Thai Nguyen to host third tea festival next month

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The upcoming event aims to honour tea and promote the status and image of the land and people of Viet Nam, said Vice Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee Ma Thi Nguyet.

The festival consists of 12 activities including an opening ceremony themed “Quintessence of Vietnamese Tea,” a Tea Cultural Festival under the title “Multi-colour of Vietnamese Tea,” a beauty contest under the motto “Beauty of Thai Nguyen 2015 Tea Homeland. 

Other activities include a scientific workshop and an artistic photo exhibition.  

The festival expects to draw the attendance of 25 enterprises and 50 famous tea villages including Tan Cuong, La Bang, Trai Cai, Diem Mac, Phu Do and international tea delegates from China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey.

Thai Nguyen tea products are popular in Viet Nam. Currently, Thai Nguyen is ranked second in terms of tea output nationally, just behind Central Highlands Lam Dong province, with more than 20,700 hectares of tea producing some 192,000 tonnes of fresh buds annually.

The province currently sells an average of 31,500 tonnes of tea to the domestic market. Around 20-30% of Thai Nguyen tea has been exported to overseas markets/.

By Kim Anh