(HBO) - Mr. Nguyen Van Vin, the Chairman of Farmers Association of Yen Mong commune, said: "In recent years, the movement of farmers emulating economic development to change the structure of plants and animals for rising value on a hectare of cultivated area has been implemented very excitingly.”

The farmers in Moi Mit hamlet, Yen Mong
commune (Hoa Binh City) develop citrus plantation for high economic efficiency.
The Farmers Association of Yen Mong commune
has 9 branches with nearly 780 members. The Chairman of the Commune Farmers
Association added: "The number of families having farmer members is more
than 94% of the total households in the commune.
Making the goal of changing the structure of
plants and animals become real, in time supporting the farmers techniques, from
2017 to now, the Commune Farmer Association has cooperated with The Center for
Learning Community has opened 3 training courses, a short-term vocational
training course with practical contents, such as: extracting and caring of
grapefruits; raising gardening chickens; citrus planting techniques; integrated
pest disease management, etc. This is considered to be useful knowledge for the
localities that are promoting the improvement of mixed orchards and citrus
planting development in combination with farm- scale farming. In order to solve
difficulties of capital for farmers, at present, the Farmers Association has
provided credit with the Social Policy Bank for 124 member households with a
total amount of 2.2 billion VND.
Taking advantage of the local strengths of
the hills, available grassy area, from 2016, the Farmer Union of Bun village
has set up a "Cooperative group of raising cattle" with 10 household
members, the initial capital was 300 million VND, up to now, there have been 14
young cattle of buffalos and cows.
According to the statistics at the end of
2017, the whole commune has 280 members registered to run good production and
business at all levels, the result was that 74 families achieved good
production and business households. Of which, 5 good production households are
at the provincial level, 31 good production households are at the city level,
etc. In the area of the commune, there are many models of effective economic
restructuring, with the income of 200 - 300 million VND, even 500 million VND
per year. This active restructuring from farmers has contributed to the
economic development that has significantly improved their rural appearance.
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.