The second Ngoc Linh ginseng festival is taking place in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My, the central province of Quang Nam.

The festival features ginseng and signature farm produce from local mountainous districts.

Ngoc Linh ginseng is a rare medicine containing 52 sanopin compounds helpful to health.

In June 2017, the Prime Minister named Ngoc Linh ginseng in the list of national products.

Quang Nam has zoned off over 15,000 ha for Ngoc Linh ginseng cultivation.

Up to 779 households in Tra Linh, Tra Nam and Tra Cang communes are growing the ginseng in forests on an area of over 932ha.

Nam Tra My has launched a virtual reality photo portal to introduce eco-tourism services in the area at http://namtramy.gov.vn/web360.

It also introduces the rare and expensive Ngoc Linh and Vietnamese ginseng.-VNA