VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Post has issued the first-ever ‘Ngoc Linh’ ginseng stamp during the Ngoc Linh ginseng festival in Nam Tra My District.

The Viet Nam Post has issued the first-ever ‘Ngoc Linh’ ginseng stamp during the Ngoc Linh ginseng festival in Nam Tra My District.

Ho Quang Buu, Chairman of the central district’s People’s Committee, told Viet Nam News that the stamp aims to promote the brand of the ginseng rooted in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces to the globe.

According to Viet Nam Post, the stamp will be officially issued in 168 countries around the world.

The stamp, which was designed by artist To Minh Trang, measures 43mm by 32mm and costs VND3,000 for a sample and VND12,000 for a block.

The stamp will go on sale online from June 10th and December of 2018.

A seminar on the ginseng farming and production will be held at Tam Ky City today.

Ngoc Linh ginseng, grown both in Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province and the central highlands province of Kon Tum, was recently named a National Brand.

Last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Intellectual Property Agency of Viet Nam recognised the Geographical Indication (GI) for ginseng root products in the two provinces.

Ginseng was first found in the late 1960s on Ngoc Linh Mountain in the middle of Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces.

In 2015, Nam Tra My District and Hamyang County in South Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism, agriculture, conservation and the development of Ngoc Linh ginseng.

Quang Nam Province has listed the Ngoc Linh ginseng as one of eight precious and endangered flora genes including Ba Kich (poor man’s ginseng), pepper, cinnamon, large-size rattan and white corn in the provincial conservation programme in 2014-20.

VNS