Opening of the goods week to introduce and promote product consumption in Dong Da district.

On the morning of May 30, 2024, Dong Da district coordinated with the Hanoi Coordination Office of the New Rural Development to organize the Opening of the “Goods Week of consulting, introducing and promoting the consumption of OCOP products, craft villages, and safe agricultural products in 2024” at Dong Da District Cultural Park.

According to the Organizing Committee, this Goods Week will be held for 5 days (from May 29 to June 2, 2024) with 50 booths, over 500 OCOP products which are regional specialties of Hanoi city and 14 provinces and cities across the country (Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Quang Nam, Ha Nam, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Daklak, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc, Phu Yen, Thai Binh, Bac Ninh). In Hanoi city alone, there are 20 booths with over 100 OCOP products participating in the Goods Week.

This goods week has a very important meaning, it is an opportunity to help OCOP entities in Hanoi city and other provinces and cities across the country exchange, connect trade, promote brands, and promote trade. Thereby, in order to continuously improve productivity, product quality, and OCOP subject capacity, especially to help consumers better understand the products to be interested in using them.
Hanoi city has a large agricultural development space, the scale of agricultural products is the largest in the country, of which the rice area is over 155,000 hectares, vegetables are 35,000 hectares, aquaculture is 24,000 hectares, livestock is 1.5 million pigs and 47 million poultry.

The Hanoi capital, with its long-standing culture, has over 1,350 craft villages, accounting for 40% of craft villages nationwide, so there is a lot of potential to develop OCOP products. About cuisine, culinary processing, with many regional and family secrets that achieve culinary quintessence, regional specialties have great economic value, creating a proud cultural identity.

Developing OCOP products from 2019 to present, Hanoi has evaluated and classified 2.711 products, including 6 5-star products, 12 potential 5-star products, 1.473 4-star products and 1.220 3-star products.

In order for the week to take place effectively, the Organizing Committee hopes that businesses and entities in Hanoi city and other provinces and cities will perform well in displaying, promoting and introducing products, and that media agencies will increase information about the goods week to attract people in the capital to visit and experience the Goods Week.