A product promotion to advertise Viet Nam’s Cat Chu mango was organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and Japanese retail giant Aeon at its mall in the prefecture of Chiba on Saturday.

This is the first consignment of imported Cat Chu mango, a popular variety with yellow skin and sweet soft meat commonly grown in Dong Thap Province, which is being sold in Aeon’s supermarket network.

Medium-sized Cat Chu mangoes were sold at JPY389 (US$3.16) per fruit and large-sized ones at JPY598 ($4.86) apiece, tax excluded.

Viet Nam's Cat Chu mango was promoted in Japan on November 7, 2015. Tuoi Tre

The prices are considered cheaper than those of other mango varieties from Japan and other countries which are currently sold in the Japanese market.

Yasaka Limited Company, a fruit processing and exporting firm in Binh Duong Province, is expected to ship 10 metric tons of the fresh Vietnamese mangoes this month, according to the company’s director, Watanabe Wataru.

Cat Chu mango is the second Vietnamese fruit to be exported to Japan after dragon fruit that has been shipped to the country since 2009.

(Source: tuoitrenews)