(HBO) –Since the first Cao Phong Orange Festival was held successfully, Cao Phong orange brand has gained a firm foothold in the market. With its typical flavour and quality farming, the specialty fruit of Muong Thang land has become popular, meaning that more and more tourists seek to visit orange orchards, opening up a new orientation to local ecotourism.
During the harvest season, it is easy to see ripe and
fruitful orange trees along a road from Hoa Binh city to Cao Phong, starting
from the top of Cun slope in Thu Phong commune to the centre of Cao Phong town.
Standing in the midst of a ripe orange garden, enjoying the pleasant orange
scent and fresh air, picking up and enjoying sweet and succulent orange pieces
are really an interesting experience luring visitors to Cao Phong.
Though newly-launched, orange orchard tourism has initially
brought about positive results. Not only strengthening consumers’ trust in Cao
Phong oranges and ensuring consumption, the experience has attracted a number
of visitors, contributing to increasing local income. Along a road running
through the centre of the town to the district, orchards like Thuy Nga (zone 4,
Cao Phong town), Thanh Loan (zone 2, Cao Phong town) and Ms Sen are crowded
thanks to hospitality of the owners. Consumers also feel secure when buying
oranges here because they are grown up to VietGAP standards.
Bui Tien Dung, head of the district Office of Culture and
Information, said that the total citrus cultivation area in the locality now
nears 2,100 ha with an annual output of over 23,000 tonnes, bringing in a
revenue of upwards 700 million VND per hectare. Visiting orchards, visitors
will have a chance to see farming process first-hand and enjoy "standard”
products instead of bad quality ones under the guise of Cao Phong trademark.
The number of vacationers has increased over years. In the first half of this
year, tourist arrivals was estimated at over 220,700, generating a revenue of
more than 15.8 trillion VND.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
Hoa Binh province is steadily advancing its agricultural sector through the adoption of high-tech solutions, seen as a sustainable path for long-term development.
The steering committee for key projects of Hoa Binh province convened on May 14 to assess the progress of major ongoing developments
A delegation of Hoa Binh province has attended the "Meet Korea 2025" event, recently held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, and the People's Committee of Hung Yen province.
Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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