For the past twenty years, special fruits that have become speciality on the island of Ben Tre, is green skin pomelo. Green skin pomelo is grown in My Thanh An commune, the commune of Ben Tre city, Chau Thanh district, Mo Cay Nam, Mo Cay Bac and Cho Lach district. Green skin pomelo of pink intestine has very few seeds, the segment of the doesn’t grapefruit taste bitter, sweet, the more eating the more craving green skin pomelo product has been exported too currently, green skin pomelo planting area around Ben Tre reached over 3,000 hectares.
Visitors to Ben Tre city should spare time to visit the garden of green skin pomelo of the Cooperative Agriculture of green skin pomelo in My Thanh An – where the National Office of Intellectual Property (MOST) issued certification of the brand green skin grapefruit since 2005 (No. 160, Hamlet 2, Phu Nhuan commune, at the foot of the bridge, about 3 km from Ben Tre city. Tel: 0752.487838). This cooperative is on 70 hectares of pomelo tree giving fruit, a member of GAP (good production and consumption of products, safety).
