(HBO) – The project "Strengthen the self-help capacities of ethnic communities,” funded by Bread for the World (BfdW), has been implemented in the four selected communes of Nuong Dam, Vinh Tien, Binh Son, and Cuoi Ha in Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh.
The
13-billion-VND project supports these communes in shifting economic structure, improving income from
the same area of farming land, creating jobs and building new-style rural
areas.
The project
comprises of a number of sub-projects, including using Participatory Guarantee
Systems (PGS) in organic agriculture.
Members of an organic vegetable production group
in Dam Trong village, Nuong Dam commune, Kim Boi packs vegetables before
labeling origin stamps.
The GPS Kim
Boi coordinating board was
founded with nine members, said Nguyen Thi Minh Anh, Vice President of the
Women’s Union of Kim Boi district and head of the committee.
With the help
from the faculty of crop production, the North Vietnam College of Agriculture
and Rural Development – a member of the coordinating board, the GPS Kim Boi coordinating board has piloted applying PGS in eight
agricultural cooperatives in three communes – Vinh Tien, Cuoi Ha and Nuong Dam
– including four organic vegetable, two safe chicken farming and two bee
farming cooperatives.
These
cooperatives have a total of 45 members who have been assisted to take a
PGS-standard test of soil and water quality. The coordinating board has opened three training courses on
organic vegetable farming and PGS monitoring, inspection and approach.
The committee
now has its own logo and origin traceability stamps while four organic
cooperatives from the villages of Lung, Dam Rung, Lam Trong and My Tay from the
four selected communes have been granted with PGS certificates after being
cross-checked by other cooperatives./.
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.
