Vietnam: Tan Lac red grapefruit conquers the world thanks to biosafety

Regaining position Although he is 70 years old this year, Mr. Duong Tat Tinh is still very alert, agile and healthy. When first meeting him, many people think he is only in his 60s. Moving quickly in the red grapefruit garden, Mr. Tinh said: "At its peak, each Tan Lac red grapefruit was sold for 30,000 - 35,000 VND, but now it is only about 5,000 VND/fruit". The peak period that Mr. Tinh mentioned was from 2016 - 2018, when Tan Lac red grapefruit became a phenomenon, extremely popular in the market. But not long after, the widespread grafting and separation of varieties, everywhere rushed to grow red grapefruit, causing the market to become saturated, prices went down. Cheap prices, increased labor and materials, many gardeners in Tan Lac (Hoa Binh) let the grapefruit trees grow and die on their own, selling whatever fruit they got at the end of the year, sometimes for only about 2,000 VND/fruit. But then they realized that leaving it like that was a waste of land and expensive, ...