'Vinh orange road' in the 2020 New Year festival in Nghe An

Evening of December 31,At Ho Chi Minh Square, Vinh City, the Provincial People's Committee organized the Opening Ceremony of Vinh Orange Festival with the theme "Nghe An - Golden Seasons" and Nghe An welcomes the new year 2020. Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Vuong Dinh Hue - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Sinh Hung - Former Politburo member, Former Chairman of the National Assembly; comrades of the Party Central Committee:Nguyen Dac Vinh-Deputy Chief of the Central Party Office, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province;Dao Ngoc Dung - Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen The Ky - General Director of Voice of Vietnam.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Members of the Provincial Party Committee,Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee:Hoang Nghia Hieu, Bui Dinh Long.

New Year 2020 art program at the opening ceremony of Vinh orange 2019. Photo: Quang An

Participating in the Vinh orange festival in 2019, there are 24 booths, of which 16 booths introduce products with geographical indications of Vinh oranges, the remaining 8 booths display a number of specialty products and OCOP products in the province.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Thai Thanh Quy - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: Nghe An is a land with a unique climate and soil, creating unique ecological zones with agricultural advantages, the address of many famous specialties and products, famous far and wide. Among them, Xa Doai orange is known as the "royal product", in the top 50 famous fruit specialties of Vietnam. From this orange variety, it has been developed in many localities in the province, with good quality, becoming a unique product of Nghe An.

Delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: Quang An

Up to now, Vinh oranges have been established as geographical indications in 73 communes in 11 districts, becoming a national asset protected by the State nationwide, one of the typical achievements of the agricultural sector of Nghe An province.

In particular, the province has also focused on restructuring the agricultural sector in association with new rural construction; encouraging the development of key agricultural products. The area of ​​orange cultivation has increased rapidly, currently reaching over 5,500 hectares, of which more than 3,300 hectares of oranges have been harvested, with an output of over 52,000 tons/year; by 2020, the province's orange area is expected to reach over 8,000 hectares, with an output of over 160,000 tons/year.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy opened the 2019 Vinh Orange Festival. Photo: Quang An

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that after the festival ends, he will witness closer cooperation between farm owners, gardeners with supermarkets, trade centers, and agricultural purchasing and processing enterprises to create stable and sustainable output for Vinh oranges in particular and the province's agricultural products in general.

Following the success of Vinh Orange Week in Hanoi held from December 17 to 21, 2019, tonight, we are present at Ho Chi Minh Square, continuing to join in the Vinh Orange Festival - welcoming the new year 2020.

The festival takes place from December 28, 2019 to January 1, 2020, with the highlight being the Orange Road filled with yellow, where visitors will be able to admire and enjoy delicious, beautiful, quality oranges from many rural areas in the province, along with other specialties and typical agricultural products of Nghe An.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy

Delegates visit booths displaying Vinh orange products. Photo: Quang An

At the opening ceremony, delegates and people enjoyed the art program "Nghe An welcomes the new year 2020" and visited booths introducing the "orange road" with many quality Vinh orange products.