HBO – The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province has held a ceremony to wrap up the Hoa Binh Citrus Festival and Agricultural Fair 2018 at Cao Phong district’s cultural house in Cao Phong township.
Taking place from December
12-16, the festival and fair were a success, with nearly 200 local units,
organisations, enterprises and households displaying their products at 244
booths.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Dinh Van Duc
presents certificates of merits to units and individuals for their outstanding
contributions to organisation work.
In unfavourable weather,
this year’s festival and fair still attracted a huge number of visitors, at
70,000 arrivals. Programmes were organised well, while security and order as
well as food safety and hygiene were ensured, and pavilions provided abundant
goods with stable quality and prices, meeting locals’ consumption demand. In
five days, over 5,000 tonnes of vegetables and fruits of all kinds were sold. On
December 12 – the opening day alone, the events attracted the participation of
around 15,000 visitors, and sales of products were estimated at 60 tonnes,
earning 1.2 billion USD. In addition, sales of citrus in Cao Phong district and
several other districts are on uptrends before, during and after the festival.
On this occasion, the
provincial People’s Committee granted certificates of merits to five
collectives and nine individuals, the provincial Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development presented certificates of merits to 30 collectives and 25
individuals, and the Cao Phong district People’s Committee granted certificates
of merits to five collectives and 25 individuals. Moreover, outstanding
pavilions were also honoured at the closing ceremony./.
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.
