Agricultural and rural tourism associated with OCOP products

Rural tourism development is one of the solutions and key tasks of the National Target Program on building a new countryside in the 2021-2025 period. On the basis of changing thinking from agricultural production to rural economic development, contributing to supporting localities to implement effectively and sustainably the development of new rural areas (Decision No. 922/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on the approval of the rural tourism development program in new rural construction in the 2021-2025 period).

In order to assess the current situation of rural tourism development in the localities and propose trade promotion solutions, Vietnam Agriculture News and Rural Development Center - Saemaul Undong, Organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City National University organised a live and online forum "Developing agricultural and rural tourism associated with consumption of agricultural specialities and OCOP products".

This forum is a channel connecting scientists, experts, managers, and travel businesses with localities, connecting and proposing trade promotion solutions for rural tourism products, promoting consumption of agricultural specialities and OCOP products, and developing rural tourism activities in depth in the current context.

To join the online forum via Zoom, please click here. Or by Zoom ID: 93763954617 & password: 092322

Time: From 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 22, 2023.

Venue: Van Khoa Hall, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, 10 - 12 Dinh Tien Hoang, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Organization form: on-site and online.

Scale: Nationwide.

Chaired by: Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism co-chaired the event.

Organizing unit and participants

- Directing organization: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

- Presiding and implementing unit: Vietnam Agriculture News and Center for Rural Development - Saemaul Undong, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City National University.

Participants:

Expected about 200 - 250 in-person delegates and 500 online delegates, including: Representatives of provincial/city leaders; representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; representatives of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; businesses and households participating in providing tourism services; experts, scientists, lecturers, travel businesses, and businesses participating in the OCOP Program; managers in the fields of agriculture, new rural construction, and tourism; cooperatives and households, artisans and other interested parties.

Sign up for the Forum

Participate on site:

To register via the form, please click here before September 20, 2023.

Or register through:

+ Vietnam Agriculture NewsMr. Ngo Van Huan, phone 0983 613 923, email: pvhuuhuan@gmail.com.

+ Center for Rural Development - Saemaul Undong, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Thao, phone 083 889 2542, email: ntthao@hcmussh.edu.vn.

Nam Nung Nature Reserve is located about 50km from Gia Nghia City, Dak Nong Province, with an area of more than 23,300 ha, spread over the administrative boundaries of 10 communes in 3 districts of Krong No, Dak Glong and Dak Song of Dak Nong province. Nam Nung Nature Reserve is also home to many magnificent landscapes such as a 7-storey waterfall (also known as Tiger Waterfall), dubbed the "best waterfall in the Central Highlands" or Bear Waterfall. Dray Sap waterfall is located in the landscape special-use forest over 1,600ha, in the area of Dak Sor and Nam Da communes, Krong No district. This landscape forest is also recognized as a national scenic spot.

“Nam Nung's landscape, environment and diversity of natural ecosystems, local culture, and historical relics have great potential for developing eco-tourism. This is a very important factor contributing to the unit's stable income, from which the conservation work will be more effective.

"In parallel with economic development and eco-tourism, the unit also implements many solutions at the same time to strengthen forest protection. One of them is linking forest protection with the indigenous people living around the forest by contracting. In the period of 2021 - 2025, the unit has signed contracts to contract forest protection with nearly 300 households in an area of nearly 3,000 ha. Thanks to that, the situation of forest law violations has decreased significantly, and people participating in contracts also have more stable incomes and improved lives", said Nguyen Van Manh, Director of Nam Nung Nature Reserve.