Over 100 containers of Vietnamese mangoes shipped to U.S.

Luong Ngoc Trung Lap, former head of the market research department of the Southern Fruit Research Institute, confirmed the export volume of mangoes to the Saigon Times. He added that the local mangoes were licensed to enter the United States on February 18 this year, after 10 years of negotiations.

To date, four Mekong Delta provinces—Dong Thap, Vinh Long, An Giang and Tien Giang—have reportedly exported the fruit to the United States.

Also, the Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has granted 99 mango growing area codes to southern provinces that met requirements for exporting mangoes to selective markets, including the United States.

Mangoes are the sixth local fruit to receive approval from the United States to enter this selective market after dragon fruit, rambutans, longans, litchis and star apples.

Apart from the United States, Vietnam’s mangoes have been shipped to 40 countries in the world, according to Lap.