Attending the festival were members of the Party Central Committee: Mr. Le Minh Hoan - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Tran Duc Thang - Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Kinh Mon onion and garlic harvest festival in 2024, Mr. Tran Duc Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee - said that Hai Duong currently has more than 6,500 hectares of onion and garlic. Kinh Mon town leads the province in terms of planting area, with nearly 4,000 hectares. Kinh Mon onion and garlic region is considered the "capital" of onion and garlic in the North, produced on a large scale on the alluvial land along Kinh Thay and Kinh Mon rivers. All 23 communes and wards of the town grow onions and garlic. The annual output reaches over 100,000 tons, with an economic value of over 1,700 billion VND.
In 2017, Kinh Mon onion products were honored as Vietnam's Golden Agricultural Brand and were granted a collective trademark certificate by the Department of Intellectual Property. In 2019, Kinh Mon garlic was also honored as Vietnam's Golden Agricultural Brand. This product is widely sold in traditional markets, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms.
With the theme "Kinh Mon Onions and Garlic - Golden Brand of Vietnamese Agriculture", the 2024 Kinh Mon Onion and Garlic Harvest Festival is expected to not only bring interesting experiences to people and tourists, but also to encourage, motivate and recognize the contributions of the local and regional agricultural production sector; introduce and honor the image, products, affirm the value, origin, origin and brand of onions and garlic of Hai Duong province in general, Kinh Mon in particular. At the same time, it will create conditions for businesses and farmers to meet, exchange experiences, share market information, science and technology and technological equipment applied in the agricultural production sector.
At the festival, agricultural service cooperatives, purchasing and processing enterprises, etc. signed a memorandum of understanding to consume onions, garlic and typical agricultural products of Kinh Mon town, especially for export to major markets around the world.
Within the framework of the festival, the onion and garlic harvesting competition took place enthusiastically, attracting many people to watch and cheer. There were 3 competing teams, including Than Toc, Dong Xanh, Huong Que, each team had 6 members who were onion and garlic farmers in Hiep Hoa commune. Each team harvested 1 row of onions within 10 minutes, including tying the onions. As a result, Dong Xanh team won the fastest harvest prize, Than Toc team had the biggest onions and Huong Que team had the most beautiful onion bunch.
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