Hop Tien commune’s wild honey product is one of the two first 4-star One Commune – One Product (OCOP) items of Kim Boi district.
Hop Tien wild honey products are produced by Green
Life cooperative, Hop Tien commune, Kim Boi district. The products meets
VietGAP standards, ISO 22000: 2018.
From the 1960s, the locals have used honey in their
daily lives, however, until 2000, beekeeping for honey has become a trade,
helping households improve their incomes.
Dinh Cong Thuan, Director of Greeen Life cooperative,
shared that local honey beekeeping has created jobs for many labourers,
especially young people. Currently, Hop Tien wild honey products are available
across the country and in April, 2024 the products were marketed in the
Republic of Korea (RoK).
Hop Tien commune is located in Thuong Tien Nature
Reserve, coveringmore than 5,000 ha of special-use forest with many
precious medicinal plants. The area is considered an ideal place for honey
beekeeping development. Currently, Green Life cooperative has 11 members and
satellite beekeeping households in hamlets, such as Thuong Tien, Luon, Vang,
and Sim Trong. With nearly 5,800 colonies of bees, Hop Tien wild honey is
well-known for its special and unique flavour and sweetness.
Currently, honey production is 60,000 litres a year, bringing a total income of
more than 12 billion VND (472,000 USD) a year for the cooperative. The
cooperative has invested in machinery systems to help improve production,
ensuring food safety and hygiene. The cooperative’s wild honey products also
meet requirements on exports to the European market.
Bui Thanh Thu, Vice Chairman of the Hop Tien Commune
People's Committee, said that local authorities hope Green Life cooperative to
continue to improve production, aiming to restructure the agricultural sector
in association with new rural buildingin the locality while strengthening
the promotion and introduction of products at trade fairs, supermarkets as well
as both domestic and foreign markets.
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