More agro-products granted with PGI

VGP – There will be 26 agricultural specialties more to have the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by 2010 under the on-going assistance program for enterprises to develop their intellectual properties.

August 11, 2009 9:30 PM GMT+7

Litchi is a PGI product - Illustration photo

The program, approved by the PM in April 2005 and lasting in the period of 2005-2010, aims at raising awareness of intellectual property and edging competitiveness of made-in-Việt Nam produce.

Under regulations, any agricultural product with recognized intellectual property rights or PGI will be put under strict management over quality, model and label.

So far, 29 types of famous local agro-products have been granted with PGI. And 26 new ones are expected to be included in the list.

Some PGI products of Việt Nam
Name of products	Locality
Litchi	Thanh Hà (Hải Dương Province, North)
Green tea	Mộc Châu (Sơn La Province, North), Tân Cương (Thái Nguyên Province, North), Suối Giàng (Yên Bái Province, North)
Cherry	Gò Công (Tiền Giang Province, South)
Chayote	Sa Pa (Lào Cai Province, North)
Grapefruits	Đoan Hùng (Phú Thọ Province, North)
Star aniseed	Lạng Sơn Province, North
Coffee,	Buôn Ma Thuột Province, Central Highlands
Blue dragons	Bình Thuận, Central coast
Conical hats	Thừa Thiên-Huế, Central coast
Flowers	Đà Lạt (Lâm Đồng Province, Central Highlands)
Pepper	Chư Sê (Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands)
Stone sculptures	Non Nước (Đà Nẵng City, Central coast)
Fish sauce	Cát Hải (Hải Phòng City, North)

By Khánh Phương