Fresh lychees from Vietnam have arrived on the shelves of a Dutch supermarket, receiving a warm response. To advertise Vietnamese lychees, the trade office of Vietnam in the Netherlands and LTP Import Export BV organized a tasting program at Thanh Hung Supermarket in the city of Spijkenisse.
These fruits are part of the 1-ton shipment of lychees that were farmed in Thanh Ha district, Hai Duong province, that arrived at Schiphol Airport on June 17 for distribution to Asian supermarkets in the Netherlands, France and Germany.
E-commerce websites of the Netherlands and France have also swiftly received orders for Vietnamese lychees imported by LTP Import Export BV.
Vo Thi Ngoc Diep, Trade Counsellor of Vietnam in the Netherlands, told en.vietnamplus.vn this is the first time fresh lychees of Vietnam have been imported via an official channel to the Netherlands, from which the fruit will be distributed to neighbouring countries. He spoke about ‘encouraging signs’, hoping that Vietnamese lychees will continue making further inroads into the Dutch market in the coming years.