Initial results after 1 year of implementation

On June 16, 2022, the Central Executive Committee of the Party (13th tenure) issued Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW on continuing to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy (KTTT) in the new period (abbreviated as Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW); Implementing Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW, Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee issued Action Program No. 43-CTr/TU, with the determination to effectively implement Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW throughout the provincial Party Committee and all classes of people in the province.

Displaying and introducing OCOP products of Binh Thuan province. Photo: Dinh Hoa

Initial results

Correctly and fully understand the nature, position, role and importance of the collective economy in the socialist-oriented market economy. In order to raise people's awareness of the collective economy, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have led and directed Party committees, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at all levels to regularly organize propaganda activities on the nature and operating principles of the new cooperative model in the current period, ensuring cooperation in the spirit of voluntariness, autonomy, self-responsibility, democracy and equality; mobilize cooperatives to focus on member development, pay attention to education, propaganda and information to cooperative members. Directing media agencies to develop specific programs and plans to effectively implement information and propaganda work on the contents of Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW, Resolution No. 09/NQ-CP, Action Program No. 43-CTr/TU and the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State related to all classes of people; orienting, propagating, opening columns on newspapers and radio to raise awareness among cadres, party members, civil servants, public employees and the masses of the State's policies and laws on collective economy. Along with that, the province continues to innovate and perfect mechanisms and policies for human resource development. Accordingly, the training and fostering of human resources for cooperatives has always been of interest, contributing to improving management and operation skills for the team of managers and workers in cooperatives. Regarding land policy, the province has approved the land use planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 at the district level and the land use plan for 2023 of 10/10 districts, towns and cities in the province. The province has paid attention to the financial and credit policy, directing and implementing it in the activities of the KTTT. The State Bank of Vietnam, Binh Thuan branch, has directed credit institutions in the area to continue implementing credit programs for sectors and fields, including cooperatives, cooperative unions and cooperative groups; promoting administrative reform, simplifying processes, documents and loan procedures for cooperatives to ensure simplicity, compliance with regulations and creating favorable conditions for cooperatives to borrow capital. Strengthening leadership of KTTT support activities to introduce and promote products to tourists inside and outside the province, expanding the product consumption market. Implement the project "Electronic traceability solution for Binh Thuan OCOP products, typical rural industries and strengths of Binh Thuan province"; deploy the e-commerce platform of the Industry and Trade sector of 03 provinces of Binh Thuan - Ninh Thuan - Lam Dong. Regarding the policy of investment in infrastructure development, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 48/QD-UBND, dated January 7, 2022, approving financial support for the implementation of the plan to link the supply of input materials, services, and processing associated with the consumption of high-quality rice in Duc Linh and Tanh Linh districts. The province has allocated public investment capital of 50 billion VND to implement the agricultural policy for the period 2021 - 2025. At the same time, well implement the compulsory social insurance policy for employees and members of collective economic organizations working under contracts, receiving salaries and wages according to the provisions of law; Other members who do not participate in compulsory social insurance are facilitated to participate in voluntary social insurance. Encourage cooperatives to increase their operating capital from contributed capital and capital contributed by members to encourage cooperatives to strengthen the linkage between cooperative members, between cooperatives and enterprises to form a production - processing chain. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management of collective economy...

The difficulties…

However, the dissemination and implementation of Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW, Action Program No. 43-CTr/TU, Plan No. 1538/KH-UBND are not thorough in some places; a part of the people and cooperative members do not fully understand the nature, role, significance and importance of the collective economy, especially cooperatives. Some cooperatives show signs of operating at a standstill, newly established cooperatives are slow to operate, and in some cases still rely heavily on State support. Cooperatives have not boldly invested in applying and innovating production machinery and equipment; the products produced by cooperatives are not diverse, do not meet market demand, and have low competitiveness, especially in the export market. The application of information technology and digital transformation in the collective economy sector is still limited. The economic zone's access to policies has had a significant impact on the development of economic zones and cooperatives, specifically: Support policies for economic zones on land, credit, trade promotion, market expansion, training policies, and human resource development are still limited...

Must be determined to do

To overcome the above shortcomings, it is required to build a truly synchronous mechanism and policy of the State related to the collective economy. Continue to thoroughly grasp and widely propagate Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW and Action Program No. 43-CTr/TU among cadres, party members, union members, association members and people. Strengthen leadership, consolidate and improve the operational efficiency of collective economy, especially existing cooperatives and cooperative groups; encourage and facilitate the development of new cooperatives associated with support for building organizational apparatus and developing operational plans. Focus on perfecting the value chain of key agricultural products associated with collective economy models. Support collective economy organizations in building and registering trademarks, brands, geographical indications, and OCOP products; build a digital transformation model in managing the OCOP program in the province; develop value chains of agricultural commodities associated with production linkages; Build a model of applying microbiological technology to the production chain, increasing the value of agricultural products in the direction of sustainable organic. Develop a system of distributing products of cooperatives and cooperative groups in markets, especially connecting the supermarket system; encourage the development of linkages between farmers and enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups, and industry associations in production and consumption of products. Support cooperatives and cooperative groups to participate in fairs and domestic trade promotion programs, promote product image information, and connect trade on the network environment through domestic and foreign e-commerce platforms. Well implement the project of selecting, perfecting, and replicating effective new-style cooperative models for the period 2021 - 2025 in the province. Strengthen inspection and supervision of the situation of collective economic activities to closely grasp the situation, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, and forecast development trends; build and replicate typical new-style cooperative models that operate effectively; Monitor, throughout the operation process and through emulation movements to discover, foster, and replicate new models and effective methods...

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