Along with maintaining and developing existing collective economic models, in 2023, Hoa Vang District will establish 9 new cooperatives operating in many industries, initially promoting efficiency and exploiting potential, advantages of the locality and especially creating jobs for local residents, contributing to ensuring social security and promoting socio-economic development.

The art group of Hoa Bac Ecological Agriculture and Community Tourism Cooperative welcomes delegations representing universities across Viet Nam for visiting and learning about community tourism. Photo: The Hoa Bac Cooperative

Only established a year ago, the Hoa Bac Community Ecological Agriculture and Tourism Cooperative headquartered in Nam Yen Village, Hoa Bac Commune, has promoted the role of members as well as the community in tourism development associated with the course to learn, experience and consume typical local products and services.

Ms. Do Thi Huyen Tram, the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Hoa Bac Ecological Agriculture and Community Tourism Cooperative, said that cooperative members link up to coordinate and support each other in providing services, mainly community-based tourism.

The cooperative's activities are to provide services, develop learning programmes and tours to serve groups to visit, learn culture, and experience some traditional crafts of the Co Tu people such as brocade weaving, knitting, ecological agriculture, skin tossing performances, along with culinary experiences.

According to Ms. Tram, the main goal of the cooperative is to connect resources to preserve national culture and develop organic agriculture, preserve forests and create sustainable livelihoods for local communities.

“The most obvious initial effect is that the cooperative has engaged members in organizing community tourism activities. Each citizen is the main subject. They have boldly participated, gained more skills, and are ready to organize programmes for welcoming large groups of visitors, including international ones.”, said Ms. Tram.

Meanwhile, Hoa Tien 1 General Production and Business Services has 46 years of operating experience, and is still continuing to transform, innovate and develop. “Currently, the cooperative's DT100 and ST25 rice products have been recognised with VietGap standards. The cooperative is also building warehouses, purchasing milling and packaging machines to soon bring Hoa Tien rice to the market. We also commit to deploying cooperation with many units to support the output of typical local agricultural products, thereby helping farmers in the cooperative feel secure in their production.”, said Mr. Ngo Van Sinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hoa Tien 1 Cooperative.

Not only focusing on rice production, currently, Hoa Tien 1 Cooperative is also focusing on developing two clean vegetable areas, namely Cam Ne and Yen Ne, to make them to be recognized as 2 VietGap vegetable areas by 2024. “The cooperative is also opening a supplies store, which will sell clean agricultural products, targeting OCOP products. This both helps exploit potential and creates jobs for local people," Mr. Sinh added.

According to the Hoa Vang District People's Committee, since the start of this year, there have been nine more newly-established cooperatives, cumulatively to date the whole district has 39 cooperatives, including 33 agricultural and 6 non-agricultural cooperatives, with 6,761 members and 375 employees.

Among them, many cooperatives have initially promoted their effectiveness, operating in new industries, exploiting local potential, and creating jobs for local residents. 

Implementing Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee and Action Program No. 24-Ctr/TU dated December 5, 2022 of the Da Nang Party Committee on continued innovation, to develop and improve collective economic efficiency in the new period, the Da Nang Cooperative Alliance has issued coordination programme No. 02/CTPH-UBND-LMHTX on developing collective economy and cooperatives in Hoa Vang District in the 2023 - 2030 period.

Mr. Tran Van Hien, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang Cooperative Alliance, said that the alliance, as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Target Programme to build new rural areas in Da Nang for the 2023 - 2025 period has developed evaluation criteria for the production organisation and rural economic development.

This agency has organized many publicity conferences to raise awareness of the new cooperative model in Hoa Vang District, coordinated with local authorities to organise a survey of operational quality, provided advice on improving the operational efficiency of cooperatives in association with consulting on the direction of transformation and restructuring according to the new cooperative model, as well as guided cooperatives in the district to participate in programmes on trade promotion, industrial promotion and digital transformation.

To contribute to improving the operational efficiency of collective economic models in the area Hoa Vang District, Mr. Tran Van Hien said that in the coming time, the agency will continue to focus on raising awareness of the new cooperative model, coordinate with others to organize many regular and effective training programmes.

At the same time, it will propose to the municipal People's Committee on the allocation of management staff to work at cooperatives under the management of the Da Nang Cooperative Alliance so as to create unity, innovation and improve collective economic efficiency in the new period.

Reporting by DAC MANH – Translating by A.THU