ECOLINK
Ecolink Co. Ltd., have been set up in Agust 2004 by a group of commodity traders and development consultant , with the purpose of promoting organic and fair-trade agriculture as a differentiated way of branding Vietnamese tea internationally, and to increase the awareness and consumption of organic products domestically. Ecolink operates across the entire value chain by partnership with farmer cooperatives , provide training and consultation for the groups to get organic certification, and building up strong supply chains in organic industry in Vietnam, from plantation, processing to distribution
Ecolink has advantages in developing organic products because we have a diverse network of sourcing areas and partners in organic agriculture.
Landscape of Ban Lien ( Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province ) where Ecolink have been assigned by Lao Cai province to set up 3 organic tea factories ( Bac Ha organic project is one of four organic project commited by Ecolink now ). It is the first highland organic project of Ecolink from 2006 ( certified organic by 2009 and fair-trade by 2010, with 197 tea households in 9 villages ).