(HBO) – Hoa Binh province's Lac Son district has a total forestry area of 35,256 hectares, covering 60.7 percent of its natural land. Of the total area, 12,432.5 hectares has been put in the planning of special-use forest, along with 8,961 hectares of protective forest and 13,862.3 hectares of production forest. The ratio of forest coverage in the district is 53 percent.
Forest rangers in Lac Son conduct forest patrol in Vu Ban
town
Being aware of the significance of forest in socio-economic development, water
resources, environmental protection and climate change mitigation as well as
wood production and forestry product supply, over the past years, the
management and protection and well as the prevention of wildfire in Lac Son
district have seen good progress with only a small number of violation cases
and no hotspot in the field. The results are attributed to the drastic
management of the People’s Committees of the district as well as communes and
towns, the active consultations of the district ForestRanger Station, and
the close and responsible coordination of local authorities and forest owners.
With the aim of protecting the forests from the grassroots level, especially
the existing natural forest areas, right from the beginning of the year, the
People’s Committee of Lac Son district has directed relevant agencies, communes
and towns to apply urgent measures on forest management and forest fire
prevention, while strengthening communications in various forms to groups on
the significance of forest protection and development.
Local authorities have encouraged and persuaded local residents and forest
owners to plant large timber forests and switching small timer forests to large
timber forests in certain forest areas and planted forest areas in the
district. The district has also implemented the model of intensive large timber
forest plantation in Xuat Hoa commune.
Lac Son currently has 25 forestry varieties production and trading facilities
with 7 hectares of incubator, ensuring high quality varieties for forest
plantation. In the first six months of this year, the district planted 463.33
hectares of concentrated production forests, along with 14,800 scattered trees.
The locality harvested 475.26 hectares of concentrated planted forests with an
output of 22.5 c.m of wood and revenue of over 39.4 billion VND (1.71 million
USD).
The district has 498.7 hectares of forest receiving
ForestStewardship Council(FSC) licence in Tan My, Huong Nhuong,
Xuat Hoa, Binh Hem, and Yen Phu communes with good protection and
development./.
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.
