Creative startups, connecting and promoting OCOP products, typical rural industries
Báo Tây Ninh•06/01/2025
(BTNO) - On November 14, at the hall of Trang Bang Town People's Committee, Tay Ninh Department of Science and Technology coordinated with the Town People's Committee to organize the Creative Startup Festival with the theme: "Creative startups, connecting and promoting OCOP products, typical rural industries of Trang Bang town" in 2024.
Delegates attending the conference. The festival includes activities such as: exchange, consultation, propaganda, guidance on knowledge about innovative startups, digital transformation; discussion on the current status of innovative startups and good, typical innovative startup ideas in the past time to create a spread among the youth, farmers and women in the town. There are more than 20 booths at the festival with startup products, OCOP products typical of the locality, companies, enterprises, business households, production facilities... inside and outside the town. Speaking at the conference, Mr. Tran Minh Tam - Vice Chairman of Trang Bang Town People's Committee said that the festival is an opportunity for organizations, individuals and businesses to meet, exchange, learn and share experiences in starting a business, at the same time, introduce, display and promote OCOP products, typical local industrial and agricultural products... Thereby, contributing to promoting and supporting the formation and development of types of businesses with the ability to grow rapidly based on the exploitation of intellectual property, technology, new and creative business models in enterprises. Mr. Tran Minh Tam - Vice Chairman of Trang Bang Town People's Committee spoke at the conference. With the spirit of innovation, creativity and to maximize the role of the components of the innovative startup ecosystem. All levels, sectors, associations and unions of Trang Bang town always accompany, support and encourage organizations, individuals and innovative startups. The support activities of the innovative startup ecosystem are increasingly rich and diverse in content and form; creating positive changes in quality, efficiency and promoting the role of connecting, supporting, exploiting resources... of the ecosystem components participating in socio-economic development, contributing to the development of Trang Bang town. Mr. Tran Minh Tam added that the 2024 innovation startup festival aims to promote the startup movement for sustainable development, at the same time, conveying the desire to build and connect the components of the local innovative startup ecosystem to increasingly develop and become stronger. Through the Festival, continue to mobilize social resources to support startup ideas and projects, start local business development and find product consumption markets. Ms. Lam Kieu Trinh - owner of Hoang Minh 3 rice noodle shop (Trang Bang town) said: "Our business has 2 typical products of the province and Trang Bang town, which are sun-dried rice paper and rice noodle. This is a brand that has existed for 3 generations, we will try to maintain and develop the brand, preserve the traditional profession of our family. I hope that the province and Trang Bang town will organize product promotion festivals so that our brand can reach further and develop to serve domestic and foreign customers, contributing to preserving local products". Delegates visit products of Hoang Minh 3 noodle facility (Trang Bang town) Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hien - owner of Ngoc Uyen rice paper establishment (Trang Bang town) shared: "The product I chose to start my business is rice paper, because I am a child of Trang Bang, so I chose this product to develop my hometown's rice paper products to promote and preserve the province's specialties. To have a successful brand like today, I put food hygiene and safety criteria first, followed by design, so that customers can feel secure when using our products". Delegates visit Ngoc Uyen rice paper factory (Trang Bang town). “I hope that the product will be recognized as a local OCOP product, exported to other countries, and I hope that Tay Ninh province will connect tourism with other provinces in the country and other countries to further develop the province's products. Currently, our facility makes rice paper by hand. In the future, I hope that departments and branches can support solutions to increase productivity and product quality thanks to modern technology,” Ms. Hien added. Trang Bang Town People's Committee said that the locality currently has many diverse products, however, the product quality is not uniform, the production scale is still small; the promotion and consumption stages are limited, and there is a lack of capital. Therefore, the locality has proposed solutions to develop OCOP products such as: Improving product quality, organizing training courses, supporting the construction of a traceability system; diversifying products, encouraging creativity, creating new and unique products; building a common brand. Delegates visit typical products displayed at the Festival. Up to now, the number of start-up businesses in the province has been increasing, businesses have been gradually established, formed and gathered through connection and support activities from the Tourism Association, the Young Entrepreneurs Association, and business and entrepreneur communities. In addition, the province has many new products and services with high added value. Focusing on the core strengths of the province in industry and tourism, at the same time developing high-tech agriculture, researching deep processing to take advantage of the strengths of local resources and the province's unique culture. In addition, the community's awareness of innovative start-ups has been raised. The business community is open to receiving and actively supporting many trade promotion activities - connecting trade that are organized regularly and periodically. Policy contact and exchange activities also contribute to raising awareness and connection.
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