National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and other delegate join xoe dance at the festival. (Photo: VNA)Son La (VNA) – Thefirst Son La Coffee Festival opened in Son La city of the northern mountainous provincewith the same name on October 20, with the presence of National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue.
Nguyen Huu Dong, Secretaryof the provincial Party’s Committee, said the festival is an important event designed for Son La and other northwestern provinces to introduce their Arabica coffee and honour coffee growers,processors and traders, contributing to promoting the value and the position of Son La Arabica coffee in domestic and foreignmarkets.
The cultivation of Arabica coffee in Son La began in the late 1980s, and the area under the plant expanded from 278ha in 1990 to over 20,000 ha in 2023, accounting for 41.2% of the country’s Arabia coffee cultivationarea. Of which, 18,000 ha have obtained sustainable farming certification. Son La coffeehas been exported to 20 countries in the European Union, North America, theMiddle East and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Addressing the event, Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Le Minh Hoan emphasised the importance of cooperation and linkage indeveloping a sustainable value chain for the coffee industry in Son La.
The festival with the theme of "Arabica, Son La Coffee - Taste of Tay Bac" will last until October 23.
It features a coffee gala,a farmers’ competition, a trade fair, the inauguration of investment projects in the coffeesector and Cascara tea production lines in Mai Son district, and a conferenceon coffee trade connections./.
