(HBO) – Hoa Binh city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the People’s Committees of Lac Son and Cao Phong districts, and R.Y.B joint Stocks Company on July 25 held a ceremony to mark the export of two One Commune One Product (OCOP) products - turmeric starch and pink-fleshed Eureka lemon in honey - to the UK.
Representatives from departments, agencies and
company cut ribbons for the shipment at the ceremony.
The batch concludes 60 boxes of turmeric starch produced by the Nhung Van Co.
Ltd in Lac Son district and pink-fleshed Eureka lemon in honey by the Ha Phong
Cooperative in Cao Phong district. Each box contains 1,080 jars and each jar
weighs 200-500 grams.
Workers load the exported
products onto a truck.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee
Dinh Cong Su said that the export of the two OCOP items proved the potential
and advantages of the province’s agricultural products to meet consumers’
tastes, even those in choosy markets.
He said that in the coming time, the province’s agricultural sector and localities
will continue to strengthen directing the production, and development of raw
material areas. Local authorities will support the certification of food safety
for the raw material areas and help manufacturers to improve product quality,
packaging design, traceability stamps, and participate in trade promotion
programmes.
Departments, agencies and local authorities are the bridge
connecting producers with businesses so that the parties can regularly meet and
exchange information to improve the product quality and designs to better meet
the requirements of the market, he said.
Local authorities were asked to promptly grasp the problems and
difficulties of the parties, and timely support them to solve the problems.
He said local authorities will continue to call on investors and support them
in investing and purchasing products./.
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
In the first six months of 2025, Hoa Binh province’s export turnover was estimated at 1.145 billion USD, marking an 18.11% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Import turnover was estimated at $ 804 million, a 17.15% increase, which helped the province maintain a positive trade balance.
The lives of the ethnic minority farmers in Tan Lac district have gradually improved thanks to the new directions in agricultural production. This is a testament to the collective strength fostered through the professional associations and groups implemented by various levels of the district’s Farmers’ Union.
With the motto the "product quality comes first,” after nearly one year of establishment and operation, Muong village’s Clean Food Agricultural and Commercial Cooperative, located in Cau Hamlet, Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi district), has launched reputable, high-quality agricultural products to the market that are well-received by consumers. The products such as Muong village’s pork sausage, salt-cured chicken, and salt-cured pork hocks have gradually carved out a place in the market and they are on the path to obtaining the OCOP certification.
In the past, the phrase "bumper harvest, rock-bottom prices" was a familiar refrain for Vietnamese farmers engaged in fragmented, small-scale agriculture. But today, a new spirit is emerging across rural areas of Hoa Binh province - one of collaboration, organisation, and collective economic models that provide a stable foundation for production.
Maintaining growing area codes and packing facility codes in accordance with regulations is a mandatory requirement for agricultural products to be eligible for export. Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hoa Binh province has intensified technical supervision of designated farming areas and packing facilities to safeguard the "green passport" that enables its products to access international markets.
