Provincial Party Secretary works with Dong Giao Food Export Joint Stock Company

Also attending were comrade Tran Song Tung, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and sectors of the province and Tam Diep city.

The Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation visited and inspected the production, processing and pineapple material areas of the Company in Tam Diep City. At the places visited, the Provincial Party Secretary presented gifts and learned about the production situation and the lives of cadres, workers and laborers.

co-delivery — The Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation visited the Company's pineapple raw material area.

Working with the Board of Directors and key staff of the Company, the Secretary and the Delegation listened to a summary report on the Company's operations and business situation.

Accordingly, it was established in 1955 under the name Dong Giao State Farm. After 68 years of construction and development, DOVECO has increasingly affirmed its position and brand in the market and is one of the leading fruit and vegetable processing units in the country with 3 large processing centers in Ninh Binh, Gia Lai and Son La with a processing capacity of 136,000 tons of products/year.

Products are exported to more than 55 countries, mainly concentrated in the European, Korean, Japanese and Israeli markets. The number of regular and cooperative employees of the Company is over 23 thousand people, of which regular employees are over 3,300 people, with an average income of over 11 million VND/person/month.

In the period of 2021 - 2023, despite the many difficulties in the world economy, the Company's revenue still grew strongly, estimated at 2,800 billion VND in 2023, of which export turnover reached 60 million USD.

In addition to business development, the Company also pays special attention to caring for the lives of employees and actively participates in activities to ensure social security in general; prioritizing job creation for ethnic minority workers. In 2023, the Company donated 6 billion VND to hunger eradication and poverty reduction activities in Ninh Binh, Son La and Gia Lai.

Regarding Party work, the Company's Party Committee currently has 12 affiliated Party cells with 137 Party members, achieving the title of excellent performance for 5 consecutive years. Every year, the Company completes the target of recruiting new Party members.

Implementing Conclusion No. 190-TB/TU March 1, 2021 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee at the working session with the Company regarding strategic development orientation and proposals, recommendations, and support to promote agricultural production and processing. Up to now, the Company has coordinated with relevant departments, branches, and localities to implement the following contents:

Firstly, a survey was conducted and a number of cooperatives in Nho Quan, Yen Khanh and Yen Mo districts were selected to build a production linkage model and expand the raw material area to serve the factory's processing activities.

Second, regarding the establishment of Trung Son Industrial Park, after 2 years of completing procedures, the company is currently conducting site clearance and is expected to start construction in the first quarter of 2024.

As for the establishment of a Center for Research and Production of High-Tech Vegetable and Fruit Seeds and a Center for Testing Agricultural Product Quality, the Company has not yet been able to implement it.

Dong Giao Food Export Joint Stock Company proposed that the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee consider supporting the Company with land reclamation costs and developing new raw material areas to compensate for the area of more than 1,000 hectares recovered to serve project implementation; consider adjusting the Tam Diep II Industrial Park Project to suit, minimizing the impact on the Company's raw material areas.

At the same time, the Company also recommends that relevant sectors support the Company in participating in trade promotion activities; build an agricultural product quality testing center under the Company; support funding for importing and expanding the new MD2 pineapple variety; consider reducing land rent for the area that has been recovered; consider compensating for assets and structures affected by the projects.

At the meeting, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, relevant departments and agencies, and leaders of Tam Diep City directly answered the Company's recommendations and problems. At the same time, they advised and proposed a number of solutions as well as mechanisms and policies to contribute to creating motivation for the Company to continue expanding and developing production and business in the coming time.

Concluding the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Doan Minh Huan acknowledged and congratulated the efforts, attempts and achievements that Dong Giao Food Export Joint Stock Company has achieved in the past time.

The Provincial Party Secretary emphasized: The company is a typical example of successful transformation from a state-owned enterprise to a joint stock company, thereby creating new momentum and strength for development; contributing to bringing Vietnamese agricultural products to the world.

In particular, he praised the Company for its positive contributions to social security in the province as well as the country; especially for creating many jobs for ethnic minorities in Gia Lai and Son La provinces.

Regarding the recommendations and proposals of the Company, the Provincial Party Secretary requested relevant departments and branches to promptly consider and resolve them, ensuring compliance with legal regulations, on the principles of consensus, harmonious interests, and shared risks.

In the spirit of Conclusion No. 190-TB/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, it is necessary to review what has not been done and try to do it better, and what has been done and promote it; it is necessary to regularly check, monitor and evaluate the implementation progress.

Appreciating the role and position of the Company, the Provincial Party Secretary hoped that the Company would continue to research and develop more new plant varieties, create many new products to meet the trends and increasing demands of the international market; continue to affirm the value of Dong Giao, contributing to building the brand and identity of Ninh Binh.

The Company's future development strategy needs to be closely linked to the province's overall development strategy. He also affirmed that each step forward of the Company always has the support of the political system, local Party Committee and government.