Talking to Saigon Economic Times over the weekend, Mr. Tran Ngoc Hiep, Director of Hoang Hau Dragon Fruit Co., Ltd said that, unlike white flesh dragon fruits that must be harvested within 6-7 days when ripe, like purple purple dragon fruit leave for 15-20 days on the harvested new tree is still delicious. Purple flesh dragon fruit is sweet, tough and fragrant than white flesh dragon fruit. Especially after picking it down, it can be broken for 60 days.
Currently Hoang Hau dragon fruit company has an area of nearly 400 hectares of dragon fruit, the main products exported to the European market, up to 90%.
According to figures from the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the total area of dragon fruits in the whole country is now about 28,700 hectares, of which Binh Thuan alone accounts for 21,000 hectares, the annual output of dragon fruits is about 400,000. tons and tons of chalk are exported to China by non-quota ways.