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[:en]Situated at an altitude of nearly 1,400 meters above sea level, Suoi Giang in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province is the home to the oldest tea trees in Vietnam. “I have travelled across 120 countries which have tea trees in the world, but I’ve not seen any perennial tea trees like those in Suoi […]

[:en] Ask people where tea comes from and not many will immediately think of Vietnam. Yet, according to the most recently published UN FAO statistics, Vietnam was the sixth largest producer and fifth largest exporter of tea in the world. This disconnect reflects the country’s strategy of quantity over quality. As someone living in Vietnam who has had […]

[:en]History of Vietnam tea Nowadays, Vietnam is considered to be one of the cradles of the world’s tea plants. When the French invaded Viet Nam, they paid special attention to tea plants with much research and many investigations into the quality of Vietnam tea. During the French stay in Vietnam, they built cultivation research institutes […]

[:en]Vietnamese tea is seen as an important part in life of Vietnamese people over the time. And, tea drinking culture of local people becomes more favored. Unlike Japanese tea ceremony or Chinese tea, Vietnamese tea is an art with a unique taste. Vietnam culture is partly reflected through the habit of drinking tea with unique […]