(HBO) - In 2010, many households in Tuan Lo commune (Tan Lac district) boldly replaced trees in their gardens with citrus trees, with positive outcomes recorded initially. By the end of 2018, the entire commune housed close to 50 hectares of citrus trees, of which 20 hectares were producing fruits for sales. Citrus cultivation has helped many households secure good incomes and gradually improve their living standards.
Tran
Van Tinh’s citrus garden in Tan Thanh hamlet generates between 400 and 500
million VND each year.
The entire
commune has over 10 families who have at least 1 – 2 ha or more of land under citrus
trees, while the rest have between 3,000 and 4,000 square metres or plant the
trees on their unused land lots.
Visiting
Tran Van Tinh’s citrus garden in Tan Thanh hamlet, we learned that in 2014, he
started the cultivation of 600 orange trees and 30 pomelo trees across some 1.1
hectares of land. To date, Tinh has invested about 1.6 billion VND into the
garden. All fruits from his garden are sold to traders from Hai Duong, Thai
Binh, and Hanoi. In 2017, his family sold 17 tonnes of fruits for 400 million VND.
In 2018, Canh orange suffered a crop failure due to hard weather, but Tinh harvested
and sold 7 tonnes of yellow-flesh orange, at 16,000 VND per kilo.
In order to help local households expand citrus cultivation,
the commune’sauthorities have assignedthe Community Learning Center to
work with other sectors and organisations in organising relevant training and technology transfer courses. In
2018, eightsessionsof this kind took place,
attracting a large number of families. The commune, meanwhile, joined the Vietnam
Bank for Social Policiesand Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in helping locals access loans in line with regulations./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.