(HBO) – According to the Hoa Binh People’s Committee, the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting trade exchanges between Vietnam and China in the first six months of 2020 as well as the supply of materials for production.
Midori Apparel Vietnam (Hoa Binh) at Luong Son industrial park
maintains stable production, contributing significantly to the provincial
export turnover.
In the second quarter, export activities face challenges when the pandemic remains complicated in the Europe, the US, and the Middle East. Countries are applying closure measures and restriction of traveling, which seriously affect the local trade activities.
In January-June, the local export turnover was estimated at over 371.9 million
USD, a year-on-year decline of 4.95 percent. Of this, exports reached 351.73
million USD, down 5.26 percent, while imports increased 0.96 percent to 301.7
million USD./.
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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