The farmers in Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta province in Dong Thap have switched to cultivating short-term crops as well as evergreen trees, as well as breeding aqua species over 5,000ha paddies. The crop includes fruits, vegetables, watermelon as well as lotus. Other trees comprise mango and jackfruit as well as citrus, lime and.

Longan, mango, jackfruit and lime provide the possibility of earning between 50-200 million Vietnamese (2,000-8,200 USD) per hectare each year, as per the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Nguyen Van Long from the Thanh Binh district’s Tan My commune has converted a 1 hectare land of rice to an orchard. It produces milk apples, guava and as well as other varieties of vegetable like gourds, bitter melon and the okra. The farmer earns over 100 million VND (4,100 USD) each every year, he claimed.

The restructuring follows the plans of the provincial agricultural zoning as well as market demand as well as water supply and the weather as per the department. The province has developed agricultural areas that are concentrated by combining land, and linking with various stakeholders in order to build value chains in agriculture.

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