Vietnam: Vinh Long sweet potato growers are tired of waiting for China to officially export

Regarding the sweet potato growing area in Binh Tan district (Vinh Long) - the largest sweet potato growing area in the West from over 14,000 hectares, sharply reduced to just over 700 hectares, Mr. Nguyen Van Liem - Deputy Director of Vinh Long Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the main reason why the price of purple sweet potatoes fell sharply was because they could not be exported to China through official channels. In the past, according to Mr. Liem, Binh Tan sweet potatoes could be exported to that country through a small quota, but it is increasingly inconvenient and incurs many high costs. Since the outbreak of the disease, China has implemented the Zero Covid policy, so sweet potatoes cannot be sold. "Since then, the price of purple sweet potatoes has dropped sharply, causing people to lose money, even a very heavy loss. The first time, the second time people still tried, but the third time people couldn't stand it, they didn't dare. people grow ...