Hoang Su Phi currently has over 4,600 hectares of shan tuyet tea farm, with an output of 12,880 tonnes of fresh tea per year worth 115 billion VND. Of the total area, about 2,000 hectares ancient tea trees with production of more than 6,000 tonnes per year.

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Hoang Su Phi has 25 tea processing facilities, including five cooperatives with a capacity of producing 3-5 tonnes per day, creating jobs for many local labourers with high income.

Income of shan tuyet tree farmers is about 50 million VND (2,150 USD) per year, which helps them improve the living conditions.

According to Nguyen Thi Anh Hong, Vice President of the Vietnam Tea Association, the preservation and enhancement of Hoang Su Phi tea trees and the building trademark for Hoang Su Phi shan tuyet tea products.

She underlined the need of communication work to raise locals’ awareness of protecting and developing the trees.

Currently, 1,470 hectares of tea farm in Hoang Su Phi has received organic certification, including 161 hectares meeting EU standards. Hoang Su Phi tea has also got geographical indication. However, the product has yet to be sold in many international markets.

Ly Choi Nhan, head of the district’s Office of Agriculture and Rural Development, over the years, Ha Giang has issued various policies to develop and sell shan tuyet tea product in a sustainable manner.

Hoang Su Phi district has strengthened trade promotion, while focusing on cultivation, harvesting and processing of shan tuyet tea, thus enhancing the value of the product, especially ancient shan tuyet tea, he said.

In August this year, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam issued certification of geographical indication on Ha Giang shan tuyet tea in six districts and 44 communes, giving a chance for the province to promote the product wider in the global market.

2019 Tea Masters Cup Vietnam opens

The 2019 Tea Masters Cup Vietnam opened at the Hoang Su Phi District stadium, in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, on September 19.

Ancient tea trees get top recognition and protection

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang province’s signature shan tuyet tea trees have been recognised as part of the Ancient Tree Heritage of Vietnam. 

Ha Giang tea tree remains productive after 500 years

A 500-year-old Shan tuyet tea tree in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang still retains its productivity and the special taste of its leaves.

A man dedicates to producing ancient Shan Tuyet tea

Vang A Khua, a man from a Mong ethnic minority group in Moi village, Suoi Giang commune, Yen Bai province, was born into a family from six generations of producing the ancient Shan Tuyet tea by traditional manual methods. With a strong aspiration of preserving and promoting the traditional values and secrets of his ancestors, he creates his individual Shan Tuyet tea brand with unique tastes.

A young man loves his job of growing tea

Le Hai, 28, pursues his passion of growing tea in a unique way, fertilising tea fields with soybeans and spraying chilli garlic wine to prevent pests.

Source: VNA