Current situation and solutions to improve the added value of tea production in some provinces in the Northwest region and neighboring areas

The deepening international economic integration of Vietnam has brought both opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese agricultural products including more fierce competition with foreign agricultural products. Vietnam's agricultural industry needs to constantly invest, improve product quality and design, step by step affirm its position and reputation of Vietnamese agricultural products including tea on the global market. These changes must originate from sustainable tea production and must add value to tea production to help farmers increase their income and reduce poverty. Tea grown in the Northwest region and neighboring areas has a lot of potential, but the improvement of added value for tea production still faces many difficulties and limitations. This paper proposes solutions to improve the added value of tea production to improve the quality of the entire tea supply chain in Vietnam.