(HBO) - Hoa Binh’s Kim Boi district has taken various measures to encourage the development of the industry and handicraft sector, creating jobs and raising income for local workers.
Photo: Huy Chi general services cooperative in Hung Son (Kim Boi
district) creates jobs for about 50 local workhands.
As the district has no industrial parks, to bolster development of the sector,
local authorities focus on the transport system to facilitate transportation
and trade; step up administrative reforms; and offer consultations for new
business registration.
They also rolled out incentives to support firms and household businesses in
terms of taxes and land; as well as encouraged families and cooperatives to
develop crafts and farm produce processing on the basis of local resources.
Last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, firms, cooperatives and household
businesses in the district maintained operation and applied e-commerce to
expand markets, thereby creating stable jobs for many local workhands.
The production value of the construction sector posted a growth rate of 18.7 percent,
up 3.3 percent against the initial plan for the year, and that of the
industry-handicraft sector exceeded 602.68 billion VND (26.35 million USD).
Statistics showed that the district is currently home to 38
industry-handicraft firms, 42 cooperatives and 1,131 household
businesses.
The Huy Chi general services cooperative in Hung Son commune purchased 55
machines and devices at a cost of nearly 608 million VND. It received financial
aid worth 298 million VND from a national fund for industrial development
encouragement, said Director Bui Van Hiep.
The cooperative specialises in garment-textile for exports, creating stable
jobs for 50 women in the district and surrounding localities.
Bui Hong Dinh, a resident of Chi Ngoai hamlet of Hung Son commune, said that
after more than one year working at the garment factory of the cooperative, her
income became more stable compared to doing farm work.
As the cooperative held training for workers to use the devices and clarified
requirements of export partners, the female workers quickly got used to the new
job.
In the coming time, the district will work to motivate firms, cooperatives and
production facilities to bolster the application of science-technology and
modern equipment to create high-valued products and sharpen competitive edges.
Local authorities will work with relevant agencies to inspect and review
activities to promptly address bottlenecks in product development and
consumption.
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.
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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.
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