Kon Tum - Ngoc Linh Ginseng Festival to be held biennially
Kon Tum - Ngoc Linh Ginseng Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum biennially from 2024, according to a decision recently approved by the provincial People's Committee.
Kon Tum (VNA) – Kon Tum - Ngoc Linh Ginseng Festival will be held in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum biennially from 2024, according to a decision recently 🅘approvedby the provincial People's Committeeඣ.
The event will feature avariety of activities, including domestic and international seminars on thevalue of Ngoc Linh ginseng, an exhibition showcasing Ngoc Linh ginseng plantsand other medicinal herbs related to tourism development and lives of local ethniccommunities.
I൲t will also include a writing and short video competition about the plant, and displaysof unique tourism products associated with Ngoc Linh ginseng and other OneCommune One Product (OCOP) items, and various cultural and sport events.
Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis, or Vietnameseginseng), a rare medical root containing 52 saponin compounds helpful tohealth, was found on Ngoc Linh Mountain on the boundary between Kon Tum andQuang Nam provinces in the late 1960s.
Besides saponin, Ngoc Linh ginseng contains 17 amino acids, 20 trace minerals and 0.1percent of attar. Ginseng promotes anti-stress and anti-aging. It also helps improve immunity, enhances liver functions, ⛦and lowerscholesterol. It also works well with antibiotics and diabetes medications.
One of the world’s most precious, ginsengwas approved as a national product under the Prime Minister’s Decision787/QD-TTg dated June 5, 2017. By 2030, Kon Tum is expected to become one of the threeprovinces with the biggest Ngoc Linh ginseng cultivation area./.
Experts from the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) and the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam conducted a field trip to inspect technical and financial support for a project on the sustainable development of Ngoc Linh ginseng under forest canopy in the central province of Quang Nam province from February 26-27.
The Department of Science and Technology of the Central Highlands Kon Tum province has granted its very first geographical indication certificates for Ngoc Linh ginseng products of two local companies.
Ngoc Linh ginseng has been likened to a national treasure of Vietnam. Over decades, people, businesses, and authorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum province have succeeded in preserving the precious genetic resource. Such an achievement, however, has been anything but straightforward for local growers of Ngoc Linh ginseng.
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Ngoc Linh ginseng (Photo: VNA) 
