(HBO) - The product "Oranges - premium gifts” of the 3T Cao Phong agricultural cooperative has been granted a three-star rating for OCOP product at the provincial-level. The cooperative has built the "three good” criteria for its farm products - good soil, good seed, good heart – with the goal of making a real difference between its oranges and other types of oranges produced in Cao Phong district.
Customers from Hanoi choose oranges from the 3T Cao Phong agricultural cooperative.
The
cooperative groups 25 member households, who are planting orange trees on a
total area of 43.9 ha. Two-thirds
of the orange growing area of the members is cultivated strictly following regulations
on the use of organic agricultural materials. Farmers use fertilizer made from earthworm, which strengthen
the resistance of plants after harvest, and their floweringorfruiting capacity as well.
With
the goal of maintaining and further developing its Cao Phong orange brand, the
cooperative has adopted creative methods to produce clean and high-end products. It
has minimised the use of chemical materials and absolutely not used herbicide. The
harvesting and packaging process is carried out in a continuous chain from picking
fruits, washing, sorting, bio-remediation, and labeling.
The
product "Oranges - premium gifts”, which is produced in an organic
production chain, was selected to be an OCOP products in 2019. To
ensure the product’s quality, only eight percent of the total harvest are
selected as gifts. Oranges are packed in luxurious and eye-catching designed
packaging to meet the demand of customers.
This
product has received positive feedback from customers. In 2019, the cooperative
sold nearly 2,000 boxes of this kind, earning over 400 million VND. The
cooperative’s products are sold in the Vinmart supermarket system and clean
food stores.
In the coming time, the
cooperative will expand its sale scale, and strengthen management for
production. It plans to expand the planting area of organic orange to 5 ha. The cooperative intends to provide tours to orange orchards with the aim of
increasing revenue from orange farming./.
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
In the first six months of 2025, Hoa Binh province’s export turnover was estimated at 1.145 billion USD, marking an 18.11% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Import turnover was estimated at $ 804 million, a 17.15% increase, which helped the province maintain a positive trade balance.
The lives of the ethnic minority farmers in Tan Lac district have gradually improved thanks to the new directions in agricultural production. This is a testament to the collective strength fostered through the professional associations and groups implemented by various levels of the district’s Farmers’ Union.
With the motto the "product quality comes first,” after nearly one year of establishment and operation, Muong village’s Clean Food Agricultural and Commercial Cooperative, located in Cau Hamlet, Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi district), has launched reputable, high-quality agricultural products to the market that are well-received by consumers. The products such as Muong village’s pork sausage, salt-cured chicken, and salt-cured pork hocks have gradually carved out a place in the market and they are on the path to obtaining the OCOP certification.
In the past, the phrase "bumper harvest, rock-bottom prices" was a familiar refrain for Vietnamese farmers engaged in fragmented, small-scale agriculture. But today, a new spirit is emerging across rural areas of Hoa Binh province - one of collaboration, organisation, and collective economic models that provide a stable foundation for production.
Maintaining growing area codes and packing facility codes in accordance with regulations is a mandatory requirement for agricultural products to be eligible for export. Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hoa Binh province has intensified technical supervision of designated farming areas and packing facilities to safeguard the "green passport" that enables its products to access international markets.
