The province has sent a document signed by provincial people’s committee Chairman Le Anh Duong to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh about the issue.
According to Duong, up to nearly 80% of the population in Bac Giang live in rural areas. At present, local farmers are raising nearly one million pigs with a total pork productivity of 44,000 tonnes; around 10,000 tonnes of chickens; 1,100 hectares of vegetables, 28,000 hectares of lychee and other kinds of fruits, including oranges and longans. Among those, 180,000 tonnes of lychee have ripened. Meanwhile, some 20,000 tonnes of longans need to be harvested between July and the end of August.
The lychees in Bac Giang
However, the province has become the epicentre of the most recent Covid-19 wave, affecting the farm produce sales. Farm produce transportation from Bac Giang is facing difficulties.
The province has informed the prime minister of the situation and hopes the government leader can instruct localities nationwide to create favourable conditions for the transportation of Bac Giang’s farm produce.
The province has pledged that all local products transported to other areas are safe. All drivers and their assistants have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.
The Bac Giang official asked the government to adopt measures to encourage companies and supermarket chains to buy Bac Giang farm produce.
Media agencies were also asked to help promote Bac Giang’s products, particularly those with Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) and Global GAP standards.
Over the past two weeks, Bac Giang has recorded hundreds of locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases with the majority from industrial parks. The province has closed four industrial parks since Tuesday.
