Evaluation and classification of OCOP products

It is known that Decision No. 148/QD-TTg dated February 24, 2023 of the Prime Minister decentralizes the People's Committees at the district level to evaluate and recognize 3-star OCOP products; the People's Committees at the provincial level to evaluate and recognize 4-star OCOP products; the Central Government evaluates and recognizes 5-star OCOP products (national OCOP). However, in the context of the current local government organization model consisting of 2 levels (province and commune), some regulations in the OCOP Criteria Set according to Decision 148/QD-TTg are no longer suitable.

Therefore, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1489/QD-TTg dated July 6, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of contents of Decision No. 148/QD-TTg to suit the development goals of the OCOP Program for the 2021-2025 period and meet practical requirements in localities.

In particular, Decision No. 1489/QD-TTg amends and supplements the assessment and classification of OCOP products; transfers the task of assessing and classifying 3-star OCOP products from the district level to the provincial level to create stability and avoid disruption during the implementation process.

According to the new regulations, the work of evaluating and classifying OCOP products is divided into 2 levels: Provincial level and central level.

The order of evaluation and classification of OCOP products is as follows:

- People's Committees of communes and wards (Commune-level People's Committees): (1) Organize the assessment of some contents of the Product Profile registered to participate in the OCOP product assessment, including the following criteria: origin of local products/raw materials; use of local labor; origin of product ideas; local identity/intelligence; based on the actual conditions and characteristics of the locality, the Chairman of the Commune-level People's Committee organizes a meeting with relevant departments to get opinions on the contents assessment, then issues the Assessment Report of the Commune-level People's Committee on the above criteria; (2) Receive and check the format of the dossiers registered by the subjects and send a written request to the Provincial People's Committee to assess and classify products in the commune.

- Assessment work at the provincial level: The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee establishes a Council, an Advisory Group for the Provincial OCOP Product Assessment and Classification Council (Provincial Council) and issues the Council's Operating Regulations (if necessary, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee authorizes the Head of the provincial professional agency to chair the Council and be responsible for the results of the OCOP product assessment and classification).

The provincial council organizes the evaluation and ranking of products proposed by the commune-level People's Committee.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee issues a Decision approving the evaluation results and Certificates for 3-star and 4-star products and announces the results.

In case the evaluation result is that the dossier is invalid according to regulations, or does not achieve 3 stars or more, the Provincial People's Committee will return the result (in writing) and the dossier to the Commune People's Committee to guide and support the subjects in developing the product.

Provincial People's Committees transfer dossiers of products scoring from 90 to 100 points to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to request evaluation, classification, and recognition of national OCOP products.

- Assess work at the central level

+ The Minister of Agriculture and Environment establishes the Council, the Advisory Group of the Central-level OCOP Product Evaluation and Classification Council (Central-level Council) and promulgates the Council's Operating Regulations.

+ The Central Council organizes the evaluation and classification of products proposed by the Provincial People's Committee.

+ The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment issues a Decision approving the evaluation results and Certificates for 5-star products (national OCOP products), and organizes the announcement of the results.

+ In case the evaluation result does not reach 5 stars, the Central Council will return the result (in writing) and documents to the Provincial People's Committee:

For products that do not achieve 90 points but above 70 points, the Provincial People's Committee can base on the assessment results of the Central Council to issue a decision to recognize 4 stars, issue a 4-star Certificate or organize assessment and classification according to decentralized authority.

For products whose dossiers are assessed by the Central Council as invalid according to regulations, the Provincial People's Committee shall complete the dossier, evaluate and classify the products according to the decentralized authority.

Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/trinh-tu-danh-gia-phan-phan-hang-san-pham-ocop-20250706221757997.htm