Hundreds of people interested in tea attended the Cultural Tea Festival and Trade Fair-Agriculture Promotion 2007 in the northern province of Ha Giang on 15 October.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Truong To said the province boasted the nation's third-largest tea output after Lam Dong in the Central Highlands and Thai Nguyen in the north.
"The festival aims to develop the province's strong points and seek investment opportunities in order to turn its tea products into a sustainable trademark and a main item in Ha Giang's economy," To said.
Famous Ha Giang teas include the hundred-year-old secular tea wild trees, Shan Tuyet, in Cao Bo in Vi Xuyen District, Lung Phin in Dong Van District, and green tea from Hung An.
Ha Giang is considered a genuine and natural tea haven by local and international tea experts.
On the first day of the festival, Ha Giang won three Viet Nam Guinness Records for a 300kg tea cake, 500-year-old tea, and more than 3,000 people enjoying tea at the same time.
Organisers also took the opportunity to introduce a number of tourism sites, such as Ha Giang's tea plantations and other places including the Hung Cuong Processing Plant, the Thanh Ha mineral springs resort, the secular Shan Tuyet tea trees in Cao Bo and the Pan Hou eco-tourism site.
Cong Troi in Quan Ba District, the ancient street of Dong Van and the Tay ethnic group from Tha Commune in Vi Xuyen District are also among the attractive tourism sites in Ha Giang, according to organisers.