Son La is leveraging its potential and inviting investors into the agricultural sector.

Currently, Son La has over 82,000 hectares of fruit trees and hawthorn trees (a type of wild apple), a dual-purpose tree whose fruit is often used as medicine, and can be eaten directly or fermented and distilled into wine. Some crops have large areas and high yields, such as plums, longan, mangoes, custard apples, and strawberries. By the end of November, Son La had consumed nearly 350,000 tons of fruit, estimated at 93% of its production, with a value exceeding 5.3 trillion VND.

The locality has 17 factories and more than 540 agricultural processing facilities; each year, the processing capacity ranges from several tens to thousands of tons of mangoes, longan, coffee, cassava, pineapple, plums, sweet corn, bananas, macadamia nuts, hawthorn berries, various vegetables and tubers, etc., contributing to reducing the pressure on fresh fruit consumption and increasing the value of agricultural products. Son La's fruit products are also purchased by businesses and cooperatives and processed into dried fruit products, fruit concentrates, juices, dried longan, etc.

Son La's fruit products are widely consumed in the market.

In 2024, Son La's overall industrial production index is estimated to increase by 28.3%, with the processing and manufacturing industry increasing by approximately 5.6%. Several processed industrial products are expected to increase compared to the same period, such as: semi-processed tea, cassava starch, pasteurized fresh milk... The value of agricultural processing industrial production is projected to reach 5,300 billion VND, an increase of over 8% compared to 2023.

Businesses are investing in the production of green tea, white tea, and tea cakes... from ancient tea trees in Ta Xua, Bac Yen district, Son La province.

Leveraging its advantages, Son La province is continuing to attract investors in the agricultural sector, including the procurement, processing, consumption, and export of agricultural products, contributing to increasing product value and striving to become a center for agricultural processing in the northern midland and mountainous region.

Regarding the secret to attracting investors to Son La's agricultural sector, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong, Vice Chairman of the Son La Provincial People's Committee, affirmed that although Son La is a mountainous province far from the capital, with difficult roads, the province always listens to investors to issue timely and attractive policies. By supporting input production for factories; building raw material areas that ensure quality and stable output for agricultural processing plants; improving logistics and making transportation costs increasingly reasonable, Son La has achieved remarkable growth in revenue from agricultural products.

Some processed industrial products are expected to increase compared to the same period last year, such as: semi-processed tea, cassava starch, pasteurized fresh milk...

Continuing to attract businesses into the agricultural sector, the People's Committee of Son La province recently issued a Decision approving the outline, tasks, and budget for the establishment of the Son La High-Tech Agricultural Zone; and the project to develop Son La into a center for processing agricultural products, which is currently being submitted to the Prime Minister for approval. The project is expected to open up opportunities, attract investment in agriculture and rural areas, and develop the preliminary processing and processing of agricultural products in the province.

Source: vov4.vov.vn