On the evening of December 11, the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance held a ceremony to honor the cooperative's 2024 pepper products and award the first "Mai An Tiem" prize. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly attended the ceremony. Attending the ceremony were also leaders of ministries, departments, branches, representatives of international organizations, leaders of central ministries, branches, provinces and cities across the country. On December 11, at the headquarters of the Border Guard Command of Soc Trang province, the Working Group of Steering Committee 202 of the Ministry of National Defense led by Colonel Le Thanh Cong - Head of the Department of Career Economics, Department of Economics, Ministry of National Defense, inspected and supervised the implementation results of the contents and component projects in the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2022 - 2023 and the implementation of tasks in 2024 - 2025 of the Provincial Border Guard Command and the Military Command of Soc Trang province. On the afternoon of December 11, following the working program in Dong Thap province, General Secretary To Lam and the Central Working Group attended a meeting with delegates of outstanding meritorious people of the province. Dong Thap celebrated the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day at the headquarters of the People's Committee of Tam Nong district. From noon to this afternoon (December 11), strong cold air began to spread to the North, the weather turned cold. It is forecasted that in the coming days, the cold air will continue to strengthen, causing the temperature to drop sharply and the cold weather will last longer. On December 11, at the headquarters of the Border Guard Command (BĐBP) of Soc Trang province, the Working Group of the Steering Committee 202 of the Ministry of National Defense, led by Colonel Le Thanh Cong - Head of the Economic Department of the Economic Department, Ministry of National Defense, inspected and supervised the implementation results of the contents and component projects in the National Target Program on Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas in 2022 - 2023 and the implementation of tasks in 2024 - 2025 of the Provincial Border Guard Command and the Military Command of Soc Trang province. On December 11, in the city. Can Tho, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front held a conference to review the work of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Emulation Cluster of the 5 Central Cities in 2024. Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien attended and directed the conference. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued Decision No. 3991/QD-BVHTTDL on the announcement of the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage for the pottery making profession of the Mnong people in Yang Tao commune, Lak district, Dak Lak province. The program "Teachers change" has been responded to and actively participated by a large number of managers and teachers in the entire Central Ethnic University Preparatory School, and has been increasingly widely deployed, transforming from "quantity" to "quality". Each teacher is truly a typical example in promoting the role and responsibility in the career of "growing people". The program has also contributed to arousing compassion, sense of responsibility, and teachers' conscience, creating a foundation for improving the quality of comprehensive education in schools. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. This morning's news, December 10, has the following notable information: A thousand years of Xuan Pha plays. Reviving the Kieu Ky gold-plating craft village. Tar lôq - A typical dish of the Pa Ko people. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Located at an altitude of more than 1,800 meters above sea level, hidden in the clouds, Hang Da village in Hau Chu Ngai village, Muong Hoa commune, Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province has a peaceful and poetic beauty. For more than a month, convoys of dump trucks carrying soil and sand to serve construction projects in Kon Tum City (Kon Tum) have been running day and night on inner-city roads. This is a nightmare for traffic participants and there have been a number of traffic accidents. In response to the 10th Da Lat Flower Festival in 2024, Di Linh district (Lam Dong) will organize many meaningful activities to promote culture, tourism and Di Linh land. At the 2024 Cham pottery making competition organized by the People's Committee of Ninh Phuoc district, Ninh Thuan province, we were really impressed with the pottery making technique of young artisan Dong Thi My Trinh. With a ceramic vase decorated with unique patterns, My Trinh was awarded the first prize by the Organizing Committee of the competition for the age group from 25 to 40. At night, the flower fields in the Tet chrysanthemum growing area in Nghia Hiep (Tu Nghia district, Quang Ngai province) were brightly lit. A space of several hundred hectares was magically shimmering in the winter mist. The Ve River creates soil for the alluvial banks, which local people use to grow flowers for the market, especially Tet flowers.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Cao Xuan Thu Van - Secretary of the Party Committee, President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee on Collective Economy said: The Mai An Tiem Award aims to recognize and honor the products of cooperatives and cooperative unions that are prestigious, high-quality, competitive and have a large consumer market, are trusted by consumers, and contribute positively to the development of the collective economic sector and cooperatives. After the launch, the Mai An Tiem Award has received positive responses from the Cooperative Alliances of provinces and cities.
The award attracted 920 products from 615 cooperatives nationwide to participate in the vote in 2024, with diverse industries and types, from agriculture, handicrafts, small-scale industry, tourism, eco-tourism, food and beverages...; many products meet OCOP standards from 3 to 5 stars, or other prestigious titles awarded by ministries, central branches or provincial People's Committees; have beautiful designs, packaging, clear origin, creating trust from domestic consumers but also reaching out to the international market.
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.
Typical products that have achieved 4-star and 5-star OCOP include: Salted green pepper (Bau May Agricultural Trade Tourism Cooperative, Hoa Hiep Commune, Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province); Luc Ngan Hong Xuan litchi (Hong Xuan Agricultural Production and General Service Cooperative, Hong Xuan Commune, Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang Province)...
These are products of cooperatives with prestige, quality, great competitiveness and wide consumer market, promoting national cultural identity, traditional values, spreading in the community, trusted by consumers, contributing positively to the socio-economic development of the whole country.
Also at the ceremony, the leaders of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance launched the Action Month for Vietnamese Cooperatives in April 2025 and the year chosen by the United Nations as the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 throughout the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance system.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh praised and highly appreciated 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 - a place to honor the annual creative labor achievements of cooperatives nationwide.
The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly also affirmed that the new cooperative model, the cooperative in the 4.0 era, is a great resource, making an important contribution to the economic and social development of the country, in which the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance with its mission is the core representative organization promoting the development of the collective economy and cooperative economy.
The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly suggested that in the coming time, the Cooperative Alliance and cooperatives nationwide continue to focus on strongly innovating the content and methods of operation, so that cooperatives are truly the subject and center in developing the collective economy; closely coordinate with central and local ministries, branches to effectively implement the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State on developing the collective economy and cooperatives ; have practical and highly effective support solutions to help cooperatives strengthen links, reorganize production, promote the application of science and technology, develop the digital economy, green, circular, smart and sustainable production, create many high-quality products, strong brands that are competitive in the domestic and world markets.
Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh also hopes that Party committees, authorities at all levels, sectors, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, the business community, and international organizations will continue to pay attention and accompany the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance; promptly concretize and effectively implement policies to support cooperatives according to the Law on Cooperatives 2023; and create more favorable conditions for the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance system to effectively perform its assigned tasks.
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