THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
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Northern province to host int’l tea festival
VGP – Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng approved a plan submitted by the Provincial People’s Committee of Thái Nguyên for hosting an international tea festival to popularize Vietnamese tea brand-names to both domestic and foreign visitors.
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Cultivation of green tea – Illustration photo |
The festival is expected to offer a playing field for tea growers and dealers to exchange experience and products and raise quality of made-in-Việt Nam tea.
The event is supposed to take place in March 2011, said the Provincial People’s Committee of Thái Nguyên.
Tea producers from about 20 other Vietnamese localities and around 50-60 foreign countries have registered to join the festival.
The northern province of Thái Nguyên is famous for green tea.
Việt Nam’s tea production has grown rapidly since the early 1990s as the country embraced a free economy. The country ranks fifth among largest tea producers and exporters globally. Its major export markets are Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, the Middle East, India and its ASEAN neighbors./.
By Kim Loan