The Hoa Binh Council for the evaluation and classification of products joining the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) Programme on December 28 organised a meeting to assess and classify provincial-level OCOP products in 2023. The meeting was chaired by Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, who is also Chairman of the council.
Members of the Hoa Binh Council for the evaluation and classification of products joining the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) Programme examine products for assessment in 2023.
This time, 14 provincial-level OCOP products were evaluated and classified. Of the total, 12 products, which earned 70 points from district-level councils, were proposed by districts to become 4-star OCOP products at the provincial level, while the remaining two, which were rated four stars in 2022, are receiving support to become national-level OCOP products in 2024.
The assessment results showed that all the 14 products meet the requirements for evaluation and classification, with two earning at least 90 points and 12 having 70-80 points. As a result, two OCOP products had the potential to be rated five stars, namely dried bamboo shoots for cooking and pre-sliced sour bamboo shoots produced by Kim Boi joint Stock Corporation.
Meanwhile, 12 products were rated four stars at the provincial level, including Giang Loc red-flesh pomelo, forest honey, Nhung Van turmeric starch, fresh bamboo shoots, Yen Thuy green bud tea, Thia canh (Gymnema sylvestre) jelly, Yen Thuong sticky rice wine, and Kim Boi mineral water.
Addressing the event, Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee congratulated producers and cooperatives with rated products, and recognised their efforts, as well as support from the administration at all levels, in developing the OCOP products.
He said he hopes in 2024 and following years, the rankings of products that have been recognised as provincial and district-level OCOP products will be upgraded. The official asked provincial departments, sectors and localities to continue to coordinate closely together in effectively implementing the OCOP programme. The official also requested cooperatives and businesses to continue researching and renovating the designs and quality of their products to make them even better.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
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Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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