date:May 18, 2016
Drought and salt water intrusion in the Mekong Delta has caused a decline in fruit output, while the demand has increased, equating in higher prices.
Nguyen Van Thuc, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Loc Mango Co-operative in Tien Giang provinces Cai Be district, said his co-operative was buying Hoa Loc mango at a price of 50,000 60,000 VND (2.2 2.7 USD) a kilo, about 10,000 VND higher than the same period last year. He said they did not have enough mangoes to export to Japan.
Similarly, the price o