Lam Dong, Nov. 11 -- The World Tea Fest 2025, Vietnam's first international-scale tea festival, officially opened in Lam Dong province on November 11, promising a month-long celebration of tea culture through a diverse blend of cultural, artistic, and economic activities.

The festival features four remarkable records: a mass tea-brewing performance by 1,111 artisans; the preservation of a 100-year-old tea factory; the participation of beauty queens from 80 countries; and the display of 1,000 ancient tea trees, each several centuries old.

The festivities began at the historic 1927 Tea Factory -Vietnam's oldest tea processing facility- which still operates with its original machinery. The opening day also launched an art, photography, and...