Cooperatives in the 4.0 era are increasingly attractive and developing strongly.

At the Ceremony to honor typical cooperative products and award the Mai An Tiem Award for the first time in 2024 organized by the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance , Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh affirmed: "The new cooperative model, the cooperative in the 4.0 era with characteristics of equal rights, transparent operation, promoting the interests of members, promoting social justice is increasingly attractive and developing strongly".

On the evening of December 11, the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) held a ceremony to honor typical cooperative products; at the same time, launched the year of action of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance system and responded to the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 and the Month of Action for Vietnamese Cooperatives - April 2025 on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of "Vietnam Cooperative Day" (April 11, 1946 - April 11, 2025).

Ms. Cao Xuan Thu Van, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, said: "Honoring typical cooperative products and awarding the Mai An Tiem award comes from the idea of ​​conveying an extremely meaningful message associated with the legend of Mai An Tiem.

Mai An Tiem is a symbol of the entrepreneurial spirit, the spirit of overcoming difficulties and creativity of the Vietnamese people from thousands of years ago, but with the will to overcome difficulties and creativity. That spirit of resilience and creativity is not only the pride of the past but also becomes a source of inspiration for today's generations to continue to spread, contributing to building a strong and developed Vietnam."

The legend of Mai An Tiem is recreated on the award ceremony stage.

Appreciating the initiative of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance in organizing the Ceremony to honor typical cooperative products and the creative idea of ​​the first Mai An Tiem Award, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh emphasized: "This is an innovation in thinking to promptly concretize the Party's policy on rewarding, honoring and expanding effective collective economic organizations. It is even more meaningful when the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance strives to build and organize the first Award ceremony just nearly 1 month after the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance launched the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 and called on United Nations member countries to organize celebrations in all forms to promote the contributions of cooperatives to economic and social development, realizing sustainable development goals for a better world."

From the first simple cooperative groups and work exchange groups - the first simple form of cooperation born during the resistance war against France, after more than 70 years of strong development in terms of quantity, quality and organizational form, up to now, the whole country has about more than 33 thousand cooperatives , 72 thousand cooperative groups and 141 cooperative unions , gathering more than 7 million members .

In particular, more and more cooperatives are strongly innovating in terms of organization and operation, expanding scale and technology, improving production and business management capacity, participating in value chains not only domestically but also globally, thereby better supporting the household economy and members. In all regions of the country, there are more and more typical advanced cooperatives with good production and business with rich and diverse forms in many fields and industries.

100 typical products of cooperatives nationwide were honored at the first Mai An Tiem award - 2024

"The new cooperative model, the 4.0 cooperative with characteristics of equal rights, transparent operation, promoting the interests of members, promoting social justice is increasingly attractive and developing strongly. This is a great resource, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development of the country through specific results in job creation, income increase, poverty reduction, new rural construction, ensuring social security, stabilizing political security and social order at the grassroots level.

The development of the collective economy and cooperatives in recent years is a concrete and vivid demonstration of the implementation of the Party's guidelines in resolving the relationship between developing productive forces and building and gradually perfecting socialist production relations," affirmed National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh (second from left) and delegates visit the product display booth.

From the success of the first Mai An Tiem Award, Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh expected and believed that the Award, which is characterized by honoring collective economic models, will continue to receive widespread response, support and active participation from the Cooperative Unions of provinces and cities, collective economic organizations, cooperatives nationwide and relevant agencies and organizations to become a prestigious award, a strong brand that makes an important contribution to the sustainable development of the collective economic sector, creating a strong source of inspiration for the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Delegates launched the Action Month for Vietnamese Cooperatives and the Year 2025 chosen by the United Nations as the International Year of Cooperatives throughout the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance system.

Also at the ceremony, the leaders of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance launched the Action Month for Vietnamese Cooperatives (April 2025) and the United Nations Year 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives throughout the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance system.

After nearly half a year since its launch, the Mai An Tiem Award has received enthusiastic response from the Cooperative Alliances of provinces and cities.

The Central Selection Council has selected 100 typical products of cooperatives nationwide, honored at the first Mai An Tiem Award - 2024, including: 75 products in the field of food and beverage, 10 products from medicinal herbs and medicinal preparations, 13 handicraft and small-scale industrial products, 2 products in the field of tourism.

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