143 Candidates in the “Miss Tea-land” Contest

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEA FESTIVAL – THAI NGUYEN, VIETNAM 2011

According to the agreement of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, in the morning of 14th October, in Pho Yen district, the People’s Committee issued the Investment License of An Khanh Thermal Power Plant II to An Khanh Electricity Joint Stock Company.

Located at the foot of Tam Dao Mountain, La Bang commune (Dai Tu) has more than 300 ha areas for tea planting, in which more than 200 hectors of tea trees are in production, with capacity of 9,3 tons/hectors; average annual productivity gains nearly 1.900 tons fresh buds, equivalent to nearly 400 tons dried tea. Annually, tea cultivation gives nearly 900 farmer households in 10 hamlets of commune the earnings of more than 55 billion VND.

The Art Council of appraising the script of the International Tea Festival’s activities appraised the opening ceremony program of the Tea Festival on the 18th of October.

On the evening of October 11th, under the presiding of Comrade Ma Thi Nguyet - Member of the Standing Committee of Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee, Vice-chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Chief Organizer of the Organization Board of the “Miss Tea-land” contest, members of the Contest Organization Board had a meeting to review the preparation work last time, concurrently approved the detailed script of the contest.

Implementing the 4th Central Resolution (the tenth term) on “Viet Nam’s Sea Strategy until 2020”, on the evening of 12th October, in the Provincial Culture and Information Centre, there was the Receiving and Transferring Ceremony of the Spratly Islands’ sovereignty stones which were given to the Party Committee, the authority and people of Thai Nguyen Province by the Viet Nam Navy Service High Command.

On the morning of October 04th, Comrade Duong Ngoc Long, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee of Thai Nguyen led the task force to inspect the operation progress of works for the Tea Festival.