(HBO) – Hoa Binh Lake is one of the largest artificial lakes in Vietnam. Spanning 8,900 hectares in 19 communes in five districts and Hoa Binh city, the lake poses huge potential for freshwater fish raising. Many businesses have invested to expand floating cage fish farming on Hoa Binh Lake, said Hoang Van Son, head of the provincial department of fisheries said.
Hai Dang Aquaculture Co., Ltd invested in
160 cages to raise fish using high technology on
Hoa
Binh
Lake in Thai Thinh commune (Hoa Binh
city).
Hai Dang
Aquaculture Co., Ltd. has been pouring large-scale investment in
Hoa
Binh
Lake. Toan, a
representative from the company, said that
Hoa
Binh
Lake has favourable conditions for fish
farming like diversified aquatic ecosystem and clean water. The family of Bay
Tuyen began to raise fish on the Da River nearly 20 years ago. After seeing
benefits from the model, the family decided to set up the Hai Dang Aquaculture
Co., Ltd, a high-tech fish farming business. The enterprise has stable operation
with 160 cages raising lang fish (Hemibagrus guttatus), bass fish and common
carp, yielding 350 tonnes of fish per year.
The company follows a strict cultivating process and
ensures safe production. Warehouses and sale agents have been set up in
northern localities, focusing on the
Hanoimarket. Hai Dang also joined a value chain of fish raised on the Da River.
Meanwhile, Da River Clean Fish Company has 180 fish cages in Thung Nai and Vay
Nua communes. About 1 tonne of fish is consumed every day at stores in
Hanoi.
In the past years, people’s committees at all levels and provincial departments
have facilitated businesses to form large scale production areas. To date, 35
companies, cooperatives and farms have developed large-scale fish farming
model, accounting for 55 percent of the local cages and 67 percent of the
aquaculture provided for the market.
The enterprises splashed out some 200 billion VND on fish farming. Many
businesses have applied high technology in fish raising and pledged food safety
and hygiene like the Song Da Clean Fish Company, Viet Duc Company, Hai Dang
Aquaculture Co., Ltd and Minh Phu Company. They farm Chien fish (Bagarius
bagarius), lang fish, acipenser, black carp and bong fish (Oxyeleotris
marmorata), which have good productivity and gain foothold in the market.
Seven businesses have signed contracts with farmers raising fish in line with
VietGAP standards to ensure food safety. They also inked consumption contracts
with fish raisers to assure stable output.
In 2016, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
successfully launched a food safety chain for Da River fish. In 2017 and 2018,
it will continue a value chain project for fish production in five districts
around
Hoa
Binh
Lake./.
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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