Tet flavor from OCOP products

Among the OCOP products of the coastal countryside of Tien Hai, there are many traditional products used by consumers during the Lunar New Year. Products such as fish sauce, fish cakes, shrimp cakes, rice, eggs... are all present during the New Year of many families. Not only that, many people also choose to buy OCOP specialties in the district as gifts for relatives and friends.

Doan Tuyet fish sauce facility is boosting production to serve the Tet market.

Add flavor to the holiday

Fish sauce is not only a spice but also a part of the memories of the homeland, bringing back the image of rich and cozy family meals. Fish sauce is also an indispensable traditional spice in every meal and tray of Vietnamese people during Tet. To choose a delicious, high-class traditional fish sauce in Tien Hai, we must mention the Doan Tuyet fish sauce brand in Nam Ha commune. Unlike other places that use fish to make fish sauce, Doan Tuyet fish sauce uses only fresh white sea shrimp. Fresh shrimp are salted in a ratio of 1 shrimp to 2 salt, then fermented in a specialized tank for at least 2 years. After 2 years of fermentation, the drops of pure fish sauce are filtered and dried in the sun until almost all the salt residue floats. After removing all the salt scum, the drops of delicious and nutritious fish sauce will be obtained.

Ms. Bui Thi Tuyet, owner of Doan Tuyet fish sauce facility, said: Doan Tuyet fish sauce brand has been registered as a trademark, granted a food safety and hygiene certificate and is a 3-star OCOP product at the provincial level. This is a traditional natural fish sauce line, pure, unmixed, always ensuring the criteria: delicious, nutritious, clean.

Currently, Doan Tuyet fish sauce facility supplies the market with over 50,000 liters of fish sauce each year. Perhaps, it is from the drops of pure, delicious, flavorful fish sauce that the Doan Tuyet fish sauce brand has been trusted by people not only in the locality, but also in many other communes in and outside the province and ordered as gifts during holidays and Tet.

Mr. Le Van Tan, Tay Phong commune (Tien Hai) said: Every time the Lunar New Year comes, I order more than 100 liters of Doan Tuyet fish sauce to give as gifts to relatives and friends in Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, and Hanoi . Everyone praises the delicious fish sauce and my family often eats this fish sauce because we are used to it and do not change to other fish sauces.

Ensuring supply and demand of Tet market

In the past time, Tien Hai district has guided communes and towns to review potential products, register to build OCOP products, at the same time, promote propaganda, guidance, and help product owners complete evaluation and classification dossiers of district-level OCOP products. Up to now, the whole district has 51 OCOP products, of which 4 products have achieved 4-star OCOP, the rest are 3-star products. At this time, when the Lunar New Year of At Ty 2025 is approaching, it is also the time for OCOP product production facilities in the district to enter the stage of boosting production, in order to meet the increasing demand of the market.

Mr. Pham Van Dong, Director of Ngoc Minh Seafood Company Limited (Nam Thinh Commune) said: The company currently has 6 3-star OCOP products, including: grouper fish cakes, shrimp cakes, fish cakes, braised eel in clay pot, dried sea shrimp and sea shrimp buds. Since being awarded the OCOP star, the products have been brought to the market much more smoothly, the company's products are consumed strongly, especially during Tet holiday, increasing 3 times compared to normal days. During the days before Tet, the company has to produce continuously to supply customers in and outside the province.

According to Mr. Bui Van Khai, Director of Seafood Processing and Production Company No. 6 (Nam Cuong Commune), the company has a 3-star OCOP product "Tien Chau fish sauce". Our fish sauce is made from anchovies, sardines, squid, and shrimp under the Tien Chau brand, which is highly appreciated by consumers. During holidays and Tet, Tien Chau products are ordered by many businesses as gifts for workers returning home for Tet, and are warmly received by workers. This year's Tet comes earlier than every year, so from this time, the company has always had a ready source of goods with tens of thousands of fish sauce products to serve the needs of people and businesses.

It can be seen that OCOP products of Tien Hai district are of good quality with beautiful labels and packaging. From agricultural products such as rice, eggs, meat, vegetables, to seafood such as fish, shrimp, prawns, squid, then processed products such as ham, sausage, vermicelli, wine, braised fish or medicinal products such as tea, essential oils, rattan and bamboo handicrafts, bamboo mats..., can completely meet the needs of people during Tet, replace imported products, aiming to effectively implement the campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods".