The second Krong Pac district Durian Festival in 2024 will take place from August 31 to September 2 at Phuoc An town center and some communes in Krong Pac district, Dak Lak.
According to the Organizing Committee, following the success of the first Krong Pac District Durian Festival in 2022, this year's Durian Festival with the theme "Krong Pac Durian - Development and Integration" aims to propagate, promote, Introducing Krong Pac durian specialties, high quality fruits, agricultural products, OCOP products, potential specialties and strengths of Dak Lak province in general and Krong Pac district in particular to the market in and abroad.
Within the framework of the Festival, many other attractive activities take place such as: Competition for good durian farmers; Fair with 250 booths introducing local OCOP and potential agricultural products; Ethnic culinary culture festival of Krong Pac district (expanded); Experience enjoying durian at the garden and visit the ancient durian tree; cross-country running tournament for community health; Street festival; DJ music night and light dance for artistic exchange between clubs and art groups; flag raising ceremony, ao dai performance and ethnic costumes...
The highlight of the Festival is the Workshop "Building and developing a sustainable durian ecosystem" to introduce and promote agricultural products, OCOP products, and durian products; Build and manage product area codes, brands, and durian production according to VietGap and Global Gap specifications and standards; connecting cooperatives and businesses in the value chain; expanding and diversifying consumer markets...
Krong Pac district currently has more than 7,100 hectares of durian, accounting for about 1/4 of the durian area of Dak Lak province, mainly durians that are in business with a durian output of tens of thousands of tons per year. On March 8, 2022, fresh durian fruit products in Krong Pac district were granted a certificate of the brand "KRONG PAC DURIAN - KRONG PAC PRIVATE DURIAN" by the Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology to the Farmers' Association. Krong Pac district according to Decision 16552/QD-STT.
Krong Pac District People's Committee is coordinating with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Lak province and units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to guide farmers and businesses to promote the establishment of planting area codes and identification codes. Durian packaging and production facility ensures regulations and standards for official export to China and other markets around the world to improve the efficiency of durian trees in the district.
According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit), in June 2024, fruit and vegetable exports reached about 800 million USD, an increase of nearly 21% over the same period. Accumulated from the beginning of the year to the end of June 2024, fruit and vegetable exports reached 3.5 billion USD, an increase of 30.6% over the same period. Notably, durian products account for 1.5 billion USD. In the last 6 months of the year, Central Highlands durian will have a higher turnover, about nearly 2 billion USD.
From 31/08/2024 - 02/09/2024