Lao Cai attracts businesses to process and consume medicinal herbs

Lao Cai province strives to have 4,755 hectares of medicinal plants by the end of 2025, of which 3,215 hectares of perennial medicinal plants and medicinal plants under the forest canopy will be stable; 430 hectares of some key annual medicinal plants such as artichoke, Platycodon grandiflorum, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum wallichii will be continued to be expanded, bringing the annual medicinal plant area to 1,540 hectares.

Model of linking production and consumption of artichokes between Traphaco Sapa One Member Co., Ltd. and people of Sa Pa town. Photo: Luu Hoa.

About the season: Depending on each type of plant with different characteristics to choose the appropriate one. The best season to plant medicinal plants every year is from January to March and from September to November.

Varieties structure: Mainly using artichoke, Platycodon grandiflorum, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum wallichii, etc. Converting about 80 hectares of ineffective production land to growing medicinal plants every year.

Promote attracting enterprises with sufficient capacity to link up for sustainable production, processing and consumption of medicinal herbs in raw material areas. Attract investment in building 6 facilities for preserving and processing products in concentrated medicinal plant production areas, of which 5 small-scale facilities carry out preliminary processing of medicinal herbs, ensuring that 100% of fresh output is pre-processed and preserved; 1 facility, factory of enterprise scale for deep processing of medicinal herbs in the province to create deeply processed products such as tea bags, cakes, tablets, etc.

In addition, promote the development and expansion of medicinal plants for essential oil extraction such as Chua Du and Dao people's bath medicine to suit the needs of use. Strive to have 100% of the area of ​​medicinal plants used for medicine meeting GACP-WHO standards by 2030. Strengthen state management of medicinal areas certified by GACP-WHO. Promote the development of medicinal plant models, medicinal plants associated with tourism, herbs associated with local cuisine...

Step by step propose a mechanism to prioritize the consumption of domestically produced medicinal herbs in the provinces used for Oriental medicine examination and treatment facilities of the health sector; some precious and high-class medicinal herbs are gradually diversifying product designs, meeting quality standards to access markets such as the US, Japan, and European countries.