TH Group's Van Ho fresh fruit and herbal processing factory (Son La) comes into operation
(Baonghean.vn) - Van Ho fresh fruit and herbal processing factory has just been inaugurated and put into operation in Son La. It is the first factory in Vietnam to process concentrated orange and longan products on the world's leading modern production line.
The first factory to process concentrated longan
Attended the inauguration ceremony of the newly built factory.TH GroupIn coordination with the People's Committee of Son La province, the event was held in Van Ho district with the presence of Party and State leaders: Tong Thi Phong - Politburo member, Permanent Vice President of the National Assembly; Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission; Nguyen Huu Dong - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Son La Provincial Party Committee and representatives of leaders of central and local ministries, departments and branches.
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Delegates attending. Photo: PV |
Van Ho fresh fruit and medicinal herb processing factory started construction in January 2018; phase 1 production (2020-2025) with a processing capacity of 300 tons of vegetables, fruits, and herbs; investment level of 1,200 billion VND, solving 15,000 hectares of raw material area.
Phase 2 (after 2025), the entire project will increase investment to 3,500 billion VND, solve more than 35,000 hectares of raw materials and will process fruits and vegetables with a capacity of 300 tons per day. In the immediate future, the factory will focus on processing fruits such as longan, guava, mango, orange, passion fruit, crab apple... and produce all-natural, safe fruit and vegetable juices.
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Ms. Thai Huong - founder of TH Group spoke at the ceremony. Photo: PV |
This is the first factory in Vietnam to process concentrated longan, using Extraction Technology - the most modern, fully automatic, high-pressure, heat-free, cold extraction technology from Germany and using equipment from the world's number 1 manufacturer of specialized fruit processing equipment.
In phase 1, the factory will consume products from 15,000 hectares of raw material areas; phase 2 will continue to consume products from more than 35,000 hectares of raw material areas with fruits such as longan, guava, mango, orange, passion fruit, hawthorn...
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Delegates cut the ribbon. Photo: PV |
The most modern technology in the world
To ensure the requirement of producing fruit juice that retains all natural nutrients and is environmentally friendly, Van Ho Fresh Fruit and Herbal Processing Factory makes its mark with special technological highlights - leading in the agricultural processing industry.
By using fully automatic extraction technology and high pressure processing technology HPP - in which high pressure processing HPP is one of the most modern technologies in the world today, products will be processed by high pressure in a short time without using heat, helping to preserve the most color, delicious flavor and nutritional value of fresh vegetables, tubers and fruits while still ensuring food hygiene and safety. Due to the high cost of equipment investment, so far, businesses applying this technology in Vietnam in particular and Asia in general are still very few.
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Delegates press the button to start the factory line. Photo: PV |
This is also the first factory in Vietnam to process concentrated orange and longan products on the world's most modern production line. The factory was installed by the German General Contractor Rieckermann and uses equipment manufactured by the Italian company Bertuzzi.
Bertuzzi's line is the latest generation, processing fruit with high synchronization and automation from automatic fruit washing, peeling, extraction to concentration and packaging; applying the newest and most modern technologies, with the ability to expand and integrate to process many other types of fruit such as crab apple, passion fruit, mango, guava, grapefruit...
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Visit the factory's production line. Photo: PV |
Create the most sustainable method of poverty eradication and enrichment
“It has been 8 years for the project up to today, with 4 years since the idea was formed, from idea to reality, there was a long economic crisis, leading to more difficulties for businesses - especially businesses in agriculture.
But with all our heart, we always want to aim at how to help farmers near and far and poor provinces develop, eliminate hunger and reduce poverty. And the most sustainable way to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty is to bring them into a farming and production method"-Mrs. Thai Huong- TH Group founder shared.
“This is a common joy for Son La province, especially for farmers in key fruit growing areas such as Van Ho, Moc Chau, Mai Son, Song Ma, Bac Yen, Phu Yen districts. From now on, farmers here will no longer worry about “good harvest, low price”, or worry about the output of the products produced. The appearance of a factory using the most modern technology in the world in Vietnam is a breakthrough in the agricultural commodity of Son La province” - speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Comrade Tong Thi Phong - Politburo member, Permanent Vice President of the National Assembly noted.
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Ms. Thai Huong introduces Van Ho fresh fruit and herbal processing factory. Photo: PV |
Not only does it create jobs for hundreds of workers directly working at the factory and tens of thousands of indirect workers in the province, but the factory's operation also promotes high-quality agricultural production so that Son La province can bring its proud fruit brand to develop sustainably and reach further into the world.
Pioneering Enterprise
Not only that, the orientation of linking with farmers through Cooperatives that TH Group has advocated to implement will be a new type of Cooperative model, proactively applying high technology when farmers are gathered together, voluntarily linking up in production, then no one will be "left behind" in the trend of technology, but will become a link in the value chain, led by enterprises, providing production plans, technical standards as well as requirements on product quality, guidance on cultivation and processing techniques.
Besides, with the appearance of a modern project, modern cooperation methods will certainly help officials at all levels, professional social organizations and farmers to innovate their thinking and small-scale farming practices to commodity production, facing big business opportunities and international integration.
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Central leaders planted souvenir trees at the factory. Photo: PV |
“The appearance of a large and prestigious enterprise like TH Group in Moc Chau plateau, Van Ho, a 30A district, a highland and difficult area of the border province, will be a pioneer enterprise, attracting more enterprises from all over the country to come here, contributing to the sustainable implementation of the Party and State's ethnic policies, contributing to raising the economic level of the border area, contributing to building and protecting the Fatherland's borders" - Comrade Tong Thi Phong affirmed.
According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Dong - Secretary of Son La Provincial Party Committee, the province has oriented to develop agricultural raw material areas that meet standards and quality to supply raw materials for the Van Ho fresh fruit and herbal processing factory of TH Group. In particular, the development plan until 2025, the area of orange and longan trees in the province will reach over 25,000 hectares, with an output of over 195,000 tons.
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Central, ministerial and industry leaders and group leaders took souvenir photos on the day the Van Ho fresh fruit and herbal medicine processing factory came into operation. Photo: PV |
According to the global forecast by 2022 of "Fruit & Vegetable Processing Market", the global processed fruit and vegetable market will reach 346 billion USD, this growth rate has increased by a cumulative growth rate (CAGR) of about 7%/year since 2017. Along with the general trend in the world, Vietnamese consumers have paid attention to choosing to use soft drinks of natural origin, rich in vitamins and minerals. TH Group's investment in processing fruits and fruit drinks completely from nature will help consumers have more choices to use healthy products, ensuring healthy nutrition.
“We apply high technology, 4.0 technology, bringing the world's number 1 technology, equipment, and achievements here. The entire factory project is operated automatically to maintain hygiene and safety and retain all the nutrients of the fruit, bringing them to serve human life.”

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