400 Shan Tuyet tea trees in Yen Bai are recognized as Vietnam Heritage Trees.

These ancient Shan Tuyet tea trees are identified by scientists as the ancestors of tea trees in the world.

On February 16, a population of 400 ancient Shan Tuyet tea trees in Suoi Giang commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province was recognized as a Vietnamese Heritage Tree by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment.

The population of ancient Shan Tuyet tea trees in Suoi Giang commune grows naturally on Hoang Lien Son mountain range, at an altitude of 1,300 - 1,800 m above sea level, surrounded by clouds all year round, and is between 100 and 300 years old. Scientists have identified these ancient tea trees as the ancestors of tea trees in the world.

Ceremony to recognize Shan Tuyet tea tree as Vietnam Heritage Tree.

The population of 400 tea trees recognized as Heritage Trees this time grows concentrated in 4 villages of the commune: Giang A, Giang B, Pang Can and Ban Moi. Currently, hundreds of households are managing, caring for and harvesting fresh tea buds, processing them into tea products under the brand name of Suoi Giang Shan Tuyet tea, famous at home and abroad.

At the ceremony to receive the Certificate of Recognition of Vietnam Heritage Trees, Professor, Doctor of Science Dang Huy Huynh - Vice President of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment, Chairman of the Vietnam Heritage Tree Council affirmed that the population of Shan Tuyet tea trees in Suoi Giang has special factors to become a heritage tree of Vietnam. Besides historical and cultural values, for decades, Suoi Giang tea trees have been exploited by local people, with high economic efficiency, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction.

In the coming time, Van Chan district will continue to promote and preserve the economic, cultural and tourism values ​​of the Suoi Giang Shan Tuyet tea complex. Implement the project to protect and develop the Suoi Giang Shan Tuyet tea area; plan and develop eco-tourism combined with discovery tourism, focusing on the Suoi Giang ancient Shan Tuyet tea complex. Provide guidance on care, harvesting and processing according to technical procedures, protect and develop the Suoi Giang tea brand, expand the consumption market for tea products, improve people's lives and income./.

According to VOV.VN