At this time, many traders buying dragon fruits in areas that grow many dragon fruits such as Ham Thuan Nam district, Ham Thuan Bac district, Binh Thuan come to the garden to buy dragon fruits to make enough shipments to supply markets in many places. provinces and cities, especially on the occasion of the full moon day of July. Many traders posted ads looking to buy dragon fruit in Binh Thuan with attractive prices.
Mr. Huynh Han, a trader purchasing dragon fruits in Ham Thuan Nam district, said that on this occasion, dragon fruits have many prices, depending on the type, seasonal white-fleshed dragon fruits (dragon fruits that grow according to the natural weather) have autumn prices. Buy about 12,000 VND/kg, chong dien (off-season dragon fruit, stimulated fruit production with light bulbs) has a slightly higher price of 15,000 VND/kg, red-fleshed dragon fruit is about 17,000 VND/kg.
However, at this time, red-fleshed dragon fruit is "in its prime", it will take about 5 more days for red-flesh dragon fruit to ripen and be available in large quantities.
According to farmers, in recent years, seasonal dragon fruits have produced little fruit due to erratic weather changes and a lot of out-of-season exploitation.
According to records, along the road leading to Phan Thiet - Dau Giay highway, there are many stalls selling dragon fruits to tourists. Stall owners have also sought to buy dragon fruits from gardens to sell for profit.
However, there are many white-fleshed dragon fruits, red-fleshed dragon fruits are scarce. If there is any, it is old dragon fruit, harvested a long time ago to be stored and sold at this time, so the fruit is not beautiful. There are also gardens that harvest red dragon fruit off-season to sell, but the price is as high as 25,000 VND/kg.
Dragon fruit plays an important role in the agricultural and rural economic development of Binh Thuan province. According to the latest data from the Department of Statistics of Binh Thuan province, by July 2024, the area of dragon fruit trees in the entire Binh Thuan province is 26,550 hectares, with output reaching 325,000 tons/year.
In the first months of 2024, domestic and export fruit consumption demand is large, dragon fruit prices are stable, sometimes increasing, so growers are profitable.
