(HBO) – The year-end marks the harvesting season of Phuc San small taro in Mai Chau district. The specialty has increasingly well-known thanks to its good quality.
Phuc San taro put up for sale in a market in Mai Chau town.
Ha Thi Thoan, a local trader, has sold Phuc San
taro for many years in a market in Mai Chau town. She said taro put up for sale
must be carefully selected and cleaned to attract customers. Many have bought
Phuc San taro for their families and as a gift.
Customers often flock to Mai Chau at in weekends
to buy Phuc San Taro. Nguyen Thi Minh Thuong from Hanoi said she has enjoyed
the specialty for many times, and other members of her family like taro when it
is cooked with pork ribs or duck.
like her friends, Thuong bought up to 40kg of
taro for her family, relatives and friends during the trip.
According to Tran Manh Tan, deputy head of the
district's Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Phuc San taro has made
its name in the market. As compared with taro grown in other localities, Phuc
San taro is bigger and has better quality thanks to favourable weather and soil
conditions.
This year, farmers in former Phuc San commune
(now Son Thuy commune) has maintained an area of 40ha of taro, with each ha
yielding about 18-20 tonnes. Notably, the product has an origin-tracing stamp,
helping to increase its competitiveness in the market.
With a limited output, Phuc San taro is mainly
sold in the Mai Chau town market, stores selling specialties in Hoa Binh city,
and a number of stores in Hanoi.
This year, Phuc San taro is sold at prices
ranging from 23,000 - 25,000 VND per kg. It has been harvested from
mid-October, and would be sold out in mid-December.
Through tourism and services, the product has
become increasingly popular among consumers nationwide.
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The Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board held a meeting on December 9 to look into some socio-economic development issues. The event was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee.
As a gateway district adjacent to Hanoi and aiming for town status by 2025, Luong Son district has always paid attention to administrative procedure reform, focusing on cutting the number of procedures, reducing processing times, and lowering costs for citizens and businesses when carrying out administrative procedures.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee, visited and extended his congratulations to the staff at the Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh on the occasion of the 42nd Vietnam Teachers’ Day (November 20, 1982-2024).
As part of the second Da River fish and shrimp festival in Hoa Binh province, the provincial People's Committee on November 15 held a fish worship ceremony and released lanterns on Da River.
The vibrant "Ruou Can (a kind of wine stored in a big jar and drunk with long bamboo straws) Festive Night”, was held on November 18 as part of the Hoa Binh Province Culture- Tourism Week 2024, attracting a large number of locals and visitors.
