(HBO) - Implementing the National Target Program on the development of the new rural areas, after 10 years (the period from 2011 to 2020), implementing the projects supporting the production development and the rural trades
Yen Mong commune, Hoa Binh City has been developing the areas of citrus in the direction of high-income goods.
Up to now, the districts and the city in the province have been directing and guiding the communes to implement over 1,919 models of developing cultivation, husbandry production and the rural trades ... with the supporting fund of 367 million VND from the capital sources to implement the models. In addition, from the fund from the new rural program, 32 projects linked under the value chain have been supported with the total budget of 26,514 million VND. Up to now, the province has established the large-scale concentrated production areas in the direction of goods such as citrus production areas in Cao Phong, Lac Thuy, Kim Boi, Tan Lac, Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts; Luong Son organic vegetables; purple sugarcane in Tan Lac and Cao Phong; goat and chicken in Lac Thuy; fish within Da river and so on.
Typically, now there have been 9.8 thousand hectares of the citrus production areas, of which the business area is 5.7 thousand hectares with the output of 12.3 thousand tons and the average income value is over 450 million dongs per hectare every year, increasing 7.5 times compared to 2011. The cultivated area in safe vegetable production areas is over 11,000 ha a year with the income of from 200-250 million VND/ha/crop.
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.
