Thanh Hoa has 20 more OCOP products
Thanh Hoa (VNA) – The Coordinating Office of the New Rural
Development Programme in the central province of Thanh Hoa said on August 4
that the locality recently evaluated and classified One Commune, One Product (OCOP)
products for the third stage this year.
Twenty six products
from 14 districts, townships and cities were under classification. However, only
20 of them were recognised as OCOP products, three of them met four-star
criteria, including Ha Lai leaf cake, Ha Trung district’s kitchen utensils,
Quang Xuong district’s Quang Phuc fish sauce, and the remaining achieving
three-starred standards.
Their production scale
are above average and quality enough to be competitive in the market.
After over three years
of implementing the OCOP programme, the province had 120 OCOP products as of August,
ranking 10th nationwide in terms of the total products. It is now home to one
five-star OCOP product, 30 four-star and 89 three-star ones.
To carry out the
programme sustainably and effectively, the province took strict steps to
evaluate and rank products in the right process. As scheduled this year, it
will develop additional 80 provincial-level OCOP products.
Based on registrations
by districts, townships and city, the Office will inspect production areas,
help owners increase scale and quality, navigate markets and handle necessary
procedures to join the programme.
Recognised products
must meet all criteria in line with regulations. It is also a key task in the
National Target Programme on New Rural Development in the province.
Bui Cong Anh, deputy
head of the Office said after having their products recognised for the status,
almost businesses and production facilities must expand production scale
because their products become more popular.
Recently, several
owners of local OCOP products established “Thanh Hoa OCOP cooperative” in line
with the Co-operative Law 2012, playing a role as a business to promote trade
and develop markets.
In the near future,
the Office will work with localities to instruct owners how to invest in modern
technology, improve product qualuty, gradually perfect production process in
line with the OCOP programme regulations. The province will continue promoting
trade at home and abroad, helping firms, cooperatives and owners sell products.
Many OCOP products of Thanh Hoa are exported to foreign countries such as
Russia, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, Switzerland, Sweden, the United
States, Japan and China.
Le Gia shrimp paste from Hoang Hoa district’s
Hoang Phu commune has been exported to Russia, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan
(China) and South Africa. Bamboo straws have been shipped to Switzerland,
Sweden, and the United State. Handicrafts and other products made from sedge
are sold in 64 supermarkets in the United States.
Over the past three years, Thanh Hoa has
spent over 114 billion VND (4.9 million USD) supporting the implementation of
the OCOP programme. Of these, more than 18.2 billion VND (791,622 USD) came
from the central budget, 36 billion VND (1.5 million USD) from the local budget
and the rest from producers.
In the 2021-2025 period, the province is striving
to have at least three OCOP products rated as five stars, more than 100 as
three and four stars, he said.
It will complete the application of information
and technology in the production and trading of OCOP products. Each district
will have at least one showroom which displays and sell these products.
Creative design centres will also be formed in association with OCOP products promotion
during the period.
The OCOP was initiated by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development in 2008, following the model of Japan’s “One
Village, One Product” and Thailand’s “One Tambon, One Product”. It is an
economic development programme for rural areas focusing on increasing internal
power and values, which is also meant to help with the national target
programme on new-style rural area building./.