Ba Ria-Vung Tau is making efforts to bring local key products to more markets. Asserting local strengths
Leaders of the province’s Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion said Ba Ria – Vung Tau has a wide range of products in various industries and services, from fisheries, cultivation, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, petrochemicals to travel, maritime transport and logistics services.
The network of wholesale and retail establishments has reached all districts and cities in the province, comprising of many large-scale and modern facilities like department stores, commercial centres, supermarkets and logistics centres (supplying goods storage, sorting and transporting services).
Key products of Ba Ria – Vung Tau According to statistics of the provincial Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion, the province is home to about 130 enterprises and 290 household businesses engaging in aquatic product processing. Of them, over 40 factories have satisfied HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System) standards with total capacity of more than 250,000 tonnes of products a year. Some 30 facilities have received EU Code of Export Compliance certificates, while most of the remaining facilities have met requirements for exporting to the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Brazil regarding key products such as surimi, shrimp, fish, octopus, and crab in either frozen, fillets or processed forms. Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s aquatic products have been exported to more than 40 countries and territories worldwide.
Local processing facilities are capable of supplying large volumes of products to wholesale and retail networks in and outside the province.
As for the agricultural sector, Ba Ria - Vung Tau is aiming to become a hi-tech agricultural hub at national level. At present, the province counts more than 50 businesses, cooperatives and establishments operating in cultivation and farm produce processing. More than 30 of them have been granted certificates of food safety and Good Agriculture Practice (GAP).
Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Do Minh Tuan said the province produces a diverse range of farm produce, such as bean and nut products (coffee, cashew nut, pepper bean and cacao bean), fruits (green-skin pomelo, longan, banana) and safe vegetables, among others. He affirmed that local products have good quality, meeting strict requirements of both domestic and foreign consumers and businesses.
Enhancing trade connectivity
Leaders of the Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion said the province has constantly promoted and reformed trade promotion work, bolstered e-commerce and enhanced trade connectivity so as to facilitate access to material supply sources and markets of businesses both in and outside the province.
Ba Ria - Vung Tau is aiming to become a hi-tech agricultural hub at national level. Regarding trade promotion for farm produce, particularly products of the OCOP (One Commune One Product) programme, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated with relevant agencies to organize trade promotion events focusing on those products. The department also worked together with the Department of Information and Communication, the Department of Industry and Trade, and Vietnam Airlines to introduce local products on e-commerce platforms and chains of stores and supermarkets. Nearly 23,790 digital accounts and hundreds of shops on commercial platforms have been created for local products. The department also encouraged makers of certified OCOP products to attend exhibitions and trade fairs to introduce their products./.
VNA
