(HBO) – In August, the Hoa Binh provincial Cooperative Alliance coordinated with Viettel Post Hoa Binh and the VNPost branch in the province to help nine cooperatives introduce agricultural products on two e-commerce platforms, VoSo.vn and Postmart. The move has helped local farmers boost the sale of farm produce amid the complex COVID-19 situation while creating momentum for cooperatives to conduct digital transformation.
A Viettel Post employee in Hoa Binh instructs a co-operative member in Lac Son district in how to create an online store on the e-commerce platform of VoSo.vn.
Nguyen Thi Tan, head of the commerce division at Viettel Post Hoa Binh, said Viettel Post Hoa Binh has coordinated with the provincial Cooperative Alliance to carry out a programme promoting the sale of co-operatives’ products. The firm has organised training, helped co-operatives create stores on the VoSo.vn platform, and equipped them with customer service skills.
Within one month, some local agricultural products have been put on VoSo.vn such as longan, eggs, chicken, asparagus, pumpkin, and chilli, thereby helping co-operatives boost sale amid difficulties caused by the pandemic.
Apart from selling products on e-commerce platforms, co-operatives and co-operative groups in Hoa Binh have also been working hard to apply technology to production and selling activities. Some have used automatic watering systems, net houses, and origin traceability labels. The scientific and technological application has helped raise product value and secure sustainable sale despite impacts of natural disasters or disease outbreaks.
Tran An Dinh, Chairman of the provincial Cooperative Alliance said amid the trend of international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, cooperatives cannot stay uninvolved in digital transformation.
To successfully conduct digital transformation, it is firstly necessary to change all cooperative members’ awareness; build a big data system about land, crops, and livestock; ensure information transparency; and standardise products to prepare for digitalisation.
He added that in the time ahead, the provincial Co-operative Alliance will work with all-level authorities and sectors to boost communications among State agencies’ cadres in charge of collective economy, as well as cooperative members, so as to raise their awareness of the importance of digital transformation to the development of collective economy and cooperatives. Surveys of cooperatives will be carried out to select effective ones and capable cadres for creating role models in digital transformation. Resources will also be mobilised to assist cooperatives to implement digital transformation./.
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.
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