(HBO) – Mai Chau purple garlic (Noong Luong garlic) has entered Top 100 gift specialties of Vietnam in 2021 - 2022 by Vietnam Record Organisation (VietKings), helping the product to get closer to consumers inside and outside the country.
People of Hoa Binh city use purple garlic for their
daily meals.
The garlic is cultivated in Noong Luong commune, which is Thanh Son commune of
Mai Chau district now, as well as a number of mountainous localities in Tan Lac
district.
The garlic's bulb is small withyellow cloves when they are unskinned. It
is juicy and fragrant, bold and spicy. Besides being used as seasoning for
common dishes, purple garlic is also used as a kind of herbal medicine.
Mai Chau purple garlic has received certificate of collective trademark by the
National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under the Ministry of
Science and Technology following Decision No. 102266/QD-SHTT dated December 3,
2020. A ceremony to receive the certificate was held in Mai Chau in 2021.
Products covered by "Mai Chau Purple Garlic" trademark include garlic
products produced and processed from purple garlic bulbs grown in Thanh Son
commune and meeting the standards of prescribed characteristics and branded
services.
According to Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thanh Son commune Ha Van
Khiem, purple garlic has been cultivated in the locality for generations. To
date, the locality has about 21 hectares of purple garlic, mostly in Co Phay
and Noong Luong hamlets.
Currently, Mai Chau is designing the planning for purple garlic region and
seeking measures to support local farmers in varieties and fertiliser to expand
the product’s farming area./.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.