(HBĐT)-Going to visit the orange garden of the family of Mr. Bui Van Bach at Zone 3, Cao Phong town (in Cao Phong district), it is easy to see that each tree is pruned properly and has many fruits. This means that the farmer has been hard-working and making efforts to grown orange trees.
Mr. Bach said: "I was born at Ky Son district
in 1999 before going to Cao Phong for business. As a worker of Cao Phong Farm,
I and my family started to grown orange trees in 2000. At that time, the price
of orange was only from 3 to 5 thousand VND per kg, hence, the profits was
insignificant”.
In 2012, the family of Mr. Bui Van Bach
planted orange on the area of 10 hectares, and the area has currently increased
to 17 hectares. From March of 2014, his family participated in an orange
planting program following the VietGap standard and conformed to the
instruction of the program such as fertilizing, watering and applying proper
pesticides at the right time as well as the right time of safe separation, and
having a tidy and clean store and clear records.
In 2016, his family harvested 2 hundred tons
of orange, citrus and others which brought the income of 10 billion VND per
year, additionally, was awarded Certificate of clean orange in VietGap
standards. Afterward, the family could buy a car and build a new spacious house
with full facilities. Growing orange purposes on economic development, but Mr.
Bach also created more jobs for about 30 to 50 workers in the area. Moreover,
he always created favorable conditions and helped some households to grow
citrus.
In 2016, Mr. Bach and some orange farmer
established Cao Phong Planting Orange Association. It had a role to popularize
gardening techniques and caring guide as well as explore the marker for the
products of Cao Phong orange. The association had elected the Executive Board
and the Executive Committee which operated on the base of the Association’s
regulations in order to put it into an organized operation. As a consequence,
the Association’s products of orange usually met the demand of market and were
well-known by other provinces. In addition to showing good at business, Mr.
Bach is always enthusiastic and supporting the movements launched by the
government in the residential area, for example of donating 10 million VND to
construct cultural house, buy new equipment and create funds for merit
people.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.