Vietnamese Lychee Production Increases by 30%, with 90% of Exports Supplying the Chinese Market

Published 2025년 5월 29일

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According to the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam's lychee industry is set to experience significant growth in 2025. Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows that the national lychee production is expected to reach 303,000 tons, representing a year-on-year increase of approximately 30%. This growth is primarily attributed to optimized cultivation techniques in major production areas and stable climate conditions. Among these regions, Bac Giang Province leads with 165,000 tons, accounting for 54.4% of the total national production; followed by Hai Duong Province (60,000 tons), Hung Yen Province (22,000 tons), Lang Son Province (22,000 tons), and Dak Lak Province (21,000 tons), forming a production landscape characterized by concentrated production in the northern regions and complementary specialized areas in the central and southern regions.

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In terms of planting scale, Vietnam has 469 registered lychee orchards nationwide, covering nearly 19,400 hectares, with 55 supporting packaging enterprises, providing a basic guarantee for centralized harvesting and standardized processing. It is worth noting that Vietnam's lychee harvest period is concentrated, divided into early-maturing varieties (May 20 to June 10) and regular varieties (June 10 to July 25). This staggered marketing time helps alleviate short-term market supply pressure but also raises higher requirements for logistics and sales channel timeliness. In terms of pricing, Vietnamese lychees in 2025 show a divergence between domestic and international markets. On the domestic market, due to significantly increased production and the transmission effect of price declines in major export markets like China, Vietnamese lychee procurement prices face certain pressure, with early-maturing lychee procurement prices in provinces like Bac Giang declining by approximately ...

Source: Foodmate