Ha Noi has some 29,000 ha of vegetables, including 3,800 ha of organic vegetables in 56 farms. They produce an annual output of 280,000 tons of organic vegetables, meeting only one-fifth of the demand.

Hanoians annually consume 700,000-800,000 tons of vegetables, with 60% grown in the city, and the rest in neighboring localities and from imports.

By Ngoc Van