(HBO) – Farmers in Hoa Binh province are happily entering the harvesting season of their main crops of agricultural products as they are enjoying increases in both consumption and prices. In addition, many plants have bumper crops with stable productivity and safe quality.
Famers in Dich Giao commune, Tan Lac district collect melon.
Along with big wax
gourd and pumpkin growing areas such as Tan Lac, Yen Thuy and Lac Son, areas
that grow melons of different kinds like Kim Boi and Mai Chau are at the end of
harvesting season, with good consumption.
Regarding production
and consumption in the spring crops, Nguyen Hong Yen, head of the provincial cultivation
and plant protection sub-department, said that production is quite good, and
the weather is favourable for harvesting. The structure of crops continues to
be converted to meet market demands, with the focus on crops that produce high
economic values such as wax gourd, pumpkin, water melon and cucumber.
Therefore, concentrated production areas have been formed, thus bringing about
high income for locals, such as melon growing areas in Kim Boi, Mai Chau, Yen
Thuy, Lac Thuy and Tan Lac districts.
Prices of agricultural
products are 20-30 percent higher than those of previous years. The
productivity of cucurbits is estimated at 25 tonnes per hectare, melons at
18-20 tonnes a hectare, vegetables at 12-18 tonnes a hectare. In terms of
value, each hectare of wax gourd and melons can bring about 180-220 million
VND. To date, about 1,500 hectares out of 5,400 hectares of crops in the
province are in harvesting season.
Local farm produce
enjoys stability in terms of productivity, quality and consumption. A half
volume of agricultural products is sold in the province, and the remaining is sold
in other localities. The good consumption of the products has helped locals
feel secured in production./.
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.
