TOMATO IN VIETNAM

In Vietnam, tomatoes are a popular plant grown and consumed throughout the country. Due to the increasing demand for quantity and quality of tomatoes to serve domestic needs and export processing. Therefore, in recent times, national agricultural agencies have promoted research on new varieties and improved production processes, so the output and quality of Vietnamese tomatoes have increased significantly.

Due to the specific characteristics of crop structure, crop structure and ecological conditions that affect growth and development, affecting the efficiency of tomato growing, tomato growing is mainly concentrated in the plains. Northern region and some areas of Lam Dong province. Vietnam’s tomato growing productivity is quite low, only 62% of the world’s overall productivity. But places with large tomato growing areas of over 500 hectares are concentrated in provinces such as Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, and Lam Dong. are all places with high productivity, reaching 23-28 tons/ha. And the possibility of intensive farming depends on the specialized farming factor in production.

However, compared to other countries in the same region, Vietnam’s tomato growing productivity is quite high. Productivity of some countries such as Thailand (98 quintals/ha), Indonesia (79 quintals/ha), Philippines (83 quintals/ha) Although tomato cultivation productivity has not increased in recent years, the area planted increased and tomato output continued to increase rapidly.

Comparing between countries in the region, Vietnamese tomatoes have many of the following advantages:

Receiving special investment attention from the state in the direction of expansion and development.

The Northern provinces have climate and soil conditions that are very suitable for the growth and development of tomato plants. If invested properly, they will yield very high yields.

The land fund for growing tomatoes is very large because planting in the winter-spring crop does not affect the two rice crops, products are concentrated from December to March, off-season compared to the tomato growing and harvesting season of the country. China.

Tomato growing areas have a large workforce and farmers with farming experience.