Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee, Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy said that mangoes were among the key products in the province's agricultural growth.
"We now have over 12,600 ha of mango with an annual output of over 225,000 tonnes," Thuy said. Over 50 percent of mangoes have been planted in Cho Moi District and have been exported to China, the US, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. This important achievement follows over a decade of negotiations by local farmers and traders."
According to the director of the Cu Lao Gieng Co-operative, Nguyen Minh Hien, they have over 100 official members who co-operate on mango cultivation across 70 ha, with annual output of over 1,700 tonnes.
"We're trying to apply new mango cultivation technologies to have better quality products in the coming time," Hien said.
Cho Moi district has the largest mango growing area in An Giang Province with more than 6,401ha. In 2009, 40 mango farming households in Tan My, My Hiep, and Binh Phuoc communes of the district carried out mango production according to VietGAP standards under the direction of the Central Horticultural Association.
The district has issued 41 area codes for planting green elephant mango with an area of over 6,149ha for export to China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, and the US.
Earlier on January 5, An Giang also exported seven tonnes of green-peel elephant mango (Mangifera Indica) to Australia and the US.
