By the end of 2017, all agricultural products produced in Da Lat city and the surrounding must be transported to Da Lat or Duc Trong agricultural markets for quality inspection, semi-processing, and labeled with the logo "Da Lat vegetables" before being distributed. Da Lat to put logo on veggies, fruit to avoid confusion with Chinese productsVietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Lam Dong province, Vietnam’s major producer of flower, fruit, and vegetables, have decided to stick logos on their agricultural products to avoid being mistaken as Chinese products. These have been the typical agricultural products of Da Lat but for many years many traders sold fake Chinese products to earn high profits. Nguyen Van Yen, Vice Chairman of Lam Dong province, said the labeling of Da Lat vegetables logo on agricultural products would create transparency and clear agricultural origin for Da Lat agricultural produce and prevent consumer fraud. By the end of 2016, the authorities of Lam Dong province will complete the logo labeling for onions and potatoes.

Source: VietNamNet News July 26, 2016 10:18 UTC