(HBO) – Although agricultural land makes up only 14.03 percent of Hoa Binh province’s total area, the farming sector plays an important role in ensuring food security, and generating jobs and income for up to 85.47 percent of rural residents, contributing to poverty reduction and socio-economic development.
Residents in Nhuan
Trach commune (Luong Son district) follow safe vegetable production models,
with connectivity chains, thus raising economic values of products.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has recorded
significant achievements in the implementation of a project on agricultural
restructuring, and a programme on new-style rural area building. The provincial
Party Committee has issued thematic resolutions, while the provincial People’s
Committee has launched projects and policies with the aim of boosting
production in farming, husbandry and fishery, agricultural product consumption
and development of craft villages. Thanks to these efforts, such products as
Cao Phong and Lac Thuy oranges, Tan Lac red-flesh grapefruit, Lac Thuy and Lac
Son chicken, Luong Son goat, shrimp and fish in Da River, Luong Son organic
vegetables and Hoa Binh honey, among others, have been promoted strongly.
During the 2015-2020 period, the
agro-forestry-fishery sector grew by 3.45 percent, nearly doubling the national
average, making Hoa Binh among the top performers in the northern mountainous
area in this regard. Each hectare of farming land brings about 128.4 million
VND per year.
The province has established 311 agricultural
cooperatives and recognised 70 OCOP products. Its Cao Phong orange has received
a graphical identification, and 21 other products have been granted collective
trademarks.
Thanks to the support of local competent
agencies, more than 2,300 hectares have got VietGap and safe production
certificates, and 23 connectivity chains in agricultural production and
consumption have been rolled out. The province has over 1,000 preliminary
processing and preservation facilities, and nearly 500 processing
establishments, which have helped promote local products at supermarkets and
luxurious stores. A number of products like tea, banana, longan, fruits and
vegetables have been shipped abroad.
Hoa Binh was one of the first three localities
nationwide that have built and operated a product origin tracing portal, at
hb.check.net.vn, which is a step towards e-commerce. A total of 72 businesses
and cooperatives, with 400 products have joined the portal, and more than 8
million stamps of product origin have been affixed on products. In addition, by
2020, 76.3 hectares in the province had been granted nine codes.
Apart from the domestic market, a number of
enterprises and cooperatives have focused on market study to step up exports.
The provincial Party Committee has issued a
project on agricultural development and product consumption in combination with
new-style rural area building for 2021-2025. The project is expected to fulfill
the target of rapid, comprehensive development in agriculture and rural areas
in Hoa Binh, towards modernity and expansion of the production of plants and
animals that are of the province’s strength, thus forging exports and supplying
materials for the processing industry.
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.
