New tea processing plant opened in Lai Chau
Tam Duong Tea Development Investment Joint Stock Company inaugurated O Long Tam Duong tea processing plant in the northern province of Lai Chau on June 12.
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| O Long Tam Duong tea is a special product of Lai Chau Province. The tea processing plant is expected to help local people, especially ethnic minority people, improve their living standard. — Photo mocchauonline.vn |
The VND13.5 billion plant is the seventh unit built in the province's tea growing region, with a designed capacity of 1,300 tonnes of fresh tea per year. The plant will create job for around 100 employees, with an income of VND40 million, or US$1,904, per year each, and help more than 1,400 local tea growing households to earn around VND70 million ($3,333) per hectare per year each.
The company has been exporting its tea products to various countries and territories, including Russia, UK, Pakistan and Taiwan.
A local statistic revealed that at the end of 2013, the province had more than 3,300 hectares of tea plantations. — VNS
