(HBO) - In order to improve local farmers' income, Lac Son district has been striving to attract businesses and promote the role of cooperatives in creating and building agricultural production and sale development linkages towards a safe and sustainable manner. In particular, amidst the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of these linkages has proved effective, contributing to promoting agriculture and timely sale of agricultural products, and ensure their quality.
Members of Hieu Thinh Green Agricultural Cooperative
in Nhan Nghia Commune (Lac Son) grow ginger to orders of the signed contract.
Hieu Thinh Green Agricultural Cooperative in Nhan Nghia
Commune currently has about 15 hectares of safe vegetables and livestock
farming. In this, the safe vegetable linkage model has a scale of 8 hectares,
and an income value of over 200 million VND per ha per crop. Ha Tien Thao,
director of the cooperative, said that over the recent years, the cooperative
has linked with the Republic of Korea’s enterprises to grow pumpkins, thus
contributing to increasing farmers' incomes. In addition, two years ago, the
cooperative signed a contract to produce ginger and pink banana with Pacific
Co., Ltd., which initially showed obvious effectiveness despite the complicated
developments of the pandemic. Therefore, the cooperative plans to expand the
farming area to meet the needs of the purchasers in a timely manner.
Determining that agricultural production has great value in
the economic structure of the district, over the past time, the district has
actively mobilised and guided local farmers to change the crop structure to
improve agricultural productivity and quality of key crops, and increase the
application of science and technology advances. As a result, the district has
gradