OCOP product week attracts locals and foreigners
VGP - The "Week to Promote Agricultural Products and Handicrafts Made by Cooperatives and Traditional Handicraft Villages", which is underway in Ha Noi, has attracted a large number of visitors, including foreigners.
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The event, organized by the Ha Noi Cooperative Alliance from April 9 to 15, aims to stimulate demand, develop agricultural and rural production, promote tourism activities, and contribute to preserving the value of traditional craft villages.
This is an important event in the series of activities during the Month of Action for Cooperatives to celebrate Viet Nam Cooperative Day on April 11 and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the capital on October 10.
The products on display are Cat Hai fish sauce, Thai Nguyen specialty tea, Me Tri green rice, Uoc Le sausage, and other regional specialties and agricultural products under the OCOP program, made by cooperatives in Ha Noi and other provinces and cities.
With an area of more than 300 square meters and the participation of nearly 100 cooperative members of the Cooperative Alliance, the event is divided into different themes: Agricultural Products, Handicrafts, and Traditional Craft Villages.
"The products of Ha Noi's handicraft villages are diverse, and some products have competitive advantages in foreign markets. These include garments, ceramics, weaving, embroidery, traditional lace, rattan and bamboo weaving, wooden furniture, agricultural and food processing. Ha Noi's handicrafts are currently exported to more than 40 countries and territories," he said.
"Ha Noi has approved a policy to build a craft village development project for 2024-2030, with a vision to 2050, to assess the current situation and devise goals and solutions for sustainable and appropriate craft village development in line with the capital's overall socio-economic development planning," Chi.
Ha Noi is home to 1,350 handicraft villages, accounting for 59 percent of the country's total. The capital has 47 of the 52 traditional trades nationwide. These villages provide jobs for about one million workers, earn about VND22 trillion (US$936 million), and their export turnover is about US$200 million per year./.
