The hundreds of years old tea fields in Suoi Giang are the key highlights in the strategy of developing green tourism services, the identity of Van Chan district. Located in the North of Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Suoi Giang commune is favored by nature in terms of land, cool climate of the high mountains over 1,000m above sea level to grow crops of economic value. high, it’s Shan Tuyet tea. 98% of the commune’s population is H’mong and for hundreds of years, the people have known how to grow tea. The ancient tea tree in Suoi Giang can be from 2 to 5m high, with a canopy of 2-4m wide. The tea buds are big, the shrimp has white snow, the whiter, the higher the content of micronutrients in the tea. Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea has long been famous at home and abroad due to its very high product quality with aroma, rich taste and rich nutrition. Currently, the commune has over 674 hectares of tea, including 193 hectares of ancient tea. “70% of households in the commune grow tea,” said Mr. Giang A Dang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Suoi Giang commune. The Secretary of the Commune Party Committee also has 3 hectares of ancient tea. The purchase price of fresh bud tea in Suoi Giang commune reached an average of 20,000 VND/kg; The production value brought to tea growers is about 20 billion VND/year. Tea is the main source of income for agricultural households in the area – said Vice Chairman of the Commune People’s Committee Mua A Giang. The price of the product depends on the type, ranging from 150,000 to 650,000 VND/kg, the delicious kind is about 3 million VND/kg – said Ms. Lam Thi Kim Thoa, Director of Suoi Giang Tea Cooperative. “The most precious tea must be made from hundreds of years old tea tree buds on high mountain peaks, covered with clouds and dew all year round, imbued with the quintessence of earth and sky. It is a high-class tea, cherished as a precious medicine, just for a gift, it can be up to 50 million VND / kg”, said Mr. Dang Thai Son – who has a deep understanding of Suoi Giang tea. Or that, now hundreds of years old ancient tea gardens, rough trunks, white mold are not only a place to provide clean raw materials for processing high-class Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea products, but also a tourist destination. tourist attractions. “Having to visit the garden, see firsthand the hundred-year-old tea trees, the tree stump is bigger than an adult thigh; Being able to climb the tree to pick fresh tea buds, one shrimp and two leaves, to taste the acrid taste and then enjoy the sweet aftertaste of the tea, there’s nothing more exciting than that” – Ms. Kan shared. Comrade Mai Mong Tuan – Secretary of the Van Chan District Party Committee said, the Resolution of the Party Congress of Van Chan district, term 2021 – 2026 defines: “Promoting the development of green tourism services, identity, bringing tourism to life Tourism has become an important economic sector of the district. Suoi Giang is on the list of places to develop green tourism services with local identity. In this direction, the district’s goal is to focus on protecting and developing safe, sustainable Shan Tuyet tea, organic farming; raise the value of products and develop the brand name and trademark of Suoi Giang tea in order to help growers, enterprises and cooperatives in producing, processing and trading tea to get rich from tea trees; to associate the protection and development of tea areas with the development of community eco-tourism. Mr. Dang Duy Hien – Chairman of Van Chan District People’s Committee affirmed that following the above orientation, the district will protect the integrity of Suoi Giang ancient tea area to serve the province’s eco-tourism projects. In addition, the locality organizes propaganda, training and technical transfer instructions for tea growers to understand the basic techniques to affect tea plants, help protect tea plants, increase yield and quality. and ensure the growth and development of the old tea area as well as the newly planted tea area. From this orientation and solution of the party committee, local government, Suoi Giang tea and other services that “follow” the reputation of Suoi Giang tea are facing many favorable opportunities for development in the coming time. Now, going to Suoi Giang, visitors can enjoy high-class dining and accommodation services right in the middle of ancient tea fields. Recently, a business has boldly invested tens of billions of dong to build Suoi Giang Cultural Space. From this cultural space, visitors can see the roofs of the Mong people hidden among the mountains and clouds; enjoy a quiet resting space amidst the vast green tea plantations; enjoy the national specialties, including new dishes such as grilled meat rolls, young tea leaves eaten raw with herbs; enjoy tea through a very sophisticated brewing process performed by artisans who have undergone training in the art of tea making. Secretary of the District Party Committee Mai Mong Tuan added that in the coming time, the district will focus on trademark protection, promotion and management of Suoi Giang tea brand in domestic and foreign markets; diversifying forms of business, promotion and advertising of local products. At the same time, encourage people to effectively and sustainably exploit tourism potentials; improve product quality, promote activities, develop green tourism services and identity. On the side of the people, especially the Mong ethnic people – the owner of Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea, they are trying to preserve the ancient tea trees in order to turn the tea fields into an indispensable destination in the tour. invest in repairing houses, preserving national cultural identity to develop community-based tourism in association with agricultural production development, creating sustainable livelihoods./.

