(HBO) – Kim Boi district People's Committee has recently held a ceremony to announce that Ha Bi commune has met the new-style rural standards in 2018. Attending the event was Bui Van Cuu, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee.
In the past eight years, the commune
mobilised nearly 100 billion VND (4.31 million USD) to implement the local
new-style rural building programme. Up to now, its rural transport system has
basically met the standards. All six villages in the commune have cultural
houses and public sport grounds, 84 percent of local households have won the
title of Cultural Family, and all local households have access to clean water.
More than 97 percent of the local workforce have regular jobs, while more than
97 percent of residents have joined health insurance.
Acknowledging efforts by the commune’s Party
organisation, authorities and people in the work, the provincial People's
Committee presented to the commune a certificate accrediting its fulfillment of
new-style rural standards in 2018 and awarded Ha Bi a 400-million VND social
welfare project.

At the ceremony, on behalf of the Chairman of
the provincial People’s Committee, Bui Van Cuu, Vice Chairman of the provincial
People's Committee presents the commune
with the new-style rural area
certificate.
On the occasion, the People's Committees of
Kim Boi district and Ha Bi commune handed over certificates of merit to 10
collectives and 30 individuals, who have made significant contributions to the
commune’s process to earn the status of a new style rural area./.
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.