(HBO) – Over 10,000 people visited a fair on agriculture and products under the "One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in the North and the Hoa Binh province Citrus Fruit Festival which took place in Hoa Binh on November 1 – 5.

The events
featured 275 booths run by more than 10 northern cities and provinces with
4,000 products on display. They provided an opportunity to promote citrus fruits, OCOP and agricultural
products from Hoa Binh and other northern provinces among the consumers.
At the events’
opening ceremony, the provincial People’s Committee presented OCOP-standard
certificates to eight four-star products, including Mai Chau brocades, Ha Phong fresh orange and orange juice,
Inchi sachi tea, Lac Thuy chickens, Da River tilapia and Bagridae fishes, and
Pa Co Shan Tuyet tea, alongside 16 three-star products.
Leaders
of the province also launched a portal for tracking origin of local
agricultural, forestry and fishery products – hb.check.net.vn.
The events aimed
to promote and heighten values of the northern region’s citrus fruits,
particularly OCOP products, and raise public awareness of the importance of
protection and promotion of the regional agricultural products.
More than 200
tonnes of orange, tangerine and pomelo of various varieties have been sold at
the fair for over 10 billion VND./.
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.