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Int'l grapes and wine festival to open in Ninh Thuan

The International Grapes and Wine Festival 2014 will take place in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city, central Ninh Thuan province from July 14-19.
The International Grapes and Wine Festival 2014 will take place in PhanRang-Thap Cham city, central Ninh Thuan province from July 14-19.

The official opening ceremony will be held on the evening of July 17,said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Vo Dai at apress conference in the city on July 7.

Underthe theme “Vine and grape - Attractive tourism product”, the festivalaims to honour the value of grapes – a specialty of Ninh Thuan andintroduce the province’s economic and tourism potential, he said.

It is expected to provide a venue for Vietnamese and foreignprocessors to show off their products made from grapes, he added.

There will be two seminars during the event, focusing on orientationsfor the development of Ninh Thuan grapes and wine, and measures topromote tourism in the central coastal and Central Highland regions.

A photo exhibition on the land of Ninh Thuanand an international trade and tourism fair will be also held togetherwith a sheep contest, a coracle race and art performances.

Ninh Thuan has the largest vineyards in Vietnam , with 2,500 hamainly in Ninh Phuoc and Ninh Hai districts and Phan Rang-Thap Chamcity. The grape output is between 60,000-65,000 tonnes a year.

Ninh Thuan grapes are processed for many kinds of products such as raisins, jelly and wine.

The grape was introduced into Ninh Thuan in 1960, test-planted by theSouth Central Centre for Agricultural Technical Research based in NhaHo, Ninh Son district, and was commercially produced in the 1980s.

The locality has given priority togrape investment and development projects since 1992, includingplanting, preserving and processing techniques, while conducting studieson new grape varieties suitable with the local climate.

As many as 17 Ninh Thuan grape development projects with a totalfunding of some 15 billion VND were carried out. Some new grapevarieties were introduced to viticulturists, including NH01-48, NH01-152and BlackQueen.

On February 17,2012, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP)issued Decision No. 194 certifying the geographical indication of NinhThuan grape products, which helps raise the value of Ninh Thuan grapeson the market.-VNA
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