One Village One Product (OVOP)—A Rural Development Strategy and the Early Adaption in Vietnam, the Case of Quang Ninh Province

Long Hoang Thanh, Linh Ta Nhat, Hao Nguyen Dang, Thi Minh Hop Ho and Philippe Lebailly
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Long Hoang Thanh: University of Economics, Hue University, Hue City 530000, Vietnam
Linh Ta Nhat: School of Banking and Finance, National Economics University, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam
Hao Nguyen Dang: University of Economics, Hue University, Hue City 530000, Vietnam
Thi Minh Hop Ho: Economics & Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium
Philippe Lebailly: Economics & Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Agriculture and rural development has continuously been a hot debate and received significant attention from literature. In this context, endogenous development is considered to be basic approach for rural development strategies in many countries of which the Japanese model namely One Village One Product (OVOP) is a successful one. This paper studies the OVOP movement and analyzes its early adaption in Vietnam, the so-called One Commune One Product (OCOP). This question is addressed by reviewing the existing literature on OVOP following by a case study in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. The results, reveal, in practice, despite some criticism, OCOP strategy in general generate employment opportunities, incomes; enhance creativity and capability of local people.

Keywords: endogenous development; one village one product; one commune one product; traditional agriculture products; Quang Ninh; vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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