Mr. Hoang Van Hanh sells all kinds of products made by his family. Photo: Nguyen Dung. In the past, the local people did not know how to trade in agricultural products and their products, because they brought goods from Dong Khe commune to the central market of Van Chan district by a far distance, so people set up small stalls right at the market. along Highway 32 for sale. The owners of the goods sold at the market are relatives of the Mong, Thai, and Tay ethnic groups living in Dong Khe and Suoi Bu communes, many of whom cannot speak Mandarin. Initially, they sold with different high and low prices, so Mr. Hoang Hiep Cuoc was the first person to trade in the market and told everyone to sell the same price for all items, which is 5 thousand. Because it has no name and has not been planned as a people’s market, people around and passersby call this place a market of 5,000, or a market for one price. In the market, I saw Ms. Sung Thi Dong selling vegetables with her son on the roadside. She is a Mong ethnic living in Ba Cau village, Suoi Bu commune, recently she went to the market to sell vegetables. Her customers are passersby and people in the surrounding communes. Because the price is only 5 thousand, the vegetables are grown in the high mountains and are always fresh, so each customer usually buys a few at a time. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao sells specialty rice. Photo: Nguyen Dung. Sitting selling goods in the sun, the road is full of cars, so it is very dusty, but it helps her earn a little more money to cover her life. Sitting next to her are elderly Mong and Thai people selling wild vegetables, bamboo shoots and specialty rice. These old women do not speak Mandarin well, but they also bring goods to the market to sell, because the items have only one price and do not need to be bargained like other normal markets. Mr. Hoang Van Hanh, living in the market, he has just brought cucumbers, pumpkins, bamboo shoots, bitter melons, vegetables … for sale right at the door. Mr. Hanh said: My wife and I, Lo Thi Thuy, bring our family’s things to sell to passersby. My vegetables and herbs do not use pesticides, so you can rest assured that you use them… He added that in the bamboo shoot season, he and his wife can sell nearly 2 tons per month and a few kilograms of other agricultural products, thanks to which the family can make a small amount of income. Some people around here also bring goods to sell, many of which are herbal products exploited by people in the forest, at this time the items are not the same price of 5 thousand as before. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao specializes in selling specialty rice such as black brown rice, brown rice, plain rice, etc., with prices ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 VND/kg. She said, her buyers are mostly tourists and passersby, many in Yen Bai city, Hanoi… buy a few dozen pounds to eat and give as gifts. Ms. Nguyen Thi Xoan sells wild pineapples to customers to buy as medicine. Photo: Nguyen Dung. The large stalls in the market of 5,000 sell precious herbs and many types of herbal medicine. In which, Ms. Nguyen Thi Xoan’s stall has nearly 100 different products, including: forest shiitake mushrooms, forest seed bananas, forest myrtle, mousse, dan den, hummus, honeydew tea – red ginseng , fenugreek, Jiaogulan, dried squash, string tea, hemp, wild pineapple, medlar, jade crane… Many items are mined by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ha Thi An, who knows how to collect and exploit drugs in the forest. bought from people, in addition, she also sells medicines for postpartum women, kidney medicine, special medicine for bones and joints, medicine for stomach pain … The herbs she buys from local people, her husband, Mr. Loc Duc Huynh, helps her daily to chop, dry, sieve, and then pack them for sale. Mr. Loc Duc Huynh closes goods to sell to customers far away. Photo: Nguyen Dung. In the past, Huynh worked as a worker on Dong Khe quarry and many other places. His hard work did not earn much, so he went back to help his wife and mother buy and sell medicinal herbs. Each month, Ms. Xoan and her husband sell nearly 1 ton of medicinal herbs of all kinds to tourists, pharmacies everywhere from Lao Cai, Hanoi to Dong Nai. Another stall owner in the 5,000 market is Ms. Hoang Van Nga from Thai ethnicity who has lived here for a long time, her family also sells male medicines that have the effect of tonic kidney, yang, liver, liver detoxification… Besides, She also sells it online and carries it by post or passenger car. Ms. Hoang Van Nga at the family drugstore. Photo: Nguyen Dung. Over the past ten years, the 5,000-dollar market is not only commercially significant, but also a cultural address that attracts tourists near and far because of the simple, rustic and genuine human element here.

Cows were diagnosed with inflammatory dermatitis in Van Chan district. Photo: Thai Sinh. Cystic dermatitis reported by the Yen Bai Department of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine, first appeared on March 29 in the household of Mr. Ha Huy Giap in Ban Pha village, Viet Hong commune, Tran Yen district when detected 1 The cow contracted dermatitis, and on April 13, 2021 another cow got sick. On April 5, 2021 appeared in the household of Mr. Nguyen Chi Hieu, An Thai village, Minh An commune, Van Chan district, over 2 cows were infected with dermatitis. On April 7, 2021, in the household of Mr. Ta Van Ban, Bang La 1 village, Dai Lich commune, Van Chan district, there was a cow with inflammatory skin lumps. On April 9, 2021, in the household of Mr. Nguyen Van Cong, Go Gam village, Van Hoi commune, Tran Yen district, 3 cows and cows were infected with inflammatory lumpy dermatitis. Thus, up to now, Yen Bai province has had 4 households in 4 communes with 8 cows suffering from inflammatory skin disease, localities organized to destroy 5 cows according to regulations. Most recently, right in the morning of April 16, according to the people, the Department of Livestock – Veterinary Medicine Yen Bai organized a mission to My Gia commune, Yen Binh district to check for Mr. Hoang Ngoc Su, Phu village. The US is raising 4 cows, of which 2 have manifestations of lumpy dermatitis, the team has taken samples and asked to isolate the other two cows. In addition to the household of Mr. Nguyen Van Cong who bought cows from Thai Binh to identify the source of transmission, the rest households did not buy cows from other places, so they could not identify the source of transmission, so livestock farmers were very worried. It is known that Yen Bai Department of Livestock Production – Veterinary Medicine has registered to buy 10,000 doses of vaccine for lumpy dermatitis to vaccinate cows in epidemic areas and surrounding areas.