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| | VietnamTrade.org :: Business News Archive |
 | | The local people of the northern highland province of Cao Bang have been using 'che khom' (bitter tea) for many years as a medicine for stabilising blood pressure, stimulating good digestion, and reducing weight, cholesterol level, pain, and the effects of poisonous substances in the body. |
 | | However, Cao Bang province boasts the largest area with bitter tea plants having been found in its Ha Lang, Thach An, Quang Hoa and Nguyen Binh districts. |
 | | Cao Bang province planned to expand the area under bitter tea to between 1,000-2,000 ha together with the construction of a plant to produce bitter tea bags with a processing capacity of up to 3,000 kg of fresh tea leaves a day. |
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