Lang Son enjoys bumper season of custard apple

  • Photo: A Nung ethnic farmer is harvesting custard apples in her garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A Nung ethnic farmer is harvesting custard apples in her garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Harvesting custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Classifying custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Classifying custard apples at a garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are transported on hand-made ropeways from mountains to markets. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are transported on hand-made ropeways from mountains to markets. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Stamping custard apples cultivated in accordance to VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Stamping custard apples cultivated in accordance to VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Chi Lang custard apples are well-known for their good appearance, texture, and tasty flavour. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Chi Lang custard apples are well-known for their good appearance, texture, and tasty flavour. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A custard apple market in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are classified and packaged for export to China at an export business in Dong Banh town, Chi Lang district. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are transported on hand-made ropeways from mountains to markets. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are transported on hand-made ropeways from mountains to markets. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: A Nung ethnic farmer is harvesting custard apples in her garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: A Nung ethnic farmer is harvesting custard apples in her garden in Lung Than hamlet, Dong Mo commune. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
  • Photo: Custard apples are transported by hand-made ropeways from mountains to the market. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh
    Photo: Custard apples are transported by hand-made ropeways from mountains to the market. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh

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Lang Son enjoys bumper season of custard apple
08/12/2019 11:13 | TTXVN |
Custard apples, the staple fruit to grow in Chi Lang district of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, are bringing bumper harvests to this hard-to-access land. Chi Lang district, about 120 km northeast of Hanoi, now owns 1,600 ha of custard apple trees, of which more than 195 ha are cultivated in accordance with organic cultivation standards such as VietGAP and Global GAP, yielding about 16,000 tonnes this year. Custard-apples in Chi Lang are famous because their tasty flavor and strange way of harvesting. Local people, mainly Nung ethnic ones, plant their custard-apple trees right on layers of rocks. The fruits help many local growers escape from poverty. VNA Photo: Vũ Sinh

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