(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) grew by 16.1 percent in the first half of 2021, the highest in the past three years, the latest data from the provincial Statistics Office shows.
The provincial Statistics
Office announces socio-economic statistics in the first half of 2021.
The
industry and construction posted the highest growth of 32.22 percent during the
period, the office announced in a press conference on June 29.
The
agro-forestry-fishery sector; and services increased 3.57 percent and 5.51
percent, respectively.
As
many as 260 new businesses were established in the province in the first six
months of the year, registering total capital of about 6.48 trillion VND.
Total
retail sales of goods exceeded 4.69 trillion VND, a year-on-year increase of
9.18 percent.
The
office reported that the complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic since the
beginning of the year has taken heavy toll on business and production,
particularly in the fields of tourism and services. Disease outbreaks have also
hit local cattle farming, slowing the reproduction efforts.
The province has also been strengthening preventive measures against the
spread of COVID-19. About 28,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been
administered to priority groups of people in Hoa Binh so far.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
Hoa Binh province is steadily advancing its agricultural sector through the adoption of high-tech solutions, seen as a sustainable path for long-term development.
The steering committee for key projects of Hoa Binh province convened on May 14 to assess the progress of major ongoing developments
A delegation of Hoa Binh province has attended the "Meet Korea 2025" event, recently held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, and the People's Committee of Hung Yen province.
Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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