Customers are seen buying litchis in a supermarket in HCM City - Photo: Vu Yen

The authorities of Bac Giang Province insisted that some 60 domestic and foreign traders had come to purchase litchi at over 40 farms in early harvest season.


“The information litchi prices went down at a record low of VND10,000 per three-kilo bunch does not reflect the litchi production and consumption in the province, causing worries to farmers,” the provincial authority stressed.

Litchi prices in the early season reached a peak between VND30,000 and VND45,000 per kilo. Litchi cultivated according to VietGap standard cost VND22,000 a kilo on June 1 in Tan Yen District.

However, the provincial government admitted that litchi priced at VND10,000 a kilo was of poor quality with small sizes.

“Bac Giang litchi consumption at the time averages out at 1,200 tons a day, with 9,000 tons having been sold, generating estimated revenue of VND170 billion,” VnEconomy cited the authority as saying.