(VOVworld) - 20 outstanding coffee growers and hundreds of producers, businesses, and scientists, who have contributed to the national coffee industry, were honored at the closing ceremony of the 4^th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Tuesday.

Domestic and international tourists visit the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in Dak Lak (Photo: VNA)

The ceremony highlights the coffee growers’ important role and acknowledges the need to promote national coffee production and the Buon Ma Thuot coffee trademark. Pham Thi Trang, a resident in Buon Ma Thuot City, said: The festival was very exciting. The local people and coffee growers always do their best to provide the markets with the best quality to promote our local brand name and boost incomes for those working in the coffee industry.

The next coffee festival will be held in 2015.