Attending the event were Nguyen Ngoc Bao, President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance; Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee, head of the provincial Steering Committee for Collective Economic Development; Le Anh Quan, Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong People's Committee, head of themunicipal Steering Committee for Collective Economic Development; and leaders of several departments, sectors and localities, as well as cooperative unions of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Hanoi, and Hai Phong.
President of Vietnam Cooperative Alliance Nguyen Ngoc Bao, Vice Chairman of Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee Dinh Cong Su and delegates visit booths of Hoa Binh typical products at the conference.
Over the recent years, Hoa Binh has seen positive results in the cultivation and sale of farm produce, with its products affirming their position in the market. The province has 123 products that meet provincial OCOP (One Commune One Product) standards, including 66 products of 57 cooperatives and cooperative clusters. In 2022, it is estimated that about 1,057 tonnes of local agricultural products are exported such as Son Thuy longan to the EU market; Tan Lac red pomelo to the UK; sugarcane to the Republic of Korea, the US, and the European Union; Yen Thuy’s Dien pomelo to the UK; and bamboo shoots to Japan.
At the conference, there were 12 booths introducing typical products, 3- and 4-star OCOP products of Hoa Binh province such as chicken, orange, pomelo, fish, and honey.
Enterprises and cooperatives sign memoranda of understanding on cooperation in selling products.
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman Su emphasised that the conference was an opportunity for the province to promote its typical products to a large number of consumers in Hai Phong city and surrounding localities. This was also a forum for businesses outside the province to access, link, cooperate in product consumption, connect services with cooperatives of Hoa Binh.
The province commits to creating all favourable conditions for enterprises to cooperate, and do long-term business and investment in the locality, he affirmed./.