The family of Mr. To Van Khiem, 52, Head of Khe Coc village in Tuc Tranh commune, Thai Nguyen province, makes thousands of USD per kilogram of processed tea by feeding plants with chicken eggs and honey.
The days up to the Lunar New Year in 2022 were hectic for To Van Khiem, who was busy with trucks carrying tea to customers.
The favorable weather conditions in 2021 helped his 1.5ha tea plantation yield high-quality items suitable for sale to Europe. The tea tree sales bring in 300-500 million VND annually to his family.
In the area of Phu Luong in Thai Nguyen province, hundreds of families have prospered thanks to tea plantations. More than 4,000 hectares of tea cultivation in four communes of Phu Luong district, with an annual production of more than 42 thousand tons, is anticipated to bring in 1,200 billion VND from the four big tea regions in Thai Nguyen province…