(HBO) - Hoa Binh province is currently home to more than 900 enterprises and 30,000 households doing business in trade, services and tourism. Among them, nearly 3,000 companies have applied IT to transactions.
The Son Thuy JSC, based in Mong Hoa commune of Hoa Binh city, produces
film-coated plywood for export to the Republic of Korea, which has contributed
to the province’s export revenue.
Investors are always welcomed to the province to explore
business opportunities. So far, Hoa Binh has accommodated 565 projects,
including 40 foreign direct invested projects worth a combined 573.3 million
USD, and 525 domestic ones with a total registered capital of almost 71.40
trillion VND (3 billion USD).
Active international economic integration has
greatly helped to promote local industrial production since 2015. Some key
industries and the sectors Hoa Binh has strength in have sustained their
development. The industrial production value grows by 16.71 percent annually
while the index of industrial production rises by about 10.5 percent. Industry
has become the main export driving force, accounting for over 91 percent of the
province’s total overseas shipments.
Besides, the implementation of the agricultural
restructuring plan, which is meant to improve added value and achieve
sustainable development, has proved fruitful. The provincial People’s Committee
has ordered the agricultural sector to review and build development plans for
each of the key plants and animals so as to boost products’ competitiveness in
the integration period.
The enhanced economic restructuring has fueled
trading activities, thus raising export-import turnover and expanding markets.
Hoa Binh estimates its trade turnover at nearly 6.83 billion USD for the 2016 –
2020 period, including 3.28 billion USD in exports and 2.74 billion USD in
imports, respectively rising 30 percent and 27 percent.
Goods have been traded in various forms such as
direct export, entrusted export and export to non-tariff zones. Aside from
shipments to traditional markets like Southeast Asia, the Republic of Korea and
China, local businesses have also accessed demanding markets like Australia,
Canada, Japan and the EU.
Economic, cultural and social exchanges with
other countries have also become a focus of attention. Hoa Binh has signed 11
agreements and memoranda of understanding with foreign partners such as
Habitat, World Vision, Action on Poverty and AEA organisations; Marvin group,
KV Consulting Co. Ltd, Hanbaek Construction Co. Ltd; and Gimje city of
Jeollabuk province and Ulji district of Ulsan city (the Republic of Korea). The
province has also been effectively realising its commitments and agreements
signed with organisations, agencies and localities of Laos and Mongolia.
Over the past years, international economic
integration has strongly influenced local socio-economic development, helping
Hoa Binh increase per capita income and maintain GRDP growth which stood at
about 9.05 percent in 2019./.
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.
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