The ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Quang Ngai province have many potentials and advantages for economic and tourism development. However, these potentials and advantages have not been awakened, exploited and developed adequately. In the coming time, this area will be a bright spot to attract investors inside and outside the province, promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship and socio-economic development.

Up to now, the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Quang Ngai province have had 57 cooperatives, including 46 active cooperatives with nearly 1,000 members (ethnic minorities account for about 70%).

To help these cooperatives better exploit the potentials and advantages, bringing local specialty products to markets inside and outside the province, Quang Ngai authorities have spent more than 145 billion VND to support production based on the value chain for cooperatives and enterprises to promote business startups and attract investment.

Currently, new-style cooperatives in the mountainous areas of Quang Ngai province are converting production methods and improving operational efficiency. They have performed a gradual transformation from small-scale production methods to linked production development, with many new models being replicated, contributing to better exploiting the potentials and advantages in each locality, spreading products to markets inside and outside the province.

To find markets for their products, cooperatives in Quang Ngai have promoted links with supermarkets, promoted products on social networks, and registered brands and labels. So far, all of products of local cooperativess have had stable output.

Many products of a number of cooperatives have been evaluated and ranked 3 stars by the province's OCOP Product Evaluation and Classification Council, such as pickled wild chili peppers, dried wild banana... These products have been accepted and highly appreciated by markets inside and outside the province.

Some products of cooperatives have built labels, have traceability stamps, and VietGAP certificates such as chili peppers, guavas, upland rice, bamboo shoots... Many products of some cooperatives The commune has been evaluated and classified by the Council for OCOP products of the province, with a 3-star rating such as pickled wild chili peppers, dried wild banana seeds...

Besides the positive aspects, cooperatives in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the province are still small in scale, have a small number of members, and have low capital, so they have not been able to create quality products on a large scale. To help these cooperatives develop sustainably, many preferential mechanisms and policies from the state are needed, especially capital.

Quang Ngai province has spent more than 145 billion VND of capital from the national target capital for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2023 to develop its cooperatives.