A seminar titled “To develop high-quality flower planting” has just been held by the Hanoi Agricultural Promotion Centre in coordination with the People’s Committee of Tay Tuu Commune.

The seminar with the participation of management officials, experts and farmers focused discussions on developing and rearranging plantations, improving the quality of flowers and exporting flowers.

Since 2000, 90% of the Tay Tuu commune’s agricultural area, which used to be for vegetables, has been transferred into flower farms in line with the Tu Liem district authority’s line on extending the area of flower farms and raising the quality of flowers.

A 67 billion VND project that was approved by the Hanoi authority in 2006 has been deployed in an area of 500 ha to grow high-quality flowers in Tu Liem district, according to Deputy Chief of the district’s Planning Department. The project aims to upgrade infrastructure, improve seeds, apply high technology and develop products for export.

As scheduled, key sections of the project will be completed by the end of September 2007.

Source: TTTM

Translated by Thu Nguyen