Viet Nam, China coordinate to establish 'green lane' for Thieu lychees

Streamline procedures, optimize infrastructure

On May 28, at the Conference on Promoting the Consumption of Thieu Lychees and Key Agricultural, Specialty, and OCOP Products of Bac Ninh Province 2026, the Bac Ninh provincial government reaffirmed its commitment to creating the most favorable conditions in administrative procedures, optimizing logistics and warehouse infrastructure, and closely coordinating with functional agencies and Chinese authorities to establish priority "green lanes" to accelerate customs clearance at major border gates such as Bang Tuong and Ha Khau.

A statement issued by the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee also stressed, "The Bac Ninh provincial government is committed to always being the most dedicated and reliable partner."

According to the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, Bac Ninh's lychees and agricultural products have increasingly affirmed their superior quality. However, those who are genuinely passionate about agricultural products will not stop at current achievements.

As a province that takes the lead in high-tech industry, Bac Ninh’s leadership views innovation as the key to the future. Therefore, Bac Ninh calls on scientists, businesses, distributors, and farmers to continue researching, exploring, and pioneering new initiatives to create even more innovative and distinctive products for the province’s agricultural sector, with the goal of developing new superior lychee varieties. This could involve applying biotechnology and advanced cultivation techniques to stagger crop seasons or even produce high-quality off-season lychee crops.

Vietnamese dried lychees become a trend in China

Mr. Tran An Dong, an entrepreneur in the field of agricultural product processing in Guangdong, said that Guangdong has also begun growing lychees, but its varieties remain limited and their quality is still unable to compete with Vietnamese lychees. According to Mr. Dong, the appeal of Vietnamese lychees means they could not stand still because this represents a major opportunity.

Mr. Tran said he and several other businesses had conducted site surveys and studied relevant mechanisms and legal regulations as part of plans to establish processing facilities in Viet Nam. Currently, Vietnamese lychees arriving in Guangdong are divided into two categories: fresh lychees and dried lychees.

The development of logistics has given businesses such as Mr. Tran’s the confidence to transport lychees over distances of more than 2,000 km from Guangdong to Beijing while still maintaining freshness nearly comparable to when the fruit was first imported. In addition, dried lychees are favored in both Southern and Northern China.

"Vietnamese dried lychees are particularly well-suited to Chinese teas. And tea is an indispensable part of daily life for Chinese people. Just two dried lychees added to a cup of tea can create an extremely appealing flavor. Dried lychees also retain their quality for a long time, which is why the Chinese market has become increasingly fond of them in recent years," Mr. Tran said.

A representative of the Chinese Embassy in Viet Nam also confirmed that Bac Ninh province’s lychee output reaches around 10,000 tons, nearly half of which is exported to China. Vietnamese lychees are a specialty product highly favored in China. The Chinese Embassy in Viet Nam is currently coordinating with relevant parties to strengthen trade promotion activities for lychees and other key and specialty agricultural products. Based on information gathered from businesses, the Chinese Embassy in Viet Nam believes that purchasing demand from Chinese enterprises has not declined compared to previous years and may even be increasing.

According to the Bac Ninh Department of Agriculture and Environment, the province currently has 241 plantation codes covering a total area of more than 17,450 hectares serving exports to multiple markets. Among them, the China market accounts for 127 growing area codes with an area of more than 16,190 hectares.

Along with the growing area code system, the province currently manages 42 packaging facilities that have been granted official codes and meet export requirements. Of these, 38 facilities serve the Chinese market, one serves the U.S. market, one serves the Thai market, one serves the Japanese market, and one serves the Australian market.