The fifth coffee festival in the Central Highlands

(Cinet)- The fifth coffee festival has been organized in a downtown Buon Ma Thuot of the Central Highlands city, from March 9 to 12.

At a meeting held in the Central Highlands city to welcome international business delegations, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Dak Lak People’s Committee, Y Dham Enuol, introduced the potential for cooperation in the province’s socio-economic development.

An art show themed “Buon Ma Thuot Coffee – Essence of Forest” opened the festival on the night of March 9. Over 660 stalls offering various kinds of coffee products, items processed from coffee plants, machines for processing coffee, and fertilizers and pesticides used for coffee plants will be available at the fair.

The largest-ever festival to be held to promote coffee productst will be accompanied by a national workshop on orientations for coffee production, while ensuring sustainable development and enhancing product quality.Dak Lak – the capital of Vietnamese coffee – has the largest coffee growing area and productivity in the country. Its export of 450,000 tonnes of coffee seeds every year accounts for 80 percent of total production.

The event aimed to be a venue for coffee growers, businesses and consumers to forge links via a wide range of activities including an exhibition on Buon Ma Thuot coffee, a coffee-making contest and a conference on sustainable coffee development.

In 2014, Vietnam produced over 1.37 million tonnes of coffee, of which Dak Lak contributed over 450,000 tonnes. Last year’s coffee export value was 3.4 billion USD.

Coffee plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the Central Highlands, helping reduce poverty in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities.

The fifth coffee festival in the Central Highlands Related image(s)