(HBO) – Hoa Binh province organised a conference on November 13 to evaluate and rate local products under the "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme for the first time in 2020.
Representatives look at local OCOP products.
A total 54 products have registered for the evaluation in 2020, with 31 to be assessed and rated in the first time. Those products are of 18 cooperatives, six companies, one workshop, and two household businesses.
Among them, there are 25 food products, one beverage product, three herb products, one garment product, one rural tourism service, and one in sales service.
Through careful examination of the products themselves and their dossiers, the provincial jury board found all 31 products qualified for provincial rating, of which five were rated four-star, and 36 three-star.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Cong Su spoke highly of the efforts made by participants of the OCOP programme.
All of the products are of local strengths, and they have good quality and designs, he stressed, adding the makers should continue to improve product quality and packaging in order to increase the products’ rating.
Competent departments, sectors and districts need to intensify promotion work for the OCOP products, he highlighted./.
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.
