Vietnam: Growing winter crops in Hai Duong, not yet harvested, traders ordered the whole field for 8 million/acre

After more than 2 months of planting and tending, 3 acres of cabbage of Ms. Pham Thi Oanh in Luy Duong village, Gia Luong commune (Gia Loc) have begun to grow. It will take more than a dozen days for this cabbage field to be harvested, but traders have already ordered it for 8 million VND/acre. Ms. Oanh shared: "Growing early winter vegetables is difficult, but it also brings the main source of income for our family because vegetables bring in many times more income than rice. Even though I sell young, after deducting expenses, I still earn a profit of 4.5 - 5 million VND per acre of cabbage." In the vegetable area of Hung Dao commune (Tu Ky), farmers also started harvesting winter vegetables early. Ms. Nguyen Thi Mien has more than 1 acre of kohlrabi growing. Currently, the first kohlrabi fields have begun to harvest. Traders buy whole kohlrabi fields for 3,000 VND/root. For each acres of field, farmers plant about 2,500 roots. At this price, farmers earn 7.5 million VND. Minus ...