Vietnam joins tea, coffee festival at UN headquarters

Vietnam and 14 other world leading tea and coffee exporters, including China, the Philippines and India took part in a tea and coffee festival at the United Nations headquarters in New York on May 18.

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Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga (R), head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, visits the booth of Vietnam at the festival (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and 14 other world leading tea and coffee exporters, includingChina, the Philippines and India took part in a tea and coffee festival at theUnited Nations headquarters in New York on May 18.

The event was organised by the UN CorrespondentsAssociation (UNCA) and the association of wives of Arab diplomats in the UN.

Products such as tea, coffee, candies andcookies were sold at 1 USD each. However, visitors did not pay in cash but intokens sold by UNICEF at the entrance to the festival. All the proceeds will beused to support children in famine-ravaged Yemen.

UNCA President Sherwin Bryce-Pease said thefestival was an occasion for countries to advertise their tea and coffeeproducts, and for diplomatic workers to learn more about one another’scultures.

An The Dung, Director of Vietnam’s Ministry ofIndustry and Trade’s trade promotion centre in New York, said it was a goodchance for the country to popularise its beverage products in the US.

About158 million people drink tea in the US, but Vietnamese tea has only a 2-percentmarket share.-VNA

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