Officially exported to China, the price of purple sweet potatoes increased 10 times

For many months, the price of purple sweet potato in Binh Tan district (Vinh Long) - the largest sweet potato growing region in the West was only 1,500 VND/kg, however, when it was allowed to officially export to China, the price of sweet potato has been reduced. increased to 15,000 VND/kg, ie 10 times increase. Mr. Son Van Luan - Director of Thanh Ngoc Agricultural Cooperative (Thanh Trung Commune, Binh Tan District) informed Dan Viet reporter, businesses said that purple sweet potatoes were purchased for 900,000 VND/quintal. "With 900,000 VND / quintal, it also means that people can sell 15,000 VND / kg. This price is quite high, but in reality, people do not have potatoes to sell" - Director of Agricultural Cooperative Thanh Ngoc said. "After the 2023 Lunar New Year, people just started to harvest sweet potatoes, because now people have just started planting and the output is not much," said Luan. In order for Binh Tan farmers to boldly grow purple sweet potatoes for export, ...