(HBO) - Cooperation and linkage in production in association with farm produce sales plays an important role in agricultural production, helping expand production scale, promote technology application, improve management capacity, and increase the interests of participants, especially farmers.
Melons grown under VietGAP
process in greenhouse of Hoa Binh GAP one-member limited company in Ba Hang Doi
township (Lac Thuy).
To boost agricultural
production linkages in value chains, the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee
issued Decision No.1340 dated June 5, 2018 approving a project to build and
develop food-safety value chains of key agricultural products in the 2018-2020
period, with a vision to 2025 in Hoa Binh province.
To date, agricultural
production in association with marketing and origin tracing has received more
and more attention. The province currently has 51 supply chains of safe food
and farm produce such as tea, orange, grapefruit, pork, chicken meat, goat
meat, honey and fish.
Stepping up linkages
in agricultural production has contributed to increasing the awareness, role
and responsibility of producers, ensuring market demand-supply, and protecting
consumers’ health.
However, there remain
several shortcomings, including small production scale, asynchronous
infrastructure, dependence on weather, instable market prices and cooperatives’
weak management capacity.
In the time to come,
localities are advised to pay attention to developing the processing industry,
concentrated material growing areas and marketing; and create an open mechanism
to encourage competent enterprises to apply high technology in production
towards cooperation and connectivity in value chains.
It is necessary to
develop farm economy, promote the development of collective economy, diversify
forms of production and distribution linkages, develop electronic origin
tracing systems, support production and business facilities in origin tracing,
and test quality before putting products to the market so as to sustainably
developing production and distribution chains./.
Dao Village’s honey – a product certified with a 3-star OCOP (One Commune One Product) rating by Thong Nhat Agricultural Cooperative in Dao Village (Hoa Binh City) – is highly regarded by consumers for its quality, richness, and variety in packaging. The distinctively sweet taste of Dao Village’s honey leaves a lasting impression on anyone who has tried it.
In alignment with Project No. 07-DA/TU, issued by the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on November 1, 2021, Lac Thuy district has actively promoted investment and supported the sustainable development of its industrial and handicraft sectors during the 2021–2025 period. Alongside this, the district has remained committed to preserving and revitalising traditional craft villages.
Located in the northern part of Lac Thuy district, with a temperate climate and fertile soil, Phu Thanh commune has great potential and advantages in growing tea. The long-standing experience, combined with strict adherence to organic farming practices in the tea gardens, ensures that the dried tea products from Phu Thanh and Lac Thuy as a whole are sold out immediately upon production, providing a stable and prosperous life for the local people.
Amid efforts to streamline the administrative apparatus, Hoa Binh province has intensified measures to address challenges in land clearance, resettlement support, and infrastructure investment, aiming to speed up the progress of key projects.
Hoa Binh province has posted an unprecedented economic growth rate of 12.76% in the first quarter of 2025, marking its highest quarterly performance to date and positioning it as the second fastest-growing locality in the country, trailing only Bac Giang province.
Under current regulations, products in the One Commune – One Product (OCOP) programme that are rated three stars or higher must undergo re-evaluation every three months. However, in reality, some of these products fail to consistently meet the required standards, raising concerns about the sustainability of their OCOP certification. This underscores the urgent need for producers to enhance product quality and gradually develop their OCOP products into strong, marketable brands.