(HBO) – In the first six months of 2021, the agricultural sector of Hoa Binh and localities across the province have taken measures to implement agricultural restructuring plans and projects, speed up work under the National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building and other related programmes and projects, while proposing ideas to realise production development policies. The State management over agriculture and rural development has also been strengthened.
Photo: A household in Nhuan Trach commune (Luong Son district) has invested in livestock breeding facilities, which produced high economic efficiency.
According to the provincial Statistics Office, the cultivation area in the first half of this year is estimated at 64,000 hectares, reaching 100 percent of the plan. Currently, the total acreage of citrus fruit farms in Hoa Binh has reached 10,800 hectares. In the 2021-2022 crop, the area of sugar crane fell sharply to 5,782 hectares, equal to 76.7 percent of the plan.
Localities across the province have continued to transform their crop structure and merge fields . In the 2018-2020 period, the province managed to merge 2,057.4 hectares of fields. In the first six months of 2021, a total of 1,500 ha of ineffective rice fields have been converted to other plants of higher value.
The province also paid attention to restructuring the livestock breeding sector, concentrating on developing native animals and large-scale breeding farms.
In 2021, local farmers continued to restore pig farming as advised by local authorities, with the number of pigs rising 0.5 percent over 2021. Fish farming has also been developed.
Communication campaigns to popularise the law on food safety and agro-forestry-fisheries product quality have been intensified. The province has also supported the building of safe farm produce supply chains, while strengthening food safety inspection. In the first six months of 2021, local authorities conducted inspections of production facilities having VietGAP and organic certificates, and assisted six out of 40 facilities with origin tracing stamp, fulfilling 15 percent of the yearly plan./.
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.
