An art performance at the closing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
DakLak (VNA) – The seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival wrapped up inthe Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 16 night.
Themed “The Quintessence of Jungle,”the festival aims to honour Vietnamese coffee products, especially BuonMa Thuot coffee brand and geographic indication, in the global market, towardsturning the city into a destination of the world’s coffee.
It has contributed to promoting potential and strength of Dak Lak, especiallyagriculture, processing and renewable energy, while enhancing friendship andcooperation between the province and localities of foreign countries andinternational organisations.
In his closing remarks, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee NguyenTuan Ha said with 17 major activities, the eight-day event attracted 50,000visitors, including 6,000 foreigners.
Of note, many memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed during the coffeeexhibition, which accommodated 800 booths by 230 units, and lured 200,000visitors.
The first-ever workshop on Vietnamese specialty coffee development in Dak Lakbrought together 400 delegates who shared views on new path of domestic coffee,he said.
During the conference on trade promotion in Dak Lak, chaired by Deputy PrimeMinister Truong Hoa Binh, up to 38 projects with total registered capital ofabout 72 trillion VND (3.09 billion USD) got investment licences and decisions,and MoU.
The province also signed cooperation documents with the Ministries of Planningand Investment, Industry and Trade, and Agriculture and Rural Development.
Apart from cultural activities and folk games, thousands of festival-goers weretreated to free coffee provided by 38 firms and household businesses.
Buon Ma Thuot coffee has been soldacross over 60 countries and territories worldwide, contributing significantlyto the country’s total coffee export, which hit nearly 1.9 million tonnes worthover 3.5 billion USD in 2018.
With a coffee area of over 200,000 hectares and an annual output of over460,000 tonnes, Dak Lak is dubbed as the coffee capital of Vietnam.-VNA
A Coffee Trade Fair kicked off in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 9, as part of the ongoing 7th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.
As part of the ongoing 7th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, a Coffee Trade Fair kicked off in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 9.
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An art performance at the closing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
