Connecting mango consumption for farmers

After Khanh Hoa Newspaper and some media published articles reflecting on the low price of Australian mangoes in Cam Lam district, causing difficulties for many gardeners, the Department of Industry and Trade actively connected with a number of supermarket systems and department stores to support mango consumption for people.

After Khanh Hoa Newspaper and some media published articles reflecting on the low price of Australian mangoes in Cam Lam district, causing difficulties for many gardeners, the Department of Industry and Trade actively connected with a number of supermarket systems and department stores to support mango consumption for people.

Garden consumption connection

Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee in Document No. 5774/2025 on removing difficulties and obstacles in mango consumption for people in Cam Lam district, recently, the Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the Provincial Farmers' Association and Cam Lam District Farmers' Association to directly contact a number of distributor systems, supermarkets, and department stores to support mango purchasing for people. Through actual surveys, it shows that this year's mangoes do not meet the requirements in terms of output, quality and product design.

Mr. Vuong (right cover) discussed with the buyer about price and shipping method.

According to Ms. Vo Thi Truc Mai - representative of the Purchasing Department of the Bach Hoa Xanh system nationwide, the system has more than 2,000 stores nationwide. Currently, Bach Hoa Xanh is still purchasing Australian mangoes from Cam Lam district with an output of 100 - 200 tons/month, peaking at 400 - 500 tons/month. Before the information that many gardeners were selling Australian mangoes at 3,000 - 4,000 VND/kg, even unable to sell, the store coordinated with the authorities to conduct field surveys to support consumption for the people. Through a survey of 5 gardeners with a large quantity of Australian mangoes that had not been sold, it was found that the remaining mangoes were mainly grade 3 mangoes. The characteristic of grade 3 goods is that they have bad appearance, are soggy when ripe, cannot be eaten directly, and can only be used to make dried mangoes or sold to juice factories. Meanwhile, the Bach Hoa Xanh system sells goods of the same quality as export goods (grade 1, 2 goods). In addition, Bach Hoa Xanh also conducted a survey of some purchasing warehouses, currently grade 3 mangoes are still sold at an average price of 5,000 - 6,000 VND/kg, while the type of mango sold at 3,000 - 4,000 VND/kg is almost spoiled and difficult to use. Currently, the Bach Hoa Xanh system is still promoting purchasing for people at a price of 20,000 VND/kg of grade 1 goods, but this type of goods is very rare; grade 2 goods are purchased at a price of 10,000 - 12,000 VND/kg depending on the garden.

Similarly, Mr. Nguyen Huu Long - Director of Moonmilk Company Limited (specializing in providing food in Khanh Hoa, Da Nang and Hoi An) said: "Currently, the company's supermarket system consumes more than 10 tons of mangoes of all kinds each month, including: Australian mango, Hoa Loc mango, Taiwanese mango, Thai mango... Through a survey of some mango gardens in Cam Lam, I found that there are not many grade 1 goods left. Therefore, the company will promote connections to support the purchase of grade 2 goods for people. In particular, the company has a warehouse in the province, so purchasing and storing goods is quite convenient."

Mango quality is not guaranteed

At the mango garden of Mr. Vo Tan Thong - Fruit Tree Cooperative of Cam Thanh Bac Commune, Cam Lam District, after the gardener picked some mangoes for businesses to see, the area near the stem was blackened, oozing sap and had a lot of maggots. In areas where it was said that no harvest had been done yet, Mr. Thong also had difficulty selecting mangoes that met the grade 1 standards to introduce to supermarkets. Mr. Thong said: “My garden has 6 hectares of Australian mangoes, with a total output of about 30 tons, mainly grade 2 and grade 3, while grade 1 is only about 5% - 10%. At the beginning of the season, I sold some grade 1 products for 23,000 - 24,000 VND/kg, but then the price of mangoes continuously dropped, all the shipped products were returned, so they were not picked anymore. Since then, grade 1 products left on the tree for a long time have become overripe and dropped to grade 2, 3, or even fallen and damaged. Currently, the garden still has about 10 tons of unsold mangoes. I hope that through this survey, businesses will support the consumption of the remaining mangoes. In the long term, we hope that the local government will connect with businesses to sign product consumption contracts to ensure prices so that people can rest assured to invest in care.”

At Mr. Tran Minh Vuong's mango garden in Cam Hiep Bac commune, Cam Lam district, his family's more than 6 sao of Australian mangoes with a yield of about 4 tons have not been sold yet. When picked, many mangoes were wormy, waterlogged, and dark. Mr. Vuong said: "This year, the rainy weather has made it difficult to take care of the mangoes, so the quality is not as expected. My mango garden is located on the mountain, and is considered to be of very good quality, but when picked, only about 30% of the first grade is obtained, the rest are types 2 and 3. At the beginning of the season, the price was low, so my family tried to wait for a good price to sell, but unexpectedly, the price was even lower. I was very happy when the authorities connected with the business to come to the garden to buy. Through direct work, the representative of Bach Hoa Xanh agreed to buy. We are currently negotiating the price and the selection and transportation of goods. I hope to get a good price to offset some of the investment costs."

The mangoes have black stem ends.

According to Mr. Pham Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Cam Lam district, the district has about 7,000 hectares of mangoes, of which more than 5,000 hectares are Australian mangoes. This year, due to heavy rains, many mangoes fell at the beginning of the season, the yield was not high, and the quality of the mangoes was also affected. The average yield of grade 1 mangoes was only about 20%. However, because the goods could not be exported and the purchase price was low, people did not pick and sell them. Therefore, the longer the mangoes were left, the lower their quality became. Currently, there are mainly grade 3 goods, traders only buy them at 3,000 - 4,000 VND/kg, the income is not enough to cover expenses, so many gardens do not pick them, and there are many flies biting them.

Mr. Huynh Tan Hai - Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade: Given the current situation, the Department of Industry and Trade has directly contacted a number of distributors and supermarkets to support people in consuming mangoes. Thereby, businesses have surveyed and discussed directly with households about prices and purchasing methods. Currently, Bach Hoa Xanh Trading Joint Stock Company is maintaining the purchase of Australian mango products in Cam Lam district, 40 tons per week. In fact, this year's crop, Australian mangoes have not met the requirements for quality and appearance, so some households have not been purchased by businesses. The Department of Industry and Trade will continue to connect directly with distribution businesses and mango processing facilities to purchase mangoes for people.

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Source: https://baokhanhhoa.vn/kinh-te/thi-truong/202505/ket-noi-tieu-thu-xoai-cho-nong-dan-b903591/