(HBO) - The provincial People’s Committee has recently issued a food safety action plan in 2021 designed to improve the quality and competitive edge of local agro-forestry-aquatic products to meet the demand of domestic consumption in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and promote exports.
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Hoa Binh adds 44 products to the local OCOP list in 2020.
Several key missions were outlined in the action plan, which includes timely
implementation of resolutions, directives, programmes, and plans of the
National Assembly, Government and competent ministries regarding food safety.
Besides, management of agricultural materials quality and food safety must be
integrated into the process of agricultural restructuring.
Due attention will be paid to developing products designated as key products of
the country and the province towards forming value chains meeting organic
standards and using high technologies. The province also aims to enhance the g
local agriculture sector's resilience to climate change, expand safe
agricultural areas, and promote the development of OCOP products and safe
wholesale market.
The province will sharpen focus on communication work to get agro-forestry-aquatic
production and business establishments to strictly follow food safety laws,
popularise quality products, and publicise any businesses which violate food
safety regulations.
Additionally, it will push the enforcement of Cicular No.38/2918/TT-BNNPTNT
dated December 25, 2018 and Circular No.17/2018/TT-BNNPTNT dated October 31,
2018 of the Ministry of the Agriculture and Rural Development to manage food
safety at agro-forestry-aquatic production and trading businesses, and hand out
punishment for violations.
The province will maintain food safety supervision programmes, and tighten
management over the trading of pesticides, veterinary medicines, fertilisers,
animal foods, and farm produce wholesale markets.
Furthermore, it will work to expand export market for local
agro-forestry-aquatic products, and join hands with competent ministries and
authorities to give timely support to local firms amidst the COVID-19
pandemic./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
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.
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