(HBO) – Hoa Binh province defined key areas for investment, considering it as an important orientation to help the agriculture sector effectively develop agricultural expansion encouragement activities over the past 25 years. This is also a drastic direction of the provincial People’s Committee when it approved the "major agricultural expansion encouragement during 2016-2020” project.
Photo: Staff of the provincial Agricultural Expansion Encouragement Centre instruct farmers in Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, how to mix raw food to improve the efficiency of local husbandry farming.
Under the agricultural expansion encouragement project for the 2016-2020 period which is carried out at a total cost of some 200 billion VND, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development recommended the provincial People’s Committee to pay due attention to prioritised projects, making investment in the sector become a driving force in each production fields.
Investment capital has been injected into five programmes, including citrus tree development, safe vegetable cultivation, soil improvement, enhancing quality of sugarcanes and seedling production.
Regarding the husbandry sector, developing local cattle and poultry in companion with building brands, developing intensive farming of grazing livestock, and developing beekeeping farms are three prioritised projects.
Meanwhile, the province has given priority to expanding aquaculture in reservoirs. For the forestry sector, advanced technologies in varieties and production techniques will be applied to expand farming areas of large-scale forest and non-timber forest products.
Since its establishment, the local Agricultural Expansion Encouragement Centre has built more than 2,000 farms using high technologies, organised over 15,000 training courses for nearly 400,000 cadres and farmers. In addition, over 700 fact-finding tours and seminars were held, drawing the participation of some 10,000 people. The centre has also accelerated communication on the mass media./.
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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