(HBO) - In 2019, districts and cities completed the evaluation and grading of the One Commune Once Product (OCOP) programme at the district level for 50 products.
Hanoi consumers are choosing safe vegetable products of the Quyet Chien safe vegetable production cooperative in Tan Lac district.
As a result, 37 products (obtaining 50 points and above) have been submitted by the People's Committees of districts and cities for the evaluation and ranking at the provincial-level.
By the end of 2019, the province had nine products rated four stars and 18 others rated three stars.
After one year of the implementation, the programme has recorded positive results. The number of cooperatives has rapidly increased, especially production cooperatives in rural areas. Innovation and start-up movements in agriculture production in rural areas have been promoted.
Agricultural products have been diversified, initially becoming commodities. Some branded products and those with geographical indication (GI) are popular to consumers in and outside the province.
In recent times, many conferences have been organised to promote consumption of OCOP products, significantly contributing to improving the value of agriculture production.
Memoranda of understanding on cooperation were signed between distributors and supermarket systems with local farmers and cooperatives, aiming to provide OCOP products in distribution systems nationwide.
Connection between local cooperatives and enterprises has helped promote production and business of traditional products and services of Hoa Binh, and improve the competitiveness of local products in domestic and foreign markets.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung said through the OCOP programme, the locality’s agriculture sector has been promoted.
Local farmers have been encouraged to change the structure of plants, select suitable plant varieties, expand cultivation areas, increase productivity and improve the quality of their products, and form concentrated commodity production areas.
To expand markets for OCOP products, specialties and potential products of Hoa Binh, in the coming time, the province will enhance communication campaigns and focus on building brands for products and developing trade villages.
Conferences to connect local farmers with businesses continue to be organised, thus further promoting sales of OCOP products in distribution systems across the country./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
