VietNamNet Bridge – Over one month before Lunar New Year (Tet), more than 1,200 farmers in Nhon An commune, Binh Dinh province, are very busy harvesting apricots, with the expectation of earning tens of thousands of USD this Tet.



 

Apricot trees from An Nhon commune are sold to many provinces to serve the Tet holiday.

 
 

Mr. Ho Van Minh said that thanks to good weather, apricot trees have developed well this year, promising a good season.

"My family has 900 ornamental apricot pots and we expect to earn at least VND200 million ($10,000)," Minh said.

 

 

 
 

He said if the weather stays warm from now to Tet holiday, local farmers will "win big" because apricot trees will blossom at the right time. 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

In late 2012, the Intellectual Property Office issued the brand protection certificate for "Nhon An yellow apricot".

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Mr. Phan Van Tu has about 2,000 pots of apricot for this Tet.

 

 

 
 

Tu said traders from Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Ho Chi Minh City had made deposits to purchase his trees.

 

 

 
 

He said this year his family could earn more than VND400 million ($20,000).

 

 

 
 

Trees four to five years old are the most favored by traders, priced at about VND1.5-VND2 million ($70-$100).

 

 

 
 

According to the local government, farmers of An Nhon commune have earned more than VND3 billion ($150,000) from selling apricots this year.

 

 

 

 
 

 

Annually, An Nhon people sells nearly 2 million pots of apricot during Tet, grossing over VND17 billion ($830,000).

 

 

 

 
 

Two months before Tet, hundreds of workers are hired to work at apricot gardens, earning from VND150,000 to VND200,000 per day.



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