Vietnam joins tea, coffee festival at UN headquarters
Vietnam and 14 other world leading tea and coffee exporters, including China, the Philippines and India took part in a tea and coffee festival at the United Nations headquarters in New York on May 18.
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga (R), head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, visits the booth of Vietnam at the festival (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and 14 other world leading tea and coffee exporters, includingChina, the Philippines and India took part in a tea and coffee festival at theUnited Nations headquarters in New York on May 18.
The event was organised by the UN CorrespondentsAssociation (UNCA) and the association of wives of Arab diplomats in the UN.
Products such as tea, coffee, candies andcookies were sold at 1 USD each. However, visitors did not pay in cash but intokens sold by UNICEF at the entrance to the festival. All the proceeds will beused to support children in famine-ravaged Yemen.
UNCA President Sherwin Bryce-Pease said thefestival was an occasion for countries to advertise their tea and coffeeproducts, and for diplomatic workers to learn more about one another’scultures.
An The Dung, Director of Vietnam’s Ministry ofIndustry and Trade’s trade promotion centre in New York, said it was a goodchance for the country to popularise its beverage products in the US.
About158 million people drink tea in the US, but Vietnamese tea has only a 2-percentmarket share.-VNA
Nearly 30 firms and 20,000 farmers will take part in producing 25,000 tonnes of tea of international standards in a project to promote the private-public partnership (PPP) model in tea production.
As many as eight Vietnamese firms are showcasing their top quality tea and coffee products at the Café Asia and International Coffee and Tea Expo - the largest of its kind in Asia, which opened in Singapore on March 2.
As many as 234 domestic and foreign enterprises are showcasing their top-quality products at a coffee fair which opened in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 9.
Representatives from Vietnam’s tea-growing localities and famous tea firms took part in a recent seminar in New York, to seek opportunities to enter the US market.
Drinking clean and organic tea has become a popular tendency worldwide. The trend has created a big chance for Vietnamese tea to penetrate int'l markets through popularising its clean products.
Ha expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as new focal points and engines of growth in Vietnam–China relations.
Giang said he believes that building on the solid foundation nurtured over the past half-century and the strong determination of both nations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will continue to grow in a more robust, comprehensive, and extensive manner, thus bringing more practical benefits to the two nations' people.
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Restructuring and improving the quality of officials, civil servants, and public employees is no longer a choice, but an urgent requirement to transition from administrative management to governance in service of the people.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel has advised Vietnamese people living there to proactively prepare and seek ways to leave the country via land border crossings, especially toward Jordan or Egypt, when security and safety conditions allow.
Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga (R), head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, visits the booth of Vietnam at the festival (Photo: VNA) 
