An Giang links to promote and consume OCOP products

According to the Provincial People's Committee, the Mekong Delta OCOP Product Connection Forum 2025 (the forum) aims to enhance promotion, trade promotion and linkage between provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta with central ministries, branches and other localities across the country. Thereby, it serves as a basis to promote and develop the potential for OCOP product development of the province and the Mekong Delta region. At the same time, it creates unity in focusing on leadership, directing and implementing drastic and effective implementation of the set plan. It promotes the sense of responsibility of heads of agencies and units in directing, organizing and implementing assigned tasks, ensuring progress in implementing the OCOP Program locally.

The forum is expected to take place from August 6 to 9, 2025, at Nguyen Hue walking street (Long Xuyen city), with a scale of 226 booths, divided into areas: Common exhibition space of countries, competition and conference area of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and its affiliated units; exhibition space of An Giang province; exhibition space, introduction and sale of products of enterprises outside the province; food court and other commercial activities. In addition, there is a central stage in front of the statue of President Ton Duc Thang, miniatures introducing local culture and tourism.

An Giang strengthens linkage and promotes OCOP products

The opening ceremony of the forum will take place at 6:00 p.m. on August 6, 2025 at the central stage. The event will be attended by leaders of central ministries and branches; representatives of provinces and cities across the country; representatives of provincial departments, branches and districts, towns and cities in An Giang province, along with the business community and OCOP product owners. The forum will include outstanding activities to promote and introduce OCOP products, such as: "Display space of typical OCOP products of Vietnam" with the participation of 30 booths, participating in displaying, exhibiting, honoring typical OCOP products with 3-5 stars nationwide; products participating in the 2025 Mekong Delta Typical OCOP Product Contest.

In particular, there are also 70 booths introducing OCOP products, specialty products, typical rural industrial products, and startup products of An Giang province associated with the exhibition space on tourism, culture, and cuisine of the province. The Organizing Committee also arranged check-in areas, took souvenir photos, and introduced online sales activities on digital platforms to promote and connect product consumption to visitors to the event. There are spaces of provinces and cities across the country, with about 70 booths displaying OCOP products; typical rural industrial products; local specialties combined with promoting culture and tourism; exhibition areas, introducing and connecting products of enterprises; space to display essential goods, necessities, fashion , etc. of enterprises in and outside the province.

Within the framework of the forum, there will also be a Conference on Connecting Trade of OCOP Products in the Mekong Delta in 2025 to discuss and share solutions and directions to promote promotion activities, connect consumption of OCOP products in the domestic and export markets; sign a memorandum of understanding on business cooperation between OCOP entities and supermarkets, distributors, and enterprises. At the same time, localities and units participating in the forum will also compete in the 2025 Typical OCOP Product Contest in the Mekong Delta, creating a vibrant atmosphere, contributing to promoting products to partners nationwide.

In addition, there are also activities to connect OCOP products of An Giang province with localities, including: Workshop on OCOP product development and Trade connection conference for OCOP product owners of provinces and cities; organizing online livestream sales activities; lion - unicorn - dragon performances and traditional music and art performances of 4 ethnic groups: Kinh - Cham - Hoa - Khmer... making the event more attractive, attracting a large number of people and tourists to participate.

For the forum to be a great success, the People's Committee of An Giang province requires sectors and localities to focus on implementing well the following stages: Urban beautification, environmental sanitation; decoration, design of street lighting systems; ensuring food safety, security and order, traffic safety, fire prevention and fighting... during the event. In particular, the People's Committee of the province assigned the Department of Agriculture and Environment to preside over and coordinate with departments, sectors and localities to well implement activities within the framework of the Forum according to the set goals. Thereby, creating a strong driving force for An Giang OCOP products to be connected and promoted with partners in the Mekong Delta region and the whole country, helping products "born from the village" in the upstream land of the Mekong River reach potential markets at home and abroad.

THANH TIEN

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/an-giang-lien-ket-quang-ba-tieu-thu-san-pham-ocop-a421658.html