Hung Yen longan fruits during harvest season

Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen. The fruit is round, its skin light yellow and firm, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent.

Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen. The fruit is round, its skin light yellow and firm, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent.

Longan fruit is a specialty of Hung Yen, which has light yellow and firm skin, while its flesh is fragrant, sweet and succulent

On a farm of over 5,000 sq.m, the family of Tran Van Du in Ne Chau village, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city harvests over 13 tonnes of fresh longan fruits each year, earning nearly 200 million VND in profit

Classifying, packaging longan fruits in Ne Chau village, Hong Nam commune, Hung Yen city

Hung Yen province is home to some 4,340ha of longan fruit farming. Half of longan fruits are grown under VietGAP standards

This year's output reached 42,000 tonnes, up nearly 20 percent year-on-year

During 2018 crop, the province actively adopted technological advances to extend harvest season

The locality also boosted trade promotion to keep traditional markets and reach new ones overseas

So far, distribution networks and major supermarket chains such as Sai Gon Coop, Big C, Hapro, An Viet company have signed deals to purchase about 32,000 tonnes of fresh longan fruits