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Nhut is a rustic dish associated with a period of poverty "fish and meat with flower fragrance, family-made pickled eggplant" of Thanh Chuong people, mentioned in the folk song "Thanh Chuong land, salty and sour pickled eggplant"... Nhut has now become a specialty, a 4-star OCOP product at the provincial level, a commodity consumed everywhere in the country, available at many modern retail stores... Photo: Thanh Phuc. |
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Produced according to a clean process guided by Japan, Pu Mat medicinal herbs' concentrated Solanum procumbens extract is a prestigious and high-quality product of Nghe An. The product is widely consumed throughout the country. Photo: Tran Chau |
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Made from fragrant lotus species in Nam Dan, lotus leaf and lotus flower tea is a typical OCOP product of Nam Dan when reaching friends near and far. Photo: Tran Chau |
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Gio me is made from tamarind meat of the Nam Nghia countryside (Nam Dan) with a characteristic sweet and fragrant taste famous for "Nam Nghia tamarind meat, Cau Don goat meat". Special ingredients along with sophisticated processing methods and family secrets have created the Nam Nghia ham brand. The ham product in Nam Dan has been recognized as a 4-star OCOP and is widely consumed throughout the country... Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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From a traditional dish of the highland people, bo giang has become a specialty with the flavor of the mountains and forests of Tuong Duong, now recognized as a 3-star OCOP and distributed by many supermarkets and clean food stores in cities inside and outside the province, and is favored by consumers. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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Currently, Cua Lo has 3 products awarded OCOP stars, including: Tan Hoi fish sauce of Cua Hoi Seafood Processing and Service Joint Stock Company; Hai Giang 1 fish sauce of Hai Giang 1 fish sauce processing village cooperative and Ngu Hai fish sauce of Song Lam service cooperative. To encourage the development of OCOP products, Cua Lo town has also developed a project to apply science and technology in exploiting and processing clean products to serve tourists. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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When it comes to rice paper, Do Luong rice paper is the most famous. This simple hometown gift is made from rice flour with spices such as garlic, chili, crushed pepper and black sesame, creating an extremely attractive fragrant cake. Currently, Luong Son rice paper, a product recognized as a 3-star OCOP product at the provincial level, has been transformed into many different types: sesame rice paper, brown rice rice paper... with an output of 1,300,000 cakes/year, creating jobs for dozens of workers. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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Quynh Luu is considered the "vegetable granary" of the province with a variety of vegetables, with an annual output of up to thousands of tons. ORGAMY brand organic vegetable instant noodles include: Potato noodles, spinach noodles, purple sweet potato noodles, moringa noodles, celery noodles, which are safe, nutritious, and more suitable for Vietnamese tastes. The product was recognized as meeting the 3-star OCOP provincial standard in 2020, becoming a "passport" for the product to go further in the modern retail market. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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Leaf-fermented wine is a traditional specialty of the Thai people in Con Cuong with its own unique characteristics. The wine yeast is extracted from dozens of precious herbs. It takes a whole month to brew a batch of wine. The underground leaf-fermented wine product is restored, built into a brand, and "starred" with OCOP, contributing to the preservation and promotion of a local specialty associated with the lifestyle and cultural identity of the Thai people in Con Cuong. Photo: PV |
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Hoa Tien village is known as one of the most famous and long-standing brocade weaving and embroidery cradles of the Thai people in Nghe An. Starting out simply by weaving pieces of fabric for family use, Hoa Tien village's brocade weaving products have now been improved with diverse designs and are present in many big cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, Hue, Sa Pa and exported to some international markets such as Germany, the US, France, Canada, and Japan. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Nghe An currently has 115 OCOP products, including 26 4-star products and 89 3-star products. Many products are regional specialties, bearing the cultural identity of each ethnic group. The recognition of specialties meeting OCOP standards not only increases economic value but also spreads cultural values associated with the names of places and people, becoming cultural "ambassadors" of each locality...
Evaluate and rank OCOP products, including 05 star ratings:
5-star rating: High quality products, meeting international standards;
4-star: Standard product, can be upgraded to meet international standards;
3-star: Standard product, can be developed to 4-star;
2-star: Product does not fully meet standards, can be developed to 3-star;
1 star: Weak product, can be developed to 2 star.