The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will concentrate on
developing the flower village of Sa Dec into a flower city in the
future.
Accordingly, the province plans to upgrade
its infrastructure and apply scientific technology to better serve the
work of preserving and packaging post-harvest flowers and diversifying
products.
At a workshop on October 26, Deputy
Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development Nguyen Thanh Tai recommended building centralised
manufacturing zones, organising flower fairs, and establishing groups of
goods distributors for flower exports.
Meanwhile,
Dr. Phan Chanh Duong, lecturer of Fulbright Economics Teaching
Programme, shared his idea of turning Sa Dec into a resort city with
various genres of tourism such as sightseeing tours through flower
farms, restaurants serving local cuisines, and services along the flower
roads, markets, and trade villages.
He also
suggested building a centre for applied biology to study and create new
plants, and at the same time providing local farmers with flower
planting techniques and seeking ways to persuade domestic and foreign
scientists and businesses to invest in the field.
Sa
Dec is one of the three largest flower growing areas in the Mekong
Delta with 355 ha. The area produces more than 2,000 varieties of
flowers to supply to the domestic market and also export to Laos ,
Cambodia and China , with total turnover of more than 170 billion
VND (8 million USD) each year./.