(HBO) – The Cao Phong orange festival, themed "The fragrance of Muong land”, is taking place in Cao Phong district at the end of November. To date, Cao Phong is the only area in the northwestern region receiving geographical indication for orange. Orange farms in Cao Phong district are now ready to welcome visitors.
Leaders of Cao
Phong district People’s Committee take visitors to orange plantation model in
Cao Phong town.
Farmers
at Cao Phong One Member Limited Company have been rejoiced at their orange
crops this year. Despite lower yield than the previous crops, the fruits have better
quality with sweeter taste.
According to Trinh Trong Nghia, a member of the firm’s Bac Phong group, thanks
to less rain, oranges taste sweeter this year. Now, the prices of orange sold
right at gardens range from 16,000-20,000 VND per kilogramme.
With more than 883 hectares of orange trees cultivated by 175 households, Cao
Phong One Member Limited Company is leading local firms and cooperatives in
terms of orange area. The company planted a wide range of orange varieties such
as Duong Canh, Mat CT36 and V2, among others.
The management board of the geographical indication has enhanced the monitoring
and inspection of cultivation process in farming households, as well as
promoted popularisation of the requirements of geographical indication in local
companies and household businesses.
In November, along with yellow-flesh orange, Canh orange, Ha Giang tangerine
and Cao Phong tangerine also enter their peak harvesting season. In a bid to
meet increasing fastidious requirements of customers, Cao Phong farmers applied
the VietGAP standard for clean agriculture, and attained food safety certificates
for more than 1,000 hectares of oranges and tangerine.
Coming to Cao Phong orange festival these days, visitors will have
opportunities to enjoy the distinctive flavour of oranges and tangerines of the
Muong Thang land./.
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Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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