Over the past years, Da Bac district has effectively put in place the "One Commune-One Product” (OCOP) programme, thus raising the value of key agricultural products as well as income of local residents.
Tam Cuong safe agricultural product and food store in Da Bac town.
The district has regarded the development and standardisation of OCOP items as crucial to promoting production, building brands, and improving product quality.
It is home to six OCOP products, including Truc Son rice wine in Cao Son commune, indigenous pig and hill chicken in Tan Minh commune, and Da River black carp and catfish in Tien Phong commune.
The OCOP programme has contributed to economic restructuring, increasing income, and stabilising the livelihoods of rural residents, said Bui Khac Vinh, head of the district Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The official, however, pointed to obstacles to the implementation such as the hesitancy of local producers, along with issues regarding their eligibility for the programme as most of the production and business facilities have yet been registered.
Vinh said Da Bac aims to have at least six OCOP items rated at least three stars in the 2021-2025 period.
It will focus on standardising and developing products based on local resources, particularly specialties, establishing material areas, expanding production scale, participating in value and food safety chains, and encouraging businesses to upgrade product rankings.
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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