(HBO) – Lac Thuy district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has recently organised a ceremony to announce the certificate on the protection of "Lac Thuy Orange” collective trademark.
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Intellectual Property Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Centre for Agricultural Promotion. Nguyen Van Quang, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and Hoang Van Tu, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Council were also present at the event.
Nguyen Van Quang, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, presents flowers congratulating Lac Thuy district on "Lac Thuy Orange” collective trademark protection certification.
A representative of the Intellectual Property Department hands over the collective trademark protection certificate to a representative from the district farmers’ association, which has been assigned as the owner of the "Lac Thuy Orange” collective trademark.
District and provincial leaders visit stalls displaying products at the Lac Thuy orange fair
The Lac Thuy orange fair attracts crowds of customers
Gardening, including orange planting, has become a major job in agricultural production in Lac Thuy district, contributing to generating jobs for 3,600 labourers, including 1,200 regular labourers and 2,400 seasonal ones who earn about 4 million VND per month. The total area of citrus trees is 996ha, of which 668ha is orange with nearly half of this area in the period of fruit bearing. Orange varieties are mainly Xa Doai (Doai Commune), V2 and Canh, with average productivity of 28.5 tonner per ha and an average price of 20,000-25,000 VND per kg. Of note, Lac Thuy orange is favoured thanks to its good quality and meeting food safety requirements. Promoting mass production of high quality orange is a strategy set by Lac Thuy district to build new-style rural areas, restructure agriculture and raise locals’ income.
At the ceremony, Nguyen Van Quang, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the event is significant to local socio-economic development, while offering an opportunity to promote the product as well as the locality’s favourable conditions for agricultural production.
He underlined the need for all-level Party Committees, authorities, officials and people in the district to focus on protecting and developing the trademark in a long-term and sustainable manner.
Provincial departments and agencies, and district leaders should guide localities how to protect and develop orange plants in particular and citrus trees in general, he said.
Quang also urged district leaders to heed managing the trademark and improving the awareness of managing, using, protecting and upholding trademark values of Lac Thuy orange among local farmers.
At the same time, it is necessary to zone off orange planting areas and pay attention to ensuring the quality of seedlings and especially food safety from production to distribution of the fruit, he said.
Lac Thuy orange fair features 60 booths showcasing oranges and typical local farm poduce./.
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.
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