According to Mr. Bui Van Cu, vice chairman of the An Nhon (Binh Dinh) City People’s Committee, the purchasing power of the southern and northern markets is very strong this year, but due to the influence of the weather, the Tet holiday on the Lunar New Year of the rabbit in the year In 2023, some ornamental apricots grown in apricot villages in An Nhon city were “deaf” and could not release their shells, so the worst damage was in Hao Duc apricot village in the municipality. Nhon An.

According to Mr. Phan Long Hung, chairman of Nhon An Township People’s Committee, the whole township currently has about 1,600 households growing apricots, concentrated in 5 villages: Hao Duc, Thanh Liem, Trung Dinh, Thuan Thai and Tan Duong. At the end of this year’s Tet apricot harvest, the community’s estimated revenue from the sale of ornamental apricots is about VND 65 billion, down 5 billion from last year.

However, at the end of the 2023 Lunar New Year harvest, the revenue of the apricot villages in An Nhon city still reached about VND174 billion, while the revenue from the sale of tet apricots was only VND128 billion last year.

“If in previous years the Nhon An apricot grove accounted for a large proportion of the apricots sold on each Tet holiday, this year more gardeners in the communities: Nhon My, Nhon Khanh, Nhon Hung… have joined the market. tet tomorrow . It is this figure that has offset the decline in Nhon An municipality. If this year’s weather does not cause unfavorable conditions for apricot trees, the farmers who plant apricot trees in the area will surely win big,” said Mr. Bui Van Cu, vice chairman of the An Nhon City People’s Committee.