(HBO) - Within the framework of the Equitable Alliances for Livelihoods (EQUAL) of Ethnic Minorities, the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hoa Binh province, in collaboration with the Action on Poverty (AOP) organisation, held a workshop discussing measures to boost economic development in Hoa Binh Lake region in combination with community-based tourism and aquaculture. Representatives from provincial departments, sectors, districts, Hoa Binh city and several relevant communes attended the event.
An overview of the workshop.
Eleven reports were delivered at the
workshop, with discussions focusing on development planning of the Hoa Binh
Lake national tourist site and development orientations, Hoa Binh lake aquaculture
development planning, management of water drainage and its impact on
aquaculture and tourism, management of resources of Hoa Binh lake, and
experience of Da Bac and Tan Lac districts and several communes.
Speeches highlighted the important role and
potential of the lake, particularly in tourism and aquaculture development.
Over the past times, tourism in general and community-based tourism in
particular in the Hoa Binh lake region has developed strongly. Several
community-based tourism hamlets such as Da Bia and Ke in Da Bac district and
Ngoi in Tan Lac district have gradually become famous in the tourism map. Aquaculture
on the lake has expanded, with more than 4,200 fish cages.
The workshop also discussed difficulties
and challenges in the exploitation and development of Hoa Binh lake’s resources
such as the development of tourism and aquaculture failing to meet potential,
and the lack of several criteria to turn it into a national tourism site, and
those related to environmental protection, infrastructure and cultural
identities of ethnic minority groups and livelihoods of locals.
Participants proposed several solutions,
mechanisms and policies to increase the efficiency of cooperation in the
exploitation and development of resources: investment and development of
infrastructure connecting roads and waterways, opening of new tours, supporting
the building of community-based tourism models, the establishment of linkage
chains of farm produce production and consumption, and strengthening the
promotion of tourism and local specialties./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
