In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
Farm produce from Ban Dao Thong Nhat Cooperative in Hoa Binh city attracts considerable public interest at an event promoting ethnic minority and mountainous region products held in November.
An example of the effort has been shown in Tan Lac district’s Quyet Chien commune – a particularly challenging area, with the Muong ethnic minority group making up 99.9% of its population.
In 2008, the province’s centre for applied scientific techniques supported local residents in a trial planting of chayote vines for leaf on 0.5 hectares. In April 2017, the Quyet Chien safe vegetable cooperative was established with 39 members. Then the cooperative has expanded, providing stable incomes for hundreds of member households, with profit now exceeding 400 million VND (15,721 USD) per hectare annually.
The provincial Cooperative Alliance has so far organised 11 vocational training courses for 330 learners from ethnic minority and mountainous regions in fields such as industrial sewing, brocade weaving, and pig farming techniques; and 5 skills training classes on e-commerce, product storytelling, and marketing skills for 131 learners. The alliance has also conducted surveys and developed value chain production plans for products like fresh sugarcane and purple sweet potatoes across districts like Luong Son, Tan Lac, Lac Son, Yen Thuy, and Mai Chau. In addition, nine start-up projects for cooperatives in particularly challenging areas have been implemented.
According to Ha Ngoc Tuan, Chairman of the alliance, these activities have spurred the establishment of cooperatives and collaborative groups within ethnic communities, creating jobs and increasing incomes serving their socio-economic development and poverty alleviation.
As per the alliance’s data, ethnic minorities play management roles in over 320 cooperatives and operate more than 100 collaborative groups.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee, visited and extended his congratulations to the staff at the Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh on the occasion of the 42nd Vietnam Teachers’ Day (November 20, 1982-2024).
As part of the second Da River fish and shrimp festival in Hoa Binh province, the provincial People's Committee on November 15 held a fish worship ceremony and released lanterns on Da River.
The vibrant "Ruou Can (a kind of wine stored in a big jar and drunk with long bamboo straws) Festive Night”, was held on November 18 as part of the Hoa Binh Province Culture- Tourism Week 2024, attracting a large number of locals and visitors.
Costumes of ethnic groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased at the Hoa Binh square in Hoa Binh city on November 17 evening as part of the Hoa Binh province’s Cultural and Tourism Week.
On the evening of November 16, the provincial authorities held a solemn ceremony at Hoa Binh City Square to receive the Certificate of National Special Relic Site for the archaeological site of Hang Xom Trai, Mai Da Lang Vanh and to open the 2024 Culture-Tourism Week of the province.
With a focus on maintaining a close contact with the people, local authorities at all levels of Hoa Binh have implemented a range of measures to ensure security and order in ethnic minority-inhabited areas, improving their legal awareness, combating crime and social vices, and contributing to maintaining political stability and social order, while promoting socio-economic development in these areas.
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