During the two days of November 14th – 15th, at the Provincial Cultural Palace, the Department of Industry and Trade organized a conference to connect the product consumption of the ethnic minorities and the mountainous areas in 2024. There was the attendance of the representatives of leaders of a number of departments, branches, businesses, manufacturers and distributors inside and outside the province.
The representative of Central Retail Group - the largest foreign-invested multi-sector retailer in Vietnam - signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with a number of businesses and manufacturers in the province.
The Program Organizing Committee informed the delegates about the potential and advantages of Hoa Binh; the province's socio-economic development situation in recent years, the typical products and strengths of the province; the product consumption promotion in the past, and the consumption needs in the coming time... At the same time, they have provided the information about mechanisms and policies to support production and promote product consumption in Hoa Binh province ...
This is an activity within the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of the ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in 2024. The conference has recorded many opinions from the delegates representing the leaders of several departments and branches of Hoa Binh province; the Department of Industry and Trade, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Trade Promotion in the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Regions; the representatives of manufacturing enterprises, cooperatives, business households, and distributors; the Representatives of the Business Association, the Provincial Young Entrepreneurs Association... The opinions focused on clarifying the potential and advantages of the typical agricultural and rural industrial products of the ethnic minority areas; the recommendations and proposals to remove difficulties in production development; proposing solutions to promote consumption...
At the conference, the Central Retail Group - the largest foreign-invested multi-sector retailer in Vietnam and distribution units: Duc Thanh General Trading and Services joint Stock Company (Hanoi), Tam Thanh Safe Food joint Stock Company (Hanoi); Dinh Nhuan Trading joint Stock Company (Hoa Binh) has signed the memorandums of understanding and cooperation with many businesses and manufacturers in the province.
Previously, from November 14th, the businesses, the manufacturers, and the localities in Vinh Phuc, Ninh Binh, Ha Nam provinces organized nearly 20 booths to display and introduce hundreds of products of the typical goods and OCOP products of the people, the business households and the cooperatives in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In addition, there are also OCOP products, the agricultural products, the consumer foods and the cuisine of the localities in the province.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
