(HBO) - Lac Thuy district is currently home to a total 250 ha of tea-growing land, of which 170 ha being high-yield tea, mainly in farms across the communes of Phu Thanh, Phu Lao, Co Nghia, and Dong Tam. Cultivation techniques brought about significant changes in recent years.

Director of
Duong Nam cooperative Duong Ngoc Chuc (centre) discusses, shares experiences in
food safety standards ensured tea production with staff of the Agriculture and
Rural Development office of Lac Thuy district and locals of Phu Thanh commune.
To further promote the district’s
socio-economic development targets, especially in agriculture, Lac Thuy
continues to pay heed to the recovery of some plants, notably tea among
industrial trees.
The Party Committee of the district aims to
issue a resolution detailing the development of a tea-growing zone based on the
one of the Song Boi One Member Company Limited. The area has raked in stable
income worth about 200-240 million VND (8,620-10,350 USD) per ha annually.
The issuance and implementation of a
resolution is hoped to recover and build brand for Lac Thuy tea, bolstering its
consumption in the domestic and international markets.
According to the Agriculture and Rural
Development office of Lac Thuy district, the tea cultivation has contributed to
creating jobs and raising income for local people. Currently, besides tea and
some other key plants, the district eyes production meeting food safety
standards.
The district is building brand for Lac Thuy
tea, among other products in the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme. To
realise the target, the district’s Agriculture and Rural Development office
provided guidance for local people to produce tea in a safe procedure and
devised planning for a tea-growing zone under VietGAP standards, thereby
completing documents for brand building of local tea and for the product in the
OCOP programme.
The roadmap on building Lac Thuy tea brand
will be launched in 2019 and expected to complete in 2020, affirmed Ngo Dinh
Tam, head of the district’s agriculture and rural development office./.
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