By the end of 2024, the OCOP product classification and assessment council at the district and city levels in Hai Phong had assessed 292 products and granted certificates to 287 products (including 87 4-star products and 200 3-star products). The number of valid OCOP products was 242 (66 4-star products and 176 3-star products). In 2024 alone, the district level assessed and granted 3-star OCOP product certificates to 40 products and is continuing to assess more than 40 products. By the end of 2024, the OCOP product classification and assessment council at the city level assessed and granted 4-star product certificates to 35 products.
Thus, it can be seen that in recent years, Hai Phong has always actively evaluated and ranked OCOP products. The following year, the number of OCOP products ranked is higher than the previous year, but in reality, Hai Phong's products are mainly 3-star and 4-star products. Some 4-star products are only potential products that can reach the national 5-star OCOP level. Typical products include: rice field products, fish sauce, sardines, Ngoc mountain tea... In 2021, the city selected a set of 5 Ngoc Mountain tea products of Green Community Company Limited to consider recognizing 5-star OCOP products, but then the National OCOP Product Council returned the application as unqualified.
According to Mr. Tang Xuan Tho, Head of the Rural Development Department (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hai Phong City ), in reality, functional agencies, enterprises, and cooperatives always want to have quality products, good brands, especially specialties of some localities that are recognized as national OCOP products. However, to be eligible for 5-star recognition, in addition to standards on facilities, quality, design, and market, there are also a number of mandatory standards such as having export products, having unique product stories, etc. Meanwhile, most of Hai Phong's 4-star OCOP products are not aimed at serving exports, and enterprises do not have the conditions to focus on building unique product stories to be able to convince the national OCOP product ranking council.
Hai Phong’s enterprises and cooperatives always aspire to achieve national OCOP products. According to statistics, in Cat Hai town, there are more than a dozen enterprises and traditional fish sauce production facilities, many of which have quite good markets and product quality… In order to gradually develop and achieve 5-star OCOP product standards, business leaders always cherish investment strategies and solutions to ensure the prescribed criteria.
According to Mr. Bui Duc Vinh, Director of Quang Hai Fish Sauce Company Limited, the company has 12 3-star and 4-star OCOP products. From now until 2030, in order to develop 5-star OCOP products, the company's board of directors is always proactive, creative, and seizes opportunities to find effective measures suitable to the company's operating situation such as mobilizing capital, finding fishing grounds to purchase raw materials for production, opening more agents and distributors to promote and consume products. The company is especially interested in promoting OCOP products on digital platforms, bringing products to supermarkets and shopping centers; and has plans to invest funds to exploit new technology equipment to replace old equipment.
For localities, the attention and direction of the development of OCOP products from the district to the commune level will help the OCOP product development program achieve practical results. According to the Chairman of Kien Thuy District People's Committee, Luu Van Thuy, the district currently has 43 OCOP products, including 15 4-star products. By 2030, the district strives to focus on standardizing and upgrading 5 products from 3 stars to 4 stars and have products rated 5 stars by the central government.
The district actively and flexibly applies policies, and at the same time has its own, appropriate policies, encouraging cooperative enterprises to develop products, build brands, and enhance the value of each product; strengthen the review and selection of products associated with local advantages and strengths to guide entities to upgrade OCOP products.
Livestream introducing and promoting Hai Phong OCOP products. Photo: Dan Viet
Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hai Phong Do Gia Khanh said that in order to develop OCOP products, aiming to rank many products to 4-star and 5-star standards, it is necessary to accurately identify and promote the advantages and potentials of the locality to develop OCOP programs and products. Proactively mobilize budget capital sources, other sources and focus resources from the community to help businesses and cooperatives actively develop and upgrade OCOP products from 3 stars to 4 stars and 5 stars.
The cooperation and support of functional sectors and local authorities is one of the important solutions so that in the near future, Hai Phong City will have 5-star OCOP products .
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