(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province held an agricultural and OCOP (one commune-one product) trade fair of the northern mountainous and midland region in November. The fair attracted the participation of many businesses and producers from 19 provinces and cities, with 232 booths. It offered a good chance for cooperatives and enterprises to connect and expand consumption markets for their products.
Booth showcasing conical hats of Hanoi's Chuong village draws attention of visitors.
Participating in the fair, enterprises, farms, production facilities in the region and consumers could exchange and deal directly with traders and processors of agro-forestry products throughout the country, thus contributing to disseminating and responding to the "Vietnamese people prioritise made-in-Vietnam goods" programme.
In addition, the fair also helped popularise and promote the development of agricultural products in general and OCOP products in particular, seek opportunities for regional linkages between localities, and further develop the agricultural sector.
Currently, Hoa Binh province has 123 three- to four-star OCOP products. Participating in the fair, localities and production units in the province introduced their organic and OCOP products such as Cao Phong orange, Tan Lac red-flesh pomelo, indigenous chicken, purple sugarcane, organic vegetables, caged fish in Da river lake, and Kim Boi bamboo shoots.
In addition to the promotion of developing the OCOP Programme for the 2022 – 2025 period, with a vision to 2030 for localities in the region, the fair also contributed to supporting farmers, businesses, and cooperatives in the northern mountainous and midland region in boosting linkages for agricultural product consumption, and branding.
Do Duc Truong, Director of the provincial Agricultural Encouragement Centre, said that with 232 stalls, including 102 standard ones showcasing OCOP products, agricultural products and handicrafts of localities in Hoa Binh province and 18 northern provinces and cities, the products were assessed to have high quality, and diverse and eye-catching designs. The fair was a great success, bringing about effective results. In five days, it attracted 100,000 visitors./.
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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