Social protection

EU visit to a Paksong tea farm

On the occasion of International Tea Day, 19 May 2023, H.E. Ina Marčiulionytė, Head of EU Delegation to Lao People's Democratic Republic visited an organic tea farm in Paksong District, Champasak Province. She was accompanied by H.E. Baykham Khattiya, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. The delegates learned about tea planting, picking and processing, saw farmers drying and rolling tea leaves, and interacted with farmers about their problems and how they have benefited from the EU-funded SOLAR Project.