(HBO) – Everyone in Dong Bac commune knows Secretary of the local Party committee Bui Van Binh. Binh, born in 1962, is the first one who succeeded in growing dragon fruit in the commune.
Leaders of the Dong Bac People’s Committee visit Binh’s dragon
fruit farm.
Binh said his
family owns over 3,000 square metres of land. Earlier, his family grew rice,
but the water shortage forced them to switch to sugarcane and corn. However, the
cultivation brought unstable income.
In 2015, Binh
heard in the media about a farming model in Suoi Soi, Lac Thuy district
invested by Tran Hung from Hanoi. The model combined the cultivation of flower
and dragon fruit with tourism. He then came to the site to learn more about the
model and brought home dragon saplings in Lac Thuy.
"At first, I tested
cultivating both white- and red-flesh dragon fruits on 2,000 square metres. They
grew well and, in 2016, I planted 420 more saplings on more than 1,000 square
metres.”
Talking about
difficulties in their early days planting dragon fruit, Binh’s wife Bui Thi
Chau said: With support from relatives and friends, he built 420 concrete
columns along with an irrigation system using water from drilled well. Our
efforts have paid off, when the plants produced the first fruits in 2016. That
year we earned 30 million VND. In 2017, my family harvested about 4-5 tonnes of
fruit, gaining 70 million VND. This year is our third year of harvesting dragon
fruit, with the average selling price reaching 20-25,000 VND per kg and revenue
estimated at over VND100 million./.
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.
