Organge picking in Van Don

This is the time of the year where orange gardens in Van Don district’s Van Yen commune are full of juicy oranges hanging on trees ready to be picked.

Van Yen commune, about 10 kilometers from Cai Rong port - the centre of the district, is home to hundreds of hectares of orange orchards owned by more than 180 households.  This area comprises a large area of mountains, forests, ravines with fresh and cool atmosphere and high humidity which enable these plants to grow rapidly.

Visitors to Van Yen commune at this time have a chance to enjoy the awesome view of orange orchards entering the Tet orange crop.

One of the most alluring attractions is the orange garden No. 68 owned by Tran Van Hau's household at Cai Bau hamlet. This is a large garden with the most beautiful landscape in the region. Besides planting native orange varieties such as paper oranges, sugar oranges, and tangerines, Hau has grown famous varieties of oranges nationwide such as Cao Phong orance, Canh orange, Doai orange, etc.

Apart from a spacious and beautiful space, the 10-hectare orange garden has ancient orange trees that create shade along streams and hillsides. This layout creates great space and shade for visitors to explore and get relaxed. Walking around the orange orchard, visitors will have a relaxing time watching the beauty of the juicy oranges. The orange garden at harvest looks as beautiful as a picture.

To meet the needs of tourists, the orange garden also offer catering services with typical grilled dishes.

The cultivation of Van Yen orange fully follows VietGAP standards  (Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practice). All of the trees are irrigated with the pure source of water from forest streams, grown with biofertilizers, and do not suffer from any impacts of pepticides as well. That’s why these fruits are really clean and have a speacial taste. 

The brand of Van Yen orange has been registered as one of OCOP products since 2016. The OCOP (One Commune, Once Product) programme has been implemented since 2013 across the province to boost economic development in rural areas, especially the development of agricultural, non-agricultural and service-based products in each locality in the value chain.