Authorities distribute 63 tons of organic fertilizer to households growing cinnamon.

In recent years, with the involvement of the Lao Cai agricultural sector and businesses, there have been many changes in the production of cinnamon towards organic methods. Currently, the province has over 143,000 hectares of cinnamon, bringing in a value of approximately 2,500 billion VND per year. Of this, over 23,000 hectares have been certified organic. The selling price of organic cinnamon bark is 15 - 30% higher than that of regular cinnamon bark. From the funding source of the National Agricultural Promotion Center, recently, the Lao Cai Agricultural Promotion and Agricultural Services Center, in coordination with the Bao Yen Regional Agricultural Services Center and the People's Committees of Xuan Hoa and Nghi Da communes (Lao Cai province), organized the distribution of Ecopark HP15 microbial organic fertilizer to 42 farming households participating in the organic cinnamon cultivation model. The total amount of fertilizer distributed in this round is over 63 tons, of ...