Millions of tons of agricultural products in the South and the Central Highlands of Vietnam are congested

The above information was shared by Minister Nguyen Hong Dien at an online conference on connecting consumption and promoting the export of agricultural and aquatic products in the South and Central Highlands on the afternoon of August 6. According to him, the southern provinces and the Central Highlands are also in the fruit harvest season (dragon fruit, pomelo, longan, avocado, durian ...) so the quantity to be consumed is up to 4 million tons. In addition, there are 600,000 tons of chicken, 400 million eggs, 120,000 tons of seafood, 80,000 tons of live pork... are looking for output and markets. With millions of tons of agricultural products to be consumed, especially rice, Minister Dien said that he would propose to the Government to buy and temporarily store 4 million tons of rice (equivalent to 2.5 million tons of rice) for consumption by farmers in the region. in the Mekong Delta, and at the same time stockpiling in the context that "the whole world will surely lack food ...