OCOP festival underway in Hanoi

Khanh Khanh

Sep 18, 2022 / 03:08 PM

Visitors to the festival are invited to experience traditional art performances and folk games.

A festival to promote agricultural products and models associated with ecotourism is being held until September 18 in Ba Vi district, on the outskirts of Hanoi.

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the festival. Photo: The Hanoi Times

On display at approximately 105 stalls are OCOP products and typical agricultural products, and handicrafts from craft villages, including 77 from Hanoi and 28 others from 16 provinces and cities such as Hoa Binh, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Danang and Lam Dong.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival on September 16 in Ba Vi District, Nguyen Anh Duong, Director of the Hanoi Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion (HPA) said this activity is expected to contribute to enhancing brand value, preserving traditional craft villages, diversifying OCOP products in association with local tourism, as well as promoting agricultural development and building the new countryside.

Visitors to the festival are invited to experience traditional art performances and folk games such as cheraw dance, painting, cultural exchange among ethnic groups, making OCOP products on site such as knitting conical hats, molding pottery and making to he (toy figurine).

Earlier in August, the HPA held Festivals promoting OCOP and Agricultural Products associated with Hanoi 2022 tourism in Chuong My and My Duc districts to strengthen trade linkage between the city and provinces and cities across the country in the consumption of agricultural products. The city will strengthen trade links between the city and provinces and cities across the country by holding more trade promotion festivals.

The activities are aimed at realizing the city's Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Program in 2022, and the Plan on Developing Agriculture and Rural Tourism in association with new-style rural area development in the city in the 2022-2025 period.

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