(Baonghean.vn) - After nearly 2 months of desolation due to floods, the vegetable growing village in Quynh Luu is now bustling with harvest season; supplying the market with dozens of tons of various vegetables every day.
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At this time, people in the coastal communes are busy harvesting vegetables. This winter, people in the coastal communes of Quynh Minh, Quynh Luong and Quynh Bang produced 700 hectares of vegetables; currently, about 300 hectares are entering harvest (mainly mustard greens and chrysanthemum greens). Ms. Ho Thi Huong in Quynh Luong commune said, “We had to wait nearly 3 months to harvest vegetables; the reason was that in early September, there were floods that damaged vegetables and forced production to stop. Now, the vegetable supply has been restored, and people have begun harvesting. Photo: Viet Hung |
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After more than a month of planting, Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan's family in Quynh Minh commune has started harvesting 2 sao of sweet cabbage. The prices of all vegetables have increased; after deducting expenses, Ms. Loan earned a profit of 8 million VND. Photo: Viet Hung |
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In the winter, people in Quynh Luu specialize in growing a variety of vegetables such as chrysanthemum, Chinese cabbage, mustard greens, coriander, kohlrabi, cabbage, cauliflower... This year, vegetable prices are relatively high, Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum cost 7,000 VND/kg; coriander 6,000 VND/kg; mustard greens 3,000 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung |
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After purchasing vegetables from the fields, traders transport them to a gathering place to import for the owners to sell. With nearly 20 traders collecting vegetables in the area, on average, each day the market supplies 30 - 40 tons of vegetables... Mr. Nguyen Van Manh, a shop owner in Quynh Luong commune, said that each day he purchases 3 - 4 tons of vegetables of all kinds, then imports them for the owners. Photo: Viet Hung |
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Quynh Luu vegetables are transported and consumed mainly in the provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Hue, Khanh Hoa... Photo: Viet Hung |
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Early-season vegetables have good prices. After harvesting, people plow the land and continue to plant seeds to produce vegetables to supply the Tet market. Photo: Viet Hung |
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