Opening new development directions for the Vietnamese tea industry

VHO - On the morning of December 6, the Tea Summit program took place at Tea Resort Prenn (Lam Dong province). This is an activity within the framework of the 2025 International Tea Festival taking place from December 5-7, 2025.

Delegates attending the Tea Summit program

The program is organized with the participation of leading speakers in many fields, from tea research, culture, medicine, economics to international diplomacy .

A typical example is tea expert Trinh Quang Dung, Chairman of Vietnam Tea Association Hoang Vinh Long, Dr. Tran Ngo Phuc Quan - Director of Operations of Hue International General Hospital, Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung - Deputy Director of Hue Monuments Conservation Center... and many prestigious domestic and international experts.

In his opening speech, Mr. Mori Kazuki - General Director of Lam Dong Tea Joint Stock Company said that throughout history, tea has contributed to creating spaces for dialogue, a symbol of understanding and friendship beyond national boundaries. This is a common cultural heritage that humanity has together preserved.

Mr. Mori Kazuki, General Director of Lam Dong Tea Joint Stock Company delivered the opening speech of the program.

However, today, these values ​​are no longer preserved as naturally as before. Climate change, rural depopulation, the departure of young people from agriculture, and the changes of the times are causing tea culture, tea knowledge, and the connecting power of tea to gradually fade away.

Therefore, this forum is an extremely valuable opportunity not only for Vietnam but also for the international community.

“We, the people living in this era, have the responsibility to continue, recreate and pass on the value of tea in a way that is suitable for the future. That requires us to delicately convey the best of tea; preserve and pass on tea culture to future generations; create an environment where tea makers can live well and be happy both materially and spiritually.

As these efforts are implemented, I believe that tea will continue to be a bridge that brings health, culture, dialogue, education and prosperity to communities, “Opening the way to a better and more sustainable future,” Mr. Mori Kazuki emphasized.

The program is organized to shape the development strategy of the Vietnamese tea industry in the coming time.

Within the framework of the program, there will also be discussion sessions, providing multi-dimensional perspectives from culture, economics to in-depth research, contributing to shaping the development strategy of the Vietnamese tea industry in the coming time.

In the morning session, speakers and guests focused on analyzing the prospects of the Vietnamese and world tea industry, identifying new consumption trends and the economic value of tea products, and discussing the increasingly important role of tea in health, trade and modern cultural diplomacy.

In the topics Tea - the choice for a healthy and beautiful future and Diplomatic Tea - a symbol of global culture , Dr. Pham Hong Ha, tea scholar Trinh Quang Dung and Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung... gave a comprehensive view of domestic and international tea production and consumption, thereby pointing out new development opportunities for the Vietnamese tea industry. The speakers also analyzed the effects of tea on health, especially the relationship between tea drinking habits and the longevity of Japanese people.

The event attracted many experts and researchers in tea studies, culture, medicine, economics and international diplomacy.

Meanwhile, in the discussion section with the theme Tea promotes cooperation for sustainable development , experts mainly discussed regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, carbon neutrality, management of ancient tea forests, sustainable farming, green finance and opportunities from green economy, successful models in the world as well as forecasting the future of the tea agriculture industry in the context of climate change.

In the afternoon of the same day, Tea Summit opened a journey to discover the history and values ​​of Vietnamese tea civilization with a session on 5,000 years of Vietnamese tea civilization - research, authors and works , including a series of activities that are both academic and artistic.

The highlight is the introduction and launch of the work 5,000 years of Vietnamese tea civilization by author Trinh Quang Dung, recording the journey of tea drinking culture spanning thousands of years of Vietnamese history .

Besides, artist Trinh Quang Vu also introduced the painting History of Vietnamese Tea , recreating the journey of tea trees through the ages from an artistic perspective.

In addition, the research work "The Origin of World Tea" by Japanese scholar Matsushita Satoru, the crystallization of more than 70 years of survey and fieldwork in tea regions around the world, was also introduced at the event.

The author's representative, Mr. Goto Hirosato, also presented the Organizing Committee of the 2025 International Tea Festival with a precious set of photos documenting the entire seven-decade research journey.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/van-hoa/mo-huong-phat-trien-moi-cho-nganh-tra-viet-186244.html