{"id":3269,"date":"2019-03-25T10:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T03:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T03:17:15","slug":"usda-post-benefits-dragon-fruit-crucial-export-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/usda-post-benefits-dragon-fruit-crucial-export-viet-nam\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA post about benefits of dragon fruit, a crucial export of Vi\u1ec7t Nam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USDA has posted a status praising the strength of dragon fruit.<\/h4>\n

The United States\u00a0Department of Agriculture\u00a0(USDA) has posted an introduction to the benefits of dragon fruit, a key export of Vi\u1ec7t Nam.<\/p>\n

On its fanpage, the department wrote: \u201cDragon fruit, also called a pitaya, is a tropical fruit that is high in fiber and provides a good amount of vitamins & minerals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The status immediately received a number of positive comments, shares and likes from US people.<\/p>\n

Dragon fruit is popular around the world because of its sweet and fresh taste. It is also good for the health and acts as antioxidant – prevent cancer and diabetes,\u00a0 heart and blood problems, and improve the digestive system.<\/p>\n

According to the USDA\u2019s Composition Databases, 100 grammes of dragon fruit contain approximately 60 calories; 1.2 grammes of protein; 13 grammes of carbohydrates; 3 grammes of fibre and 10 percent of the daily value (DV) for magnesium.<\/p>\n

It also had trace amounts of other nutrients, like B-complex vitamins and vitamins A and C as well as calcium and iron, the USDA stated.<\/p>\n

Vi\u1ec7t Nam exported five kinds of fresh fruit to the US, including dragon fruit, rambutan, longan, lychee and star apple.<\/p>\n

According to a report from the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2018, fruit and vegetable export value reached US$3.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of over 47.3 per cent.<\/p>\n

Fruit accounted for over 80 per cent of the total value. The main export fruits include dragon fruit (accounting for $1.1 billion), followed by bananas, rambutan, longan, lychee, mango, mangosteen and durian.<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/vietnamnews.vn\/economy\/507466\/usda-post-about-benefits-of-dragon-fruit-a-crucial-export-of-viet-nam.html#1sOV0M2hM61qua46.99","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USDA has posted a status praising the strength of dragon fruit. The United States\u00a0Department of Agriculture\u00a0(USDA) has posted an introduction to the benefits of dragon fruit, a key export of Vi\u1ec7t Nam. On its fanpage, the department wrote: \u201cDragon fruit, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingkong-vietsu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}