From 16-20 / 11 to, Ben Tre province will organize the 5th Coconut Festival with the theme: "Coconut trees on the way of integration and sustainable development". This is an activity to enhance the promotion and introduction of coconut industry, Ben Tre coconut products in particular and of Vietnam in general with domestic and international tourists.
The Organizing Committee said, the Festival will create opportunities to exchange and exchange experiences on planting, processing and consumption of coconut products between farmers, domestic and international businesses, promoting links step by step improving. coconut tree product value chain.
The 5th Coconut Festival in Ben Tre will take place in Ben Tre City with many activities such as opening, closing ceremony, trade fair, exhibition of coconut products, launch "Startup Space- innovation, ”...
Mr. Nguyen Huu Lap, Vice Chairman of Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee spoke at the press conference of the 5th Ben Tre Coconut Festival.
In the framework of the Festival, there are also 3 seminars on improving the coconut tree value chain, solutions for developing tourism, building, exploiting and developing trademarks of specific products in Ben Tre province; coconut space, Southern Coconut Food Festival, Community of Coconut Village Festival ...
Especially within the framework of the Coconut Festival this year will take place Culture-Arts-Tourism Week with activities such as performing costumes coconut, contest "Beauty of Coconut", Ba Ba shirt festival to respect Honor the pure beauty, gentleness, assurance of Ben Tre coconut women as well as southern women; tourism activities to experience river water, coconut garden, farmers canoe, honoring coconut trees, coconut products and coconut growers and processors. Total funding for the 5th Coconut Festival is about VND 26 billion from socialization.
Ben Tre coconut after harvesting and preliminary processing.
Currently, Ben Tre province has a coconut plantation area of more than 71,000 hectares, accounting for 50% of the country's coconut area with more than 163,000 households planting coconut. The total annual output is nearly 800 million fruits; Export turnover reached about USD 200 million. The value of coconut products accounts for 25% of the province's export value.
Mr. Nguyen Huu Lap, Vice Chairman of Ben Tre People's Committee, said that this time the coconut festival takes place in the context of high coconut prices, with high expectations of coconut trees in Ben Tre constantly developing and improving in value. Economic, exported to many markets around the world.
“Ben Tre Province hopes that after 5 times of organizing the festival, coconut trees with their own local brand and coconut products will become a key economic sector. Coconut will have a position, a high proportion of exports and the economy of Ben Tre province. Ben Tre is expected to promote and propagate to countries in the region and the world to better understand coconut trees. At the same time, the province also wants to connect more trade goods with partners around the world, thereby improving the value of coconut trees increasingly better, "Mr. Lap expressed.
