date:Aug 19, 2016
owner of a local dragon fruit business, said that before the Chinese arrived, her business collected 20 metric tons of dragon fruit daily, but it is now only buying around ten tons, resulting in losses of almost VND1 billion (US$44,480) per month.
Tuan, another dragon fruit farmer, revealed that prices are abysmally low, currently available at only VND5,000 (22 cents) to VND6,000 (27 cents) per kg.
On August 8, a reporter from Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper visited a dragon fruit trading facility