Affirming youth energy

The Thanh Hai Livestock and Aquaculture Cooperative, established in 2023 in Luc Ngan district, boasts 90% of its members aged 28-35. Director Le Dac Vu (born in 1994) said that the cooperative has about 10 hectares for snail farming. Members realized that merely raising and supplying fresh snails wouldn't yield high profits or expand their customer base.

Members of the Thanh Hai Livestock and Seafood Processing Cooperative in Luc Ngan are processing snail products.

To overcome this, the cooperative has leveraged internal resources and favourable loans to upgrade their farming facilities, build a processing plant of over 100 square meters, and acquire machinery for deep processing of snail products, including oc nhoi ong nua (steamed snail paste in bamboo tubes) and cha oc (snail nuggets).

This year, the cooperative registered for OCOP (One Commune One Product) recognition with their steamed snail paste in bamboo tubes. With quality and promotion through social media, the cooperative’s market has been expanding. Annually, it harvests around 80 tonnes of commercial snails and sells over 100,000 breeding snails, generating revenue exceeding 2 billion VND (81,300 USD).

Other cooperatives in the locality also employ many young workers in positions such as managers, workers, accountants, and salespersons, most of whom boast skills and quick adaptation to science and technology, helping to address production challenges.

Notable cooperatives include Luc Ngan Xanh in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang Youth Agriculture in Luc Nam district, Cao Lan Agriculture and Services in Yen The district, Happy Agriculture in Viet Yen township, Binh Minh Organic Agriculture in Hiep Hoa district, and Yen Dung Clean Vegetables in Yen Dung district.

Support mechanisms

According to the provincial Cooperative Alliance, the province currently has over 1,100 cooperatives (HTX) with more than 43,200 members. Preliminary statistics indicate that members aged under 40 make up only about 10%, primarily in agricultural cooperatives.

One of the reasons is that some cooperatives show small-scale production, unclear production strategies, limited management skills and low competitiveness. Moreover, there are more and more jobs outside cooperatives for youngsters.

Recently, Bac Giang province has implemented several support mechanisms in terms of vocational training, technology transfer, access to land and capital, development of OCOP products, and trade promotion in order to attract young workers.

The Chairman of the provincial People's Committee recently approved support for agricultural cooperatives under Resolution No. 14/NQ-HĐND, which outlines financial assistance for training members and young workers in cooperative economic organizations through 2025.

Eleven cooperatives across Tan Yen, Hiep Hoa, Yen Dung, Lang Giang, and Yen The districts, and Viet Yen township have been provided with nearly 780 million VND (31,733 USD) to bring 12 young workers to work in cooperatives, for a 12-month period (from January to December 2024).

Nguyen Duc Hien, Chairman of the provincial Cooperative Alliance, noted that the Cooperative Law 2023, effective from July 1, 2024, creates favorable conditions for comprehensive and sustainable cooperative development, including the rejuvenation and enhancement of high-quality labor for collective economic sectors.

The alliance is actively disseminating information about the new law and assessing the effectiveness of cooperatives’ activities while grasping the aspirations of young intellectuals to propose timely and appropriate support solutions.

Vietnam and China continue to boost Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership

After more than 74 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam and China have maintained a relationship with a stable development trend and important achievements. Specifically, during the two historic visits of the two General Secretaries of the two Parties in 2022 and 2023, the two sides agreed to deepen and elevate the relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and build a Vietnam-China community with a shared future carrying strategic significance.

Cooperatives supported to expand markets, promote production

BAC GIANG – The Cooperative Alliance, agencies at all levels, sectors and localities in Bac Giang province have taken many solutions to help cooperatives promote trade, introduce products, and expand markets.

Bac Giang accelerates trade promotion for cooperatives in Binh Dinh province

BAC GIANG - The Cooperative Alliance in Bac Giang province has just participated in the 2024 trade promotion fair for the collective economic sector and cooperatives in the Central and Highlands region in Binh Dinh province. The delegation was accompanied by Thuy Duong Clean Agriculture Cooperative (Yen Dung); Tan Yen Ginseng Cooperative; Choi Village Rice Wine Cooperative (Luc Nam); Duca High-Tech Services Cooperative (Viet Yen town).

Trade promotion for cooperative accelerated

BAC GIANG - On July 11, the Cooperative Alliance of Bac Giang province coordinated with the Cooperative Alliance of Ha Tinh and An Giang provinces to organize a teleconference to introduce and promote OCOP products, key and signature products as well as accelerate the trade promotion for cooperatives in 2024. 

Over 500 products displayed at the Cooperatives' Product Fair – Da Nang

The 2nd Cooperatives' Product Fair – Da Nang 2024 opened at APEC Park, Da Nang City Cooperative Alliance, on June 19.

Linkage Group of cooperatives that produce and consume Chu noodle established

BAC GIANG - The Farmers' Association in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) has just guided to establish a Linkage Group of cooperatives that produce and consume Chu noodles in Thu Duong village, Nam Duong commune (Luc Ngan).