HBO – The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province has held a ceremony to wrap up the Hoa Binh Citrus Festival and Agricultural Fair 2018 at Cao Phong district’s cultural house in Cao Phong township.

Taking place from December 12-16, the festival and fair were a success, with nearly 200 local units, organisations, enterprises and households displaying their products at 244 booths.


 Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Dinh Van Duc presents certificates of merits to units and individuals for their outstanding contributions to organisation work.

 In unfavourable weather, this year’s festival and fair still attracted a huge number of visitors, at 70,000 arrivals. Programmes were organised well, while security and order as well as food safety and hygiene were ensured, and pavilions provided abundant goods with stable quality and prices, meeting locals’ consumption demand. In five days, over 5,000 tonnes of vegetables and fruits of all kinds were sold. On December 12 – the opening day alone, the events attracted the participation of around 15,000 visitors, and sales of products were estimated at 60 tonnes, earning 1.2 billion USD. In addition, sales of citrus in Cao Phong district and several other districts are on uptrends before, during and after the festival.

 On this occasion, the provincial People’s Committee granted certificates of merits to five collectives and nine individuals, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presented certificates of merits to 30 collectives and 25 individuals, and the Cao Phong district People’s Committee granted certificates of merits to five collectives and 25 individuals. Moreover, outstanding pavilions were also honoured at the closing ceremony./.

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