Technology description: Like other Longanvarieties, Thach Kiet Longanis grown for about 24 months before its fruits starting to be harvested.However, Thach KietLongan has many distinctive features such as resistance to Cassava Witch s-broom Phytoplasma, thick and crisp pulp, small seed,sweet-smelling, fruitfulness, high productivity,strongresistance to pests, being suited to the soil in riparian land of Tien River of Cai BeDistrict. There are fifty8-year-old Thach KietLongan trees being harvested in his 3,000 square meter Longan orchard. Mr. An said that limes previously had been grown in this orchard, but those old lime trees just brought low economic efficiency. In 2007, through his research and study, he realized thatThach KietLongan is a new variety of high economic value that has many advantages. He thendecided to buy and plant them and limes alternately. Realizing that Thach KietLongan trees developed very well, he cut down the lime trees, leaving only specialty Thach KietLongan, aiming at making it easier to take care of and to make sure that it grows well and fast. With the price of last season was 20,000 to 28,000 VND/kg, for fifty Thach KietLongan trees, his net profit was 40 millionsVND after deducting the expense of 6-8 millions VND. Finding that Thach KietLongan is easy to grow and highly productive, and its price is stable as well, he has been expanding his Thach KietLongan orchard.

NASATI (According to caibe.tiengiang.gov.vn, November 13, 2015)