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Dong Nai is the province with the largest fruit growing area in the Southeast region. Promoting its existing potential, Dong Nai is actively promoting investment attraction policies, encouraging people to combine agriculture with eco-tourism, and investing in infrastructure, creating connections between tourist areas and spots, creating a chain of tourism products in the future.

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A typical example is Suoi Cat Cocoa Agricultural Service Cooperative (Suoi Cat commune, Xuan Loc district) with a unique Cocoa Tree Experiential Tourism Garden model.

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With an organic production process according to VietGAP standards, over the years, the cooperative's cocoa products have been highly appreciated by many purchasing companies for their productivity and quality.

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Director of Suoi Cat Commune Cocoa Cooperative Truong Van My shared that with an area of ​​4 hectares of cocoa trees, he both takes care of the cocoa fruit harvest and opens the door to welcome tourists.

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For the past 4 years, Mr. My’s cocoa garden has been a place for tourism businesses, students from all over to come and learn, experience the production process and enjoy some cocoa drinks. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for him to promote the products made from cocoa of the cooperative.

Currently, cocoa products are quite diverse and rich such as: powder, butter, wine, and chocolate to serve visitors.

The model combines agricultural development with eco-tourism, both enhancing community capacity and promoting consumption in the context of agricultural products and OCOP products increasing in quantity, output and production scale. Therefore, Dong Nai province sets a high goal for the program, not only developing the number of subjects and products, but also focusing on quality.

Nguyen Hue