When Vietnamese ginseng grows at an altitude of 1,400 m

Ngoc Linh ginseng is grown using Vietnamese-Korean technology at an altitude of 1,400 m in Lac Duong, Lam Dong, achieving high productivity and medicinal quality.

Ngoc Linh ginseng grown using Vietnamese-Korean technology at an altitude of 1,400 m in Lac Duong, Lam Dong achieves high productivity and medicinal quality.

• HARVESTING VIETNAMESE GINSENG AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1,400 M

According to the reporter's investigation, in the period of 2013 - 2019, VGC Vietnam Ginseng Joint Stock Company cooperated with the Korean Ginseng Association to research and identify ecological zones in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province at an altitude of 1,400 m above sea level, applying high technology to successfully cultivate and care for Vietnamese ginseng, opening a breakthrough direction in developing raw material areas associated with the preparation of "national treasure" medicinal products of traditional medicine. In particular, in August 2019, at the International Conference in Da Lat - Lam Dong, domestic and foreign scientists recognized that Vietnamese ginseng products grown and harvested at an altitude of 1,400 m in Lac Duong, Lam Dong have a fairly high content of medicinal saponin, which has the effect of enhancing immunity, anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, reducing stress, and improving overall health. At the workshop, the representative of VGC Vietnamese Ginseng Joint Stock Company - Prof. Dr. Nguyen Minh Duc also announced the success rate of planting Vietnamese ginseng seeds here is about 80%.

By June 2025, with incomplete data, VGC had expanded the Vietnamese ginseng growing area at an altitude of 1,400 m in Lac Duong, Lam Dong, with about 5 hectares of outdoor area covered with black nets. In particular, the area of ginseng plants in the business period is allocated to those aged 6 years or older, with the highest yield of plants weighing more than 1 kg. "The results of harvesting Vietnamese ginseng in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province at an altitude of 1,400 m have achieved quite high output, quality and economic value. Harvesting and preserving Vietnamese ginseng roots in cold temperatures still maintains the quality for more than 1 month. Every year, VGC has an area of Vietnamese ginseng harvested and supplied to domestic medicinal processing units with product lines of red ginseng, tam sam dan...", a VGC sales staff provided preliminary information.

• WORLD'S "TREASURE" PRODUCTS

As one of the units consuming and processing Vietnamese ginseng grown at an altitude of 1,400 m in the Lac Duong ecological region, Lam Dong, Thai Minh Pharmaceutical Group grows organic ginseng Sin Ho, Lai Chau and has "discovered" Korean technology combined with Vietnamese technology affecting the growth process of Vietnamese ginseng. Specifically, an expert on Lai Chau ginseng of Thai Minh Group noted. "In Lac Duong, Lam Dong, 12 years ago, the leading scientist on Vietnamese ginseng, Professor Dr. Nguyen Minh Duc, together with leading experts on the "national treasure" ginseng of 2,000 years of Korea, built the VGC (Vietnam Ginseng Corporation) Joint Stock Company to produce Vietnamese ginseng in large quantities, with high productivity and low cost in the domestic market until today...".

After a period of connection, in early June 2025, Thai Minh and VGC officially held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony to continue developing dozens of hectares of Vietnamese ginseng at an altitude of 1,400 m in Lac Duong, Lam Dong. Accordingly, Thai Minh will purchase all Vietnamese ginseng products of VGC in conjunction with cooperation in applying deep processing technology. Thereby, Thai Minh will have an additional source of large, high-quality and long-term stable supply of Vietnamese ginseng, while accessing new processes and synthesizing Vietnamese ginseng production experiences in Lac Duong, Lam Dong to research and apply appropriately to continue developing its organic ginseng garden in Sin Ho, Lai Chau...

Assessing the domestic media about the cooperation strategy to expand the Vietnamese ginseng growing area between Thai Minh Group and VGC Company, former Chairman of the Korean Ginseng Association, Professor Jeong Hill Park said that this is an opportunity to develop Vietnamese ginseng, not only to enhance the value of the product, which is truly a national "treasure", but also to become a "treasure" product of the world...

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/kinh-te/202506/khi-sam-viet-sinh-truong-do-cao-1400-m-7a04618/