(HBO) – Tan My commune in Lac Son district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, has a total area of over 3,000 hectares, of which more than 2,700 hectares are arable land. Over the past years, under the leadership of the local Party Committee and administration, residents in the commune have actively shifted the crop and livestock structures, helping improve their living standards.
Bui Van Mung’s family in Kho hamlet, Tan My commune, Lac Son
district, has invested in growing pachyrrhizus tubers in an effort to raise income.
Over the past time, farmers in Tan My
commune have actively transferred crop and livestock structures and focused on
goods production. With abundant natural land, locals have spurred economic
development by growing sugarcanes, citrus trees, acacia trees and short-term
industrial plants like gourd, pachyrrhizus and chilli. They mostly raise
animals in farms. The commune has two large-scale breeding farms. More than 143
households in the locality have participated in service business activities.
Along with economic development,
local infrastructure has also received investment. The State has helped with cement
while local residents contributed workdays and land, as well as money to buy
sand and gravel. Thanks to such joint efforts, the whole of the 5.77-km road in
the commune has been concretized. Local schools have also been upgraded,
meeting teaching and learning demands of teachers and students at different
levels. Besides, the standard medical centre has also satisfied primary health
care demands of local people.
With the achievements, as of the end
of 2016, Tan My basically met all the 19 criteria of a new-style area. Rural
areas in the commune have been given a facelift and its economic life improved
significantly. In 2018, the commune’s average per capita income reached 31.5
million VND. The number of poor households was brought down to 9.7 percent.
Currently, the commune is focusing on maintaining and improving the quality of
new-style rural area criteria, aiming to raise material and spiritual life of
local people.
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.
