Lam Dong is famous for its famous tea fields such as Tam Chau tea hill, Cau Dat tea hill, … But did you know that there is also an interesting dairy field here? That is Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm.
Things to know about Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm is a modern dairy farm with advanced European standards. This farm was started construction in 2014 and in March 2017 was officially inaugurated. It was originally the largest potato farm in Vietnam belonging to Orion Group, then acquired and renovated by Vinamilk Dairy Group.
Entrance to Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
Located about 35 km from Da Lat city, Vinamilk’s dairy farm is located in Lac Truong village, Tu Tra commune, Don Duong district, Lam Dong province . From the city center, take the way to Duc Trong district and look to Bong Lai Bridge, continue about 10km, there will be a sign to the farm.
This is the leading dairy farm in Vietnam today
Farm scale of Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm has a total area of over 76.2 hectares with a total initial investment of nearly 200 billion dong. The initial size of the farm was more than 500 cows. So far this number of investments has increased by nearly 10 times and facilities and numbers of cows have increased significantly.
The farm scale is increasingly expanding
The Organic Milk Farm farm system is designed and built by leading experts in the world. All are made in the direction of open space to help the cows comfortably and produce fresh milk lines. In particular, the barns are equipped with a soft mattress for cows and a cooling system operates completely automatically in hot weather. Currently the farm has a total of 25 employees who are extremely careful and professional in taking care of and milking cows. Before being milking, the cows are taken to bathe and disinfected, ensuring completely clean of bacteria. Milk is milked by a modern automatic system according to cold pipes from 4 – 6 degrees C, ensuring the best milk quality.
The cows here are carefully cared for according to European standards
In addition, this place is also certified by Control Union (Netherlands) as the first European organic standard farm in Vietnam with the criterion of 3 no:
– Do not use growth hormone:
The herd care process ensures strict requirements for no use of growth hormones and no effects of chemicals for at least one year.
– There are no antibiotics in milk:
The herd of cows is carefully selected and extremely healthy, has good resistance, so the use of antibiotic treatment will be minimized. This will ensure that there is no excess antibiotic in cow’s milk.
– Do not use pesticides:
The farm does not use pesticides, chemical fertilizers or genetically modified substances, to help the cow grow in a healthy and normal manner.
Watching the cows graze on and off will also help relieve you a lot of stress
Visiting Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
The great thing about Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm is that visitors can visit and take pictures and learn about the milk production process completely free of charge with no entrance fee. With immense green meadows and hundreds of dairy cows grazing by windmills, this place will definitely make you feel lost in a miniature Dutch countryside . Dotted among vast fields are dairy factories painted in cool blue – the symbolic color of Vinamilk brand.
There are countless beautiful photo angles here
The farm tour will start at 8:30 am and end at 11 noon. As follows:
08:30 – 09:00: Welcoming visitors, meeting tour guide and listening to Organic Milk Farm’s introduction as well as watching documentary film introducing about the farm.
09:00 – 09:15: Explore and take photo check-in at Organic Flower Garden.
09:15 – 09:30: Visit and explore the professional milking process.
Cow milking area at Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
09:30 – 10:00: Visit a dairy farm including Herbal Garden, Solar Zone, Grassland Area, Windmills and Wastewater Treatment Area. In particular, you will be moved by tram because this place is very large.
The sights are extremely diverse and rich
10:00 – 10:30: Relax and relax at the tourist resort.
10:30 – 11:00: Visit the calf barn, discover the cute little calves and come back to the guest house before 11am to end the exciting tour.
Farm tour by tram
In addition, young people can take super magical check-in pictures or buy Vinamilk milk as gifts for their families, relatives and friends.
And indispensable super magic photos, right
Especially the windmill as far away as a miniature Dutch field
Notes on Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm
Vinamilk’s dairy farm is only open for free on Saturdays and has a limited number of visitors to 50 per visit. To visit you need to register online through the official website of Vinamilk Organic Milk Farm. The confirmation wait is quite long, can take up to 2 months due to so many people registering so you need to register today.
The house has a distinctive green color of Vinamilk brand
And don’t forget to buy milk as gifts for family and friends
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