On April 23, 2025, the Cao Bang Provincial Cooperative Union organized a conference to disseminate information between the Provincial Cooperative Union and cooperatives, businesses, and affiliated units regarding the display, introduction, consignment, distribution, circulation, and promotion and expansion of markets associated with tourism services in the consumption of typical products during the 2025-2030 period.

Delegates attending the Conference.

Attendees included representatives from several provincial departments and agencies; leaders from the People's Committees of several districts and cities; the Provincial Tourism Association; and representatives from several cooperatives, tourism service businesses, and accommodation establishments in Cao Bang province.

Comrade Hoang Dieu Quang, Chairman of the Provincial Cooperative Union, delivered the opening remarks.

Over the years, the Cao Bang Provincial Cooperative Union has successfully gathered, linked, guided, and assisted its members in developing together; jointly building cooperatives in the province as well as the sustainable development of the Vietnam Cooperative Union system. Regarding businesses and cooperatives producing and supplying OCOP products to tourists, by the end of 2024, the province had 171 products recognized as OCOP, including 10 products achieving 4 stars and 161 products achieving 3 stars.

The delegates attending the Conference discussed the following topics: Accommodation services linked to promoting provincial tourism; connecting and supporting the introduction of OCOP products at tourist destinations; connecting and linking hotels and restaurants in the province; electronic invoices and cashless payments; Digital transformation, application of science and technology in production facilities and tourism service businesses in the current period; consumer rights and interests…

Delegates signed a memorandum of understanding on the circulation of consumer goods and the linkage for the development of tourism services.

At the conference, representatives from the Cooperative Union, several relevant departments and agencies, and tourism and accommodation businesses, as well as cooperatives in the province, signed a memorandum of understanding on the circulation of consumer goods and the linkage for the development of tourism services.

The conference provided an opportunity for cooperatives and businesses to strengthen connections, linkages, and mutual support in the consumption and promotion of products at trade fairs and tourism events inside and outside the province. It also aimed to establish OCOP product display points and consignment points for typical OCOP products in tourist areas, residential areas, and to create a model of OCOP specialty spaces in Cao Bang, contributing to the stability and socio-economic development of the locality.