Vietnam: Forcing rambutan trees to produce off-season fruit, Vinh Long farmers pick and sell more expensive

The whole Long Ho district has about 1,700 hectares of rambutan cultivation. In order to increase the value of this fruit tree, for many years, the people of 4 islet communes have applied techniques to handle off-season fruit. On average, people in the district handle 200-300 ha of off-season rambutans every year. This year, rambutan has a good yield, and the selling price is also high. Currently, Java rambutan costs from 20,000-25,000 VND/kg, sugar rambutan 28,000-30,000 VND/kg, Thai rambutan 40,000-45,000 VND/kg. Many gardeners are very excited. Rambutan against the high season, farmers in Long Ho district (Vinh Long province) excited. According to some gardeners, rambutan handling the bad season requires technical and labor care as well as high investment costs, but in return, the selling price is higher than that of rambutan in the favorable season. With the current selling price, after deducting costs, each rambutan grower earns tens of millions of dong. Growing rambutan for ...