Exhibition tells history of world’s coffee industry
An exhibition on the history of the world’s coffee industry opened on March 9 at the Coffee World Museum in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
Dak Lak (VNA) – An exhibition on the history of the world’s coffeeindustry opened on March 9 at the Coffee World Museum in Buon Ma Thuot city inthe Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
More than 10,000 objects and pictures highlighting the development of thecoffee industry over stages from the ancient time to medieval and feudalperiods and at present are put on display.
Typical objects could be named as manual and electric coffee grinders andfilters, coffee roasting machines, and automatic coffee selling machines.
Meanwhile, pictures on show depict the scenes of farmers’ harvesting coffee andpeople’s enjoying coffee.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Vo Van Canh said the eight-day exhibition, the first of its kind inDak Lak, aims to spread the quintessence of Buon Ma Thuot-branded coffee.
The Coffee World Museum has been an ideal place for coffee lovers to explore theglobal coffee culture, he added.
The same time, a photo exhibition highlighting the 44th anniversary of Buon MaThuot Victory – Paths of History is taking place at the Dak Lak Museum ofEthnology.
With 200 documentary and art photos, the exhibition features four main themes:Buon Ma Thuot – the historical battle; Dak Lak’s socio-economic panorama overthe past 44 years; Dak Lak’s socio-economic development plan through 2020 witha vision to 2030; and local potential agro-forestry-industry products.
The exhibitions form part of the 7th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.-VNA
The seventh annual Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival will be held in Buon Ma Thuot city, and the districts of Buon Don and Lak in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 9-16.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is busy preparing for the seventh annual Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival, which is expected to promote the local coffee brand to visitors.
Domestic and foreign visitors will be treated to free coffee at the seventh Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival to be held from March 9-16 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
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Objects on display at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)
