(HBO) – Quyet Chien, a mountainous commune in Tan Lac district and about 17km from the district downtown, has a total area of 2,000 hectares and a rough terrain with high rock mountains.
The long, narrow valley strip with small fields is the commune's major agricultural production hub, which accounts for about 11.4% of the commune’s total natural area, and the rest is mainly forest land with forest and bold rock mountains.
Bieng villagers of Quyet Chien commune in Tan Lac district have switched
inefficient rice farming areas into vegetable farms with higher economic
values.
Provincial Road 440, which crosses the commune, has brought advantages to the
locality in trading activities with neighbouring localities and regions.
Currently, the majority of the 266 households with 1,730 people in Quyet Chien
are living on agriculture.
Over the years, Quyet Chien has focused on implementing national target
programmes, especially the new-style rural area building scheme. It has
strengthened communications to encourage locals to transform the cultivation
structure in a suitable manner. At the same time, the commune has support local
residents in accessing capital from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy to
invest in economic production.
Bui Van Hoang, a Bieng villager, said that his family has developed 2,500sq.m
of Korean white radish which has generated high economic values.
Hoang’s family is not the only in Quyet Chien to have successfully transformed
their inefficient farms into vegetable farms to provide products to Hanoi and
major cities across the country. Thanks to this solution, many have got out of
poverty. The average per capita income of the commune has reached 36.5 million
VND (1,509 USD). As a result, the rate of poor households in the locality has
been reduced to 18.3%.
Dinh Cong Khoa, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said that the
commune is implementing three national target programmes, including the one on
boosting socio-economic growth in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous
areas in the 2021-2030 period. It have covered all aspects of the social life,
creating positive impacts on these areas.
After two years of implementation, the programme has received positive response
from local residents, contributing to optimising potential and advantages of
the locality, boosting economic development, ensuring social welfare, improving
people’s incomes, and maintaining political stability, social order and safety
in the locality.
On May 15, the Hoa Binh Steering Committee for Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation launched the "Digital Literacy for All” movement. The event was held both in-person and virtually, connecting provincial authorities with district-level Party committees and local communities across communes, wards, and townships.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province on May 16 held a conference to honour outstanding intellectuals for their contributions in 2025.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has held a conference to announce the provincial Party Committee’s decision about the merger of Hoa Binh Newspaper and the provincial Radio and Television Station, along with the Standing Board’s appointment decisions.
After the historic victory on April 30, 1975, which liberated the South and reunified the country, the whole Vietnam embarked on a new mission — promoting peace and reconstructing the nation with century-defining projects. On the fierce Da River, over 30,000 engineers, sappers, and construction workers battled against rocky mountains and raging floods to achieve a remarkable feat. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia at that time, officially began generating electricity, lighting up the North and ushering in a new era of industrialisation.
Muong Dong in Kim Boi district, one of the four major Muong regions in Hoa Binh province, is harnessing its revolutionary legacy and cultural heritage to drive socio-economic transformation.
Throughout April, the joyful atmosphere of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification spread nationwide. Together with the whole country, residents in Hoa Binh city also expressed their patriotism through meaningful and practical actions.
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