Fall in love with the Northwest high quality cinnamon's scent
Chủ Nhật 27/08/2023 , 21:42 (GMT+7)(VAN) Coming to Van Yen district (Yen Bai) around this time, each of us will be captivated by the scent of cinnamon, a plant that has helped alleviate poverty.
Van Yen is the district with the largest cinnamon area in Yen Bai province. Van Yen district is also known for its good quality essential oil, as well as largely distributed cinnamon trees in 25 communes and towns in the district.
For many years now, cinnamon has made an important contribution to the construction of a new rural area, becoming a staple crop to stick with, feed and help thousands of households in the district step by step rise out of poverty and get rich.
Mr. Luyen Huu Chung, the Secretary of the Van Yen District Party Committee, participated in harvesting cinnamon with the people. Photo: Thanh Mien.
In the district, there are more than 200 establishments, households and 3 cooperatives processing, producing and trading cinnamon and cinnamon varieties.
With the values that cinnamon brings to people's lives, over the years, cinnamon has been identified as a key economic tree and a long-term strategy of Van Yen district. If tourists have the opportunity to come to Van Yen district (Yen Bai) around this time, each of them will be captivated by the scent of cinnamon trees in the northwest high places.
The district's cinnamon products not only meet the needs of consumers in the province and in the country, but also export to 18 countries and territories such as Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, India... Photo: Thanh Mien.
Eight cinnamon products have been recognized as OCOP 3-star products and organic cinnamon products are being continuously developed in order to achieve 4-star OCOP certification. Photo: Thanh Mien.
With more than 4,000 hectares of certified organic cinnamon in Europe and the United States, including: Son Ha Spices Company with 2,500 hectares, Olam Vietnam Company with 1,071 hectares, Vicimex Company with 500 hectares. Along with increasing the area, over the years, people have always paid attention to doing good care and protection so that the cinnamon tree grows quickly and on average, the whole district exploits over 2,500 hectares per year. Photo: Thanh Mien.
The annual output of cinnamon bark is over 5,000 tons, over 65,000 tons of branches and leaves are salvaged, and more than 50,800 m3 of cinnamon wood, 300 tons of cinnamon essential oil is distilled... bringing great revenue to the locality. Photo: Thanh Mien.
The production and processing of cinnamon products have created jobs and stable incomes for thousands of local workers. According to statistics, the whole district has over 80% of households growing and earning from cinnamon. Therefore, from towns to remote communes, people make use of bare land to grow cinnamon. Photo: Thanh Mien.
Van Yen district has also set a goal to develop the cinnamon tree area by 2025 to over 60,000 hectares; focus on improving the quality of cinnamon in the direction of developing clean cinnamon and organic cinnamon to meet the requirements of large markets such as the US, Japan, and the UK as well as focus on attracting investment in production and processing of cinnamon. Photo: Thanh Mien.
Translated by Bao Ngoc
