(HBO) - A Shan tuyet tea processing workshop was put into use in Pa Co commune in late May, which is considered a milestone in the strategy for sustainable development of production activities of Mong ethnic people in Mai Chau district.
Chairman of the Pa Co communal People’s Committee Sung A Mang said to
local residents, the tea processing facility, jointly invested by the State and
a business, has created a big opportunity for local economic development.
The inauguration of the tea processing workshop,
invested with 3 billion VND by the State, has helped purchase Shan tuyet tea
from Pa Co residents in a timely manner.
The tea processing workshop in Pa Co commune was
invested with an estimated 4.5 billion VND (over 193,500 USD), including about
3 billion VND funded by the province’s budget. The remaining 1.5 billion VND
and the land were contributed by the Phuong Huyen plant seedling production and
business Co. Ltd.
The workshop is designed to process about 5
tonnes of fresh tea buds a day, but the current material supply is equivalent
to just one-third of the facility’s capacity. With the inauguration of this
facility, locals now no longer have to travel far to sell their tea.
Of the nearly 1,000ha of farmland in Pa Co
commune, there are 115ha of Shan tuyet tea trees, and 85ha of the area are
being harvested, generating 160 tonnes of tea leaves each year. Notably, about
760ha of the local farmland are under maize, but the income from this plant is
equivalent to only one-third of that from tea trees. Therefore, there remains
huge potential to develop Shan tuyet tea trees in Pa Co.
The commune’s tea output is aimed at 300 tonnes
of fresh buds annually by 2020. The operation of the tea processing facility in
Pa Co will help expand the tea farming area by replacing maize with tea trees
on hundreds of ha of land in not only Pa Co but also the neighbouring commune
of Hang Kia.
Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial
People’s Committee Bui Van Cuu said developing tea farming associated with
ecological and community-based tourism is a policy for the Mong ethnic
community in Mai Chau district in the years to come. With about 1,500 old tea
trees and farming expansion efforts, Shan tuyet tea trees will be the driver of
development in Hang Kia and Pa Co in the near future./.
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Amid efforts to streamline the administrative apparatus, Hoa Binh province has intensified measures to address challenges in land clearance, resettlement support, and infrastructure investment, aiming to speed up the progress of key projects.
Hoa Binh province has posted an unprecedented economic growth rate of 12.76% in the first quarter of 2025, marking its highest quarterly performance to date and positioning it as the second fastest-growing locality in the country, trailing only Bac Giang province.
Under current regulations, products in the One Commune – One Product (OCOP) programme that are rated three stars or higher must undergo re-evaluation every three months. However, in reality, some of these products fail to consistently meet the required standards, raising concerns about the sustainability of their OCOP certification. This underscores the urgent need for producers to enhance product quality and gradually develop their OCOP products into strong, marketable brands.
