HBO – Ky Son district in Hoa Binh province is actively implementing the "One Commune One Product” (OCOP) programme, which is considered a lever to develop agricultural and rural economy. The programme’s purpose is that one commune has at least one key product which has comparative advantages, towards building brand names, and expanding production and consumption of key products, thus helping increase locals’ incomes and achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
The district now has
30 key products belonging to five commodity groups, which have high economic
values and can be developed into OCOP products. Of the total, 22 products are
food, one is beverage, four are medical herbs, two belong to the
souvenir-interior-decoration group, and one belongs to the rural tourism
service group. Total revenue brought by these products is valued at around 90
billion VND a year. The products are mainly sold in Hoa Binh and its
surrounding localities.
Co-operative raising bees in Van
Tien commune, Dan Ha commune (Ky Son) with 1,200 beehives is building honey
brand.
On the basis of
registering typical product ideas of communes, the People's Committee of Ky Son
district has registered three products to participate in the OCOP programme in
the district in 2019, including: honey products of 1,985 beehives; dry
vermicelli of Tien Phu co-operative in Phu Chau and Phu Minh communes with a
capacity of 350 kg a day; Polyscias fruticosa wine of families of Dao Thi Hong An
and Duong Thi Huong in Ward 3 of Ky Son town with a capacity of 30 bottle a
day.
Talking about the prospect of implementing the OCOP programme, Hoang Van Minh,
Vice Chairman of Ky Son District People's Committee said that the opportunity brought
by the programme will be huge when all communes and towns in the district can
identify their key products, and ask for support from authorised offices when
facing difficulties in building the product connectivity and consumption chain,
and forming commodity-oriented concentrated production areas.
If being implemented
well, the programme will boost investment in production and processing, and
connect consumer markets, thus contributing to intensifying economic
development and increasing locals’ incomes, Minh said, adding that the
programme will also help communes speed up new-style rural area building./.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
Hoa Binh province is steadily advancing its agricultural sector through the adoption of high-tech solutions, seen as a sustainable path for long-term development.
The steering committee for key projects of Hoa Binh province convened on May 14 to assess the progress of major ongoing developments
A delegation of Hoa Binh province has attended the "Meet Korea 2025" event, recently held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, and the People's Committee of Hung Yen province.
Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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