While this year’s lychee crop has suffered poor yields and reduced productivity in many areas, the VietGAP-oriented intensive cultivation model adopted by Le Ngoc Thuong’s family in Doan Dao Commune, Hung Yen Province, in 2025 has continued to generate substantial economic benefits.

Thuong said: “My family has been growing vai trung lychee, an egg-shaped local lychee variety, for six years. During the first few years, income from our orchard was modest because pests and diseases affected production, resulting in inconsistent fruit quality. Since joining the VietGAP model, we have followed the prescribed technical cultivation procedures. In the very first season, both yield and fruit quality improved significantly. In subsequent seasons, the fruit has become increasingly attractive and uniform. This year, lychees from my orchard are selling for around 220,000–250,000 VND/kg (8.4–9.5 USD/kg), nearly double the price achieved in the previous season.”