Vietnam is a growing country, Tea production and processing, Tea area and production ranked second 5 but productivity ranks second 3 in total 50 Tea producing countries in the world. Now, our country has 34 the provincial, Tea growing city with a total area 123 thousand hectares of tea, productivity is near 95 quintal / ha, higher than five 2018 was 4,4 quintal / ha, output reached 1,02 million tons of fresh bud tea. Export volume reached 136 thousand tons, value reached 235 million dollars. The years, Tea is a fairly sustainable production plant, contribute positively to poverty reduction for mountainous people, especially in some specialty tea production areas, is a tree enrichment for the people.

Thai Nguyen, Currently the province has the largest tea area in the country, Current tea area is estimated at 22,500 ha; estimated productivity 119 quintal / ha, fresh bud tea production was reached 230 thousand tons. The years, Thai Nguyen province has stepped up the restructuring of tea varieties, Application of science and technology in production. Now, Most of the tea area in the province has been produced in a safe manner, Organic; Processing is also focused, diversify products. With that, The province has stepped up construction, promotion, tea consumption; The province's tea products have been affirmed in domestic and international markets, thereby helping to alleviate poverty, Increase income for tea producing households.

However, many delegates to the conference said that, There is still room for tea development, especially the increase of added value of tea; awareness, invest, direct and organize tea production among different provinces, there are places where one hectare of tea reaches prison value 500 come 800 million dong / year, But there are places not yet reached 100 million dong / ha / year; production link, Processing unsatisfactory; Tea production associated with tourism is still weak.

At the conference, Discussions of localities focused on proposing solutions to remove difficulties in breeding work, production, processing stage, market development… with tea industry. Some suggestions are from the Plant Protection Department, The National Center for Agricultural Extension was also presented at the conference.

The common view of the unit itself, tea development is highly effective in association with agricultural restructuring.

In order for the development of tea industry to be truly sustainable, the scale of tea growing area must be suitable to the requirements of the domestic and export markets., The area is arranged in conformity with the ecological and cultural traditions, at the same time must be able to compete on economic efficiency with other crops in the area.

Delegates visit tea production model in Tan Cuong commune, Thai Nguyen City

Speaking at the Conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh suggested: In the coming years, tea area will be stable, but must increase the added value of tea and tea products. Therefore, Provinces need to re-evaluate production status, business, invest, command, organization of production, process, consume, export. In order to improve the quality of tea, processing should be speeded up, link; Tea product segment, The word is then associated with selecting and processing tea; development attention, improve the quality of new products, but also to improve the quality of traditional tea products.

Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh assigned the Department of Crop Production to develop a sustainable tea development project in the context of restructuring the agricultural sector., which define clear goals, There is a policy for tea plants. The Department, service, institute, The relevant university is responsible for the research, Proposing related issues to develop tea plants.