Festival honors Moc Chau tea
(VOVWORLD) - The Moc Chau Tea Festival 2018 opened on Friday in Son La province to promote Moc Chau tea products and provide a platform for tea producers and traders to meet and foster safe and clean tea-making.
 Moc Chau Tea Festival 2018's opening ceremony |
The festival features a wide variety of events, including art performances, a tea-leaf picking contest, a tea ceremony and exhibitions of tea products and photos of tea plantations in Moc Chau. The geographical indication for Snow Shan (Shan Tuyet) tea of Moc Chau in Thailand is also announced.
Nguyen Thi Hoa, Vice Chairwoman of the Moc Chau district People’s Committee, said: “Tea production provides the main source of income for ethnic people in Moc Chau district. Developing the Moc Chau tea trademark and ensuring sustainable tea production are important in improving locals’ living conditions.”
 The geographical indication for Snow Shan (Shan Tuyet) tea of Moc Chau in Thailand is announced at the Moc Chau Tea Festival 2018. |
Formed in 1959, the Moc Chau tea area now stretches across some 1,800 hectares and produces more than 23,000 tonnes of tea leaves annually. Moc Chau tea products are exported to many international markets, including Japan, Taiwan (China) and Pakistan.