province of Bình Thuận, the country’s largest dragon fruit grower.

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