Vietnam: Purple onion farmers are excited because the harvest is good

In the past few days, farmers in the area specializing in growing purple onions in Vinh Chau town, Soc Trang province are starting to harvest the commercial onion crop. This year, the people of Vinh Chau purple onion (capital) are quite excited, because the commercial onion price is twice as high, the yield increased by 30% compared to the previous year. According to Mr. Ong Hoang Tich (Vinh Hai commune), Vinh Chau town, this year the family planted 5,000 m2 of commercial onions, currently harvested nearly 3,000m2, with a yield of nearly 2 tons/1,000m2, selling price 25,000 VND/kg, minus the profit cost, bringing back nearly 20 million VND/1,000m2 of commercial purple onions. This year, farmers growing commercial onions in Vinh Chau town are quite excited, because the current price of purple onions is nearly double that of the onion crop year 2021-2022, the yield per 1,000m2 increases from 300-500 kg compared With the previous crop, there are few pests and diseases, so investment ...