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Ben Tre The “Capital” of Coconuts

With vast gardens of green coconut trees, Ben Tre Province is considered the “capital” of coconuts in Vietnam. For the local people, coconut trees have a special place in their cultural life as well as the economic development process.

 The coconut region of Ben Tre
Situated in the Cuu Long River Delta, Ben Tre Province has favourable soil conditions for the growth of coconut trees. The trees here have a lot of fruit which has a higher content of oil than the coconuts grown in other regions of the country.
Compared with other plants, coconut trees in Ben Tre have the highest value. The fruit is used to make everything, from food and drinks to household utensils, fine arts items and to build houses. It has brought prosperity to Ben Tre farmers.

Besides stabilizing the domestic market, the province has expanded the market to 80 countries in the world. Europe is defined as the target market; America is a potential market with North America, mainly the US, Canada and Mexico as a focus; Africa will be a new market because it has great demands for different categories of goods and the requirements on the goods’ quality are suitable to the production capacity of the province.

                               Packing desiccated coconut for export

                                             Crying coconut coir

Packing coconut jelly 

Ben Tre is striving to increase the coconut area to over 53,000ha by 2020 and reach an output of 500 million coconuts/year. The province is also making efforts to make coconut trees soon to be recognized as a key plant of the nation. With this strategy, it is hoped that in the near future, the coconut processing industry will develop strongly, making an effective contribution to the socio-economic development of the province.