(HBO) – This year, the market price for Cao Phong orange ranges from 17,000 VND to 22,000 VND per kilo. Meanwhile, with the price of 20,000 VND per kilo, Ha Phong Cooperative’s supply of 2.5 tonnes per day to the Big C supermarket system is making many orange farm owners jealous.
Le Van Cuong, Director of Ha Phong cooperative in Mon
village, Bac Phong commune, said that the cooperative was established and put
into operation in 2016. Up to now, the cooperative has 10 members managing 144 hectares
of the fruit. This is the area contributed by members in the cooperative which
is specialised in buying, preserving, preliminary processing and selling of
orange products to the domestic market.
Recently, the cooperative has participated in the
project to "support the cultivation and consumption of Cao Phong orange in
the direction of quality certification improvement and brand management"
launched by the district People's Committee. The project aims to give a number
of support policies for the formation of cultivation and selling chain of Cao
Phong orange to ensure food safety with consumption chain spanning from growers
to consumers. Thanks to the policies, in 2017 and 2018, the cooperative secured
consumption contracts with the Big C supermarket system. Under the contracts, from
October 15, 2018, every day, the cooperative supplies the system with 2.5 tonnes
of orange with a price fixed at 20,000 VND per kilo.
Ha Phong cooperative invests in cold storage system for
preserving orange fruits before selling to the market.
like Ha Phong cooperative, Hung Phong company, based
in Zone 2, Cao Phong town, has become a major consumer of orange in Tan Phong,
Thu Phong, Dung Phong, Nam Phong, Bac Phong, Dong Phong communes and
surrounding areas.
According to statistics, by 2018, Cao Phong district
has 3,056.2 hectares of orange, with 61 hectares planted in 2018. Of this, the
area with commercial yield covers 1,589.3 hectares, and that of the development
stage, 1,407.7 hectares. Particularly, among the nearly 1,600 hectares of yielding
farms, nearly 800 hectares have been granted VietGAP certificates. It is
estimated that Cao Phong's orange output will reach 35,000 tonnes in the 2018 –
2019 crop. By now, thanks to good promotion and communications, Cao Phong
orange products have become popular among domestic consumers and entered the top
10 brands in Vietnam./.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
