(HBO) – Hoa Binh province boasts multiple advantages for trading activities with its location as a gateway to the northwestern region and a convenient transport system linking it with other provinces in the Red River Delta and the northeastern and central regions. However, promoting connectivity and partnership between cooperatives and purchasers is still considered an important step in trade promotion.
A
representative of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Proton One-Member Co. Ltd (second
from right) discusses cooperation in selling fruits at wholesale markets in HCM
City with the Muong Dong agricultural services and trading cooperative (Kim Boi
district).
Supporting trade promotion is key to strengthening
the linkage between producers and consumers.
A supply - demand connection conference was held
in mid-November, gathering businesses, supermarkets and distributors from
Hanoi, HCM City and Hoa Binh province, along with 30 agricultural and food
production cooperatives. It was deemed an important step to open up cooperation
chances in product consumption.
The Proton One-Member Co. Ltd, based in Go Vap
district of HCM City, specialises in developing wholesale markets. Its
representative, Nguyen Hong Long, showed his interest in citrus fruits of Hoa
Binh. He expressed the intention to sign contracts to purchase local citrus
fruits, especially oranges, for sale in HCM City.
There are 262 cooperatives across Hoa Binh
province at present, with 197 or 75.2 percent, involving in agriculture. They
have about 11,270 members, and over 19,800 regular workers. Their goods sales
and services revenue surpass 600 billion VND (25.8 million USD), averaging 2.3
billion VND per cooperative.
Recently, many cooperatives have promoted
connectivity to produce key agricultural products under value chains. With
traceable origin, their products have high and consistent quality while meeting
food safety standards. They have been sold in Hanoi and some other provinces
nationwide and won consumers’ trust./.
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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