Visitors tour and experience mandarin orchards in Muong Yen hamlet, Chieng Coi ward. (Photo: VNA)
Visitors tour and experience mandarin orchards in Muong Yen hamlet, Chieng Coi ward. (Photo: VNA)
Lu Van Bang in Muong Yen hamlet, Chieng Coi ward, Son La province, harvests mandarins for market supply. (Photo: VNA)
Chieng Coi mandarins are a local variety preserved and naturally cultivated over generations by residents of former Chieng Co commune. (Photo: VNA)
Visitors tour and experience mandarin orchards in Muong Yen hamlet, Chieng Coi ward. (Photo: VNA)
Visitors tour and experience mandarin orchards in Muong Yen hamlet, Chieng Coi ward. (Photo: VNA)
Mandarin branding, experiential tourism open new path in Son La
Identifying mandarins as one of the crops helping ethnic minority communities escape poverty, instead of expanding cultivation area, authorities in Chieng Coi ward, Son La province are promoting stronger application of science and technology, organic and VietGAP-oriented farming, while linking production with mandarin brand building and the development of experiential tourism. This approach opens up a sustainable pathway for the specialty crop of Chieng Coi ward in particular and Son La province in general.