Con Cuong brand orange juice and wine coming soon

(Baonghean.vn) - As one of the key areas of the Vinh Orange brand, Con Cuong oranges have long attracted consumers with their outstanding quality. Con Cuong oranges are sweet but not too sweet, light but not bland, and have a strong but not harsh aroma... These factors have created the unique value of orange trees in Tra Lan land.

Currently, in Con Cuong district, there are 255 hectares concentrated in Yen Khe, Bong Khe and Chi Khe communes. Of which, Yen Khe commune has 192 hectares.

Con Cuong oranges are mainly grown with Valencia and Van Du varieties. Orange yield is about 25 tons/ha.

According to the Project to promote branding for typical products of Con Cuong district in the period of 2016 - 2020, by 2020 the area will be expanded to 450 hectares, mainly concentrated in the communes of Yen Khe, Chi Khe, Bong Khe, Thach Ngan, Don Phuc, Mau Duc, Chau Khe, Luc Da. Notably, orange growers, with the attention of local authorities, have boldly applied scientific and technical advances in planting and caring for orange trees.

Along with increasing the economic value from developing orange growing areas, Con Cuong District People's Committee also promotes the development of orange growing models according to VietGAP standards.

With the determination to continue expanding the scale and quality of the Con Cuong orange brand in the Vinh orange geographical indication, local leaders have been creating all conditions for orange growers with many practical and appropriate policies. In the photo: Chairman of the Con Cuong District People's Committee Vi Van Son (middle) inspects the orange growing model in Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune.

In particular, there are currently 5 orange growing households in Con Cuong supported by JICA (Japan) to participate in the orange juice production project. Accordingly, Con Cuong oranges will have products such as orange juice and orange wine. According to the project progress, by the 2017 harvest season, orange juice products will be born.

Orange growers in Con Cuong are receiving support from local Party leaders and authorities. In the photo: Con Cuong District Party Secretary Nguyen Dinh Hung visits Yen Khe orange garden.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung - owner of an orange garden in Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune, said that his family started growing oranges in 2012 with an area of ​​1.5 hectares, the structure of Valencia oranges. This year is the first year the oranges have been harvested, with an expected yield of 20 tons/ha.

In the structure of agricultural products in Con Cuong, oranges are increasingly asserting their economic value with a total output of about 3,000 tons (in 2016), while maintaining the quality of the Vinh orange brand in the Southwest region of Nghe An.

Reporter working in Yen Khe orange area

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