(HBO) - The process of extensive international economic integration has created favourable conditions for foreign businesses to invest in projects in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, helping to promote the locality’s economic growth.
Production and business
activities of the R Technical Research Co., Ltd in the Da River left-bank industrial park in Hoa Binh
city have contributed to promoting Hoa Binh province’s export value.
Since 2017, the province has attracted 17 foreign direct investment (FDI)
projects with total capital of about 275.7 million USD.
The locality is now home to 40 FDI projects with total registered capital of 580.2
million USD, of which 33 projects have been put into operation.
Foreign enterprises are mainly from the Republic of Korea, Japan, and China,
operating in the field of electronic component assembly and garment.
The attraction of official
development assistance (ODA) in Hoa Binh has
been promoted. In the last three years, the province has had 26 programmes and projects using ODA capital and preferential loans
from foreign donors.
The provinceis calling for a number of ODA projects, including a green urban development project to adapt to climate change in Ky Son ward of Hoa Binh city; a project to connect the
province’s transport networks to the national transport system.
Local authorities have also paid attention to attracting and mobilising foreign
non-governmental aid. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have so far
operated at all of the province’s districts and Hoa Binh city, mainly in areas
with disadvantaged socio-economic conditions and in the fields of rural
development, health care, education, clean water and environmental sanitation,
and in solving social problems.
Hoa Binh authorities have been implementing well commitments and
international agreements signed with organisations, agencies and foreign
localities such as World Vision, ChildFund, Habitat for Humanity International, AOP, AEA, German bank for reconstruction (KfW), KuwaitFundforArab Economic Development, KV Consulting Co., Ldt, Hanbaek Construction Co., Ltd, Luang Prabang and Huophane
provinces of Laos, TUV province of Mongolia, Jeollabuk and Ulsan city’s Ulju district of the
Republic of Korea. These help create good relations with partners.
The province
is now home to 49 programmes and projects funded by 21 NGOs, development
cooperation agencies and donors with total committed aid value of 15.8 million
USD.
The committed value of new programmes and projects in the first six months of
this year was over 2.2 million USD. There are 22 international agreements being
carried out in the province./.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
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