OCOP Forum in the Mekong Delta - Dong Thap 2022: Opening up great opportunities for regional products.

On May 3, the OCOP Product Consumption Connection Forum in the Mekong Delta closed and opened up many opportunities for more than 200 businesses with 34 trade agreements signed and 1,270 products signed. consumption connection.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Program "One Commune One Product" - (OCOP Program) has achieved initial success and demonstrated its pervasiveness in the community. Many provinces and cities in the region have approved the OCOP Scheme for the period of 2018 - 2020 at the provincial level, and at the same time have identified strong and specific products. Many quality products have been produced and sold well in both domestic and export markets...

The main highlight of this forum is the exhibition space of OCOP products in 32 provinces and cities with 350 booths. Currently, the whole Mekong Delta has 1,276 products that have been recognized with 3 stars or more, accounting for 17.1% of the total products of the country. In which, 66.8% of 3-star products, 30.6% of 4-star products, 2.4% of 5-star potential products, and 3 products that have been recognized as National OCOP products; there are 643 OCOP subjects with 32.8% being enterprises, 17.2% being cooperatives and 48.4% being production and business establishments...

                        

Previously, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan attended the meeting to summarize the organization of the forum and spent a lot of time talking with OCOP participants attending this event. "And then?" This is something that the minister wants OCOP subjects, especially the one who has just won the prize at the forum, to ponder, not be content, so that they can get new ideas for their products. Because OCOP is an indigenous resource combined with local culture, history, innovation, combined with technology, sales methods.

Mr. Huynh Minh Tuan - Vice Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Forum's Organizing Committee, added that the forum is a series of events aimed at enhancing cooperation and linkages between provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region and other localities. across the country, as a basis to promote and bring into play the potential of OCOP products in the Mekong Delta. Through this forum, businesses will have many opportunities to meet, trade, link, business cooperation with, invest, and promote their brands and products to consumers inside and outside the Mekong Delta region. ...

Mr. Tran Thanh Nam - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said: "OCOP products have gradually exploited and promoted local specialty, cultural and traditional values. Each OCOP product has carried the role of an "ambassador" of each region and region and conveys product stories with many humanities, including lotus products - expressing profound values. about the culture and people of the land of Dong Thap Red Lotus".
Through the Forum, localities in the Mekong Delta have taken a suitable approach when focusing on and prioritizing the development of traditional products, typical products, close to the advantages of concentrated material areas such as fruits, aquatic products, and rice to develop unique products with regional nuances...

Within the framework of the forum, there are also contests, seminars, and conferences connecting OCOP product consumption. In particular, the OCOP product trade promotion conference in the Mekong Delta with domestic and foreign distributors signed 34 minutes of agreements on trade cooperation. The regional typical OCOP product contest selected 23/51 4-star OCOP products from 12 provinces and cities. The Mango delicacies contest introduces 24 dishes from 8 teams that are catering businesses, restaurant services, tourist attractions, and areas in the province. In which, 16 dishes use mango as the main ingredient, helping to increase the richness of regional cuisine.

                         

This is the last activity in a series of events to honor local culinary cultural values, enrich tourism products, and introduce and promote the Cao Lanh Mango brand - one of the five key products of the country. Dong Thap Province.
After the annual event of the OCOP Forum in the Mekong Delta - Dong Thap Province in 2022, Ca Mau Province is the host to organize the 2023 forum.

Minh Ngoc