OCOP specialties - Ca Mau

Dried shrimp products of Ngoc Giau Seafood Production and Trading Company Limited Reached OCOP 4-star standard in 2023 and is completing procedures to upgrade to 5-star.

Mr. Nguyen Phuong Binh, Vice Chairman of the District People’s Committee, said that in 2024, Dam Doi district will build more than 100 news columns, propaganda reports, introductions, and advertisements about OCOP products; Maintain display, introduction and supply of OCOP products and potential products of the district. OCOP products have participated in trade promotion in the province and many provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Ninh Binh, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh...

Ba Khia Dam Doi Cooperative is completing documents to be recognized for products achieving OCOP 4 stars to 5 stars.

“Local authorities have created all conditions for production facilities to improve product quality, produce many types, build brands and meet environmental sanitation, food safety and hygiene criteria in labor and production. Many typical products such as dried shrimp, fish cakes, fish sauce, crab meat... have been certified with 3-star and 4-star OCOP and are highly appreciated by consumers for their quality,” Mr. Binh said.

In the coming time, the district will continue to promote propaganda and guidance on implementation of OCOP products; Promote trade promotion, promote, introduce and market OCOP products in many forms, including conducting trade promotion for products with 3 stars or higher.

Sau Tung shrimp paste products (Trung Cang hamlet, Tan Trung commune) are popular with customers inside and outside the province.

Create conditions to support businesses, cooperatives, and production and business households to participate in programs to introduce, promote, consume, and connect supply and demand of products at supermarkets, OCOP fairs, and product display stalls at community tourism destinations inside and outside the province.

“Dam Doi District People’s Committee has directed functional departments to quickly complete procedures for upgrading OCOP products to 5 stars, orienting the subjects of 4-star products to plan to upgrade to 5 stars,” Mr. Binh added.