From March 25 to March 26, 2022, the Centre for Rural Development in Central Viet Nam (CRD) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nam Giang district organized the “The fair to Introduce young start-ups’ agricultural products in 2022”. The fair aims to promote typical indigenous agricultural products of Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province.

Photo 1. Opening of the fair

The fair had the participation of booths from the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of 12 communes and towns in the whole district. These booths display and sell many agricultural products such as pink yam fish, glutinous rice, tomato,… and other typical local products such as Roasted chili salt, dried Docynia indica fruit, palanquin, ginger, free-range chicken, green beans,…

In particular, the fair had the participation of 02 booths of Ca Dy Cooperative and the cooperative groups of 5 project communes with the main products are the fresh black pork and smoked pork, which are the products that are directly supported by the project “Associated agriculture for long-term income stabilization of ethnic minorities and equal integration in community development in Vietnam”.

Speaking at the opening, Mr. Nguyen Dang Chuong – Vice Chairman of Nam Giang District People’s Committee also shared that many indigenous products of Nam Giang have affirmed their position and are positively received by the market. However, for small-scale production, there is no strict process and no good connection with the market and the promotion and introduction of products is still limited. Mr. Chuong hopes that the fair will help the locality promote typical agricultural products of the district to many consumers in the country, and at the same time create a space to exchange knowledge and create a habit of wholesale experience for mountainous communities.

Photo 2. Mr. Nguyen Dang Chuong, Vice Chairman of Nam Giang District People’s Committee delivers a speech at the Fair

Attending the opening ceremony of the Fair was Mr. Nguyen Van Huong – Secretary of the District Party Committee, Ms. Zo Ram Thi Hai – Vice Chairman of Nam Giang District People’s Council, leaders of management units, specialized agencies, mass organizations of Nam Giang district and representatives of the People’s Committees of communes and towns inside and outside the project beneficiary area.

Photo 3. Delegates attending the opening 

Information about the fair is widely announced to all people of Nam Giang district through the district’s radio channels along with information channels via social networks such as Facebook, Zalo, etc. Grasping this information, a large number of participants came to visit, learn and purchase products that they liked.

Some photos at the fair

Photo 5. People buy goods at the fair

This activity was within the project “Associated agriculture for long-term income stabilization of ethnic minorities and equal integration in community development in Vietnam” funded by The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and World Vision Deutschland (WVD).

Dinh Nhat Son

Centre for Rural Development in Central Vietnam