Unique candy grape garden in the middle of Minh island, free for tourists to visit

Crossing the Co Chien River by Dinh Khao ferry or An Binh ferry to Minh islet (Long Ho district, Vinh Long ), people and tourists can visit the candy grape garden of Mr. Ngo Quoc Huy (46 years old), located in Hoa Loi hamlet, Hoa Ninh commune, Long Ho district.

Via Dinh Khao ferry or An Binh ferry (Vinh Long city), visitors will reach Minh island.

To get to this candy grape garden, visitors can travel by motorbike or tourist boat. The people here are friendly and hospitable, ready to show people the way to the place. After about 15 minutes of traveling by motorbike and asking for directions, Thanh Nien reporter found Mr. Huy's candy grape garden.

Mr. Huy's candy vineyard is located in the middle of the fruit garden on Minh island.

Welcoming guests with a bright smile and inviting them to enjoy candied grapes as soon as they enter the door, Mr. Huy said: "This garden just opened on June 1st, everyone can come visit, take pictures, and check-in freely, completely free of charge. Everyone can pick ripe grapes to try, if they pick and bring them home, they will be weighed and charged at 180,000 VND/kg".

Mr. Huy (3rd from right) guides visitors to the candy vineyard and takes souvenir photos.

Mr. Huy has a master's degree in economics , was a lecturer in the Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages ​​at Cuu Long University, then moved to work as a manager in several banks and is currently a consultant in the oil and gas sector. After his father passed away, he returned to farming and restructuring his father's ^6,000m2 garden to preserve beautiful memories...

The vineyard does not use pesticides so visitors can pick and eat directly from the tree.

"Previously, this garden grew many types of fruit trees but they were not productive because the topsoil was only 7-8 inches deep, not deep enough for perennial fruit trees to grow. Then I chose candy grapes from Ninh Thuan to test. After a year of care, the trees bore fruit that almost met the requirements. The grapes here do not use pesticides at all, only natural enemies are used to protect and cover the fruit, so the grapes are completely clean," Mr. Huy shared.

According to Mr. Huy, the soil in this area is very suitable for candy grapes and is completely grown according to organic standards, without using pesticides, ensuring the grapes are absolutely safe and have a sweetness that is superior to native candy grapes.

Because grapes do not use pesticides, the fruit must be covered to avoid pests.

"Currently, there are about ^2,000m2 of grapes bearing fruit after a year of planting. I am continuing to plant the remaining ^4,000m2 . Because I am both researching and implementing, the initial investment capital for the vineyard is quite high, about 200 million VND/ ^1,000m2 . However, my direction is not to grow grapes but to produce products from grapes. At the end of this year, I will go abroad to learn how to process them to implement in my home garden. I hope to replicate the model for local people to restructure new plants to replace old, low-yield gardens and combine tourism...", Mr. Huy hopes.

Realizing that the grapevine is suitable for the soil and grows well, Mr. Huy planted an additional 4,000 square meters of his family's garden.

Present at the candy grape garden, Mr. Truong Hong Phuc (40 years old, living in Ward 3, Vinh Long City, Vinh Long) said that on the weekend he and some friends visited the vineyard by cruise ship, quite surprised because before now Minh Islet was only famous for fruit trees such as rambutan, durian, longan... but did not think there was such a large vineyard. "I know the vineyard through friends' introduction, it is much more beautiful than imagined, the fruit is sweet, I will come back again when this vineyard is more full of fruit", Mr. Phuc said.

Many tourists enjoy checking in and taking photos with the candy vineyard.

Absorbed in taking photos with bunches of grapes, Ms. Nguyen Kim Chi (32 years old, living in Ward 4, Vinh Long City) said that she had never seen grapes on a tree in real life, let alone touched and picked them to eat right from the tree. "I have only seen vineyards online, but never in real life," Ms. Kim Chi excitedly said.

Speaking to Thanh Nien reporter, Mr. Truong Thanh Ngoc, Vice Chairman of Hoa Ninh Commune People's Committee (Long Ho District), said that this is a new model of the locality. In the coming time, the Commune People's Committee will report to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to survey, learn about the applicability of this model and consider replicating it for ineffective orchards and tourist areas in the locality.

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