(HBO) - In the period of 2018 - 2020, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme has spread throughout the province, mobilising the strength and role of the community in preserving and developing traditional local products, thus breathing a new life into the rural economic sector.
Consumers
choose to buy OCOP products. (Photo taken at an outlet introducing OCOP
products of Hoa Binh at No3, Hoang Dieu Street, Phuong Lam ward, Hoa Binh city).
After three years of implementing the OCOP
Programme, the province now has 70 products of 59 entities recognized by the
provincial People's Committee as meeting OCOP standards of 3 stars or more.
Among them, 18 products got 4 stars and 52 products got 3 stars. Nguyen Huy
Nhuan, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said
the OCOP programme has created a momentum to improve the capacity of craft
villages, cooperatives, small and medium enterprises in production and trade of
particular agricultural, forestry and fishery products of each locality.
Through the standardization of products, the province develops the market for
the products and forms clean and safe agricultural production areas in
association with product value chains, thereby contributing to economic restructuring
in rural areas.
In order for consumers to learn more about
OCOP products, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has advised
the provincial People's Committee, the Center for Promotion of Investment,
Trade and Tourism, and related agencies to help business entities introduce
their products on e-commerce sites. The department also arranges for OCOP
producers to attend fairs and OCOP conferences in and outside the province to
have opportunities to access buyers and processors; and coordinates with
departments and sectors to open safe agricultural products stores to display
and sell OCOP products.
Through trade promotion activities, many
OCOP producers have been able to sign sales contracts with supermarket chains
such as Vinmart, BigC, Lotte, Saigon Co-op and clean food stores. Viba bananas
and Cao Phong oranges have been served as desserts on flights of the national
airline Vietnam Airlines; Son Thuy longan is exported to China, and Song Boi
tea is exported to Taiwan...
The province aims to have at least 80
products and services of 15 enterprises, 50 cooperatives, and 15 business
households meet OCOP standards from 3 stars or more by 2025./.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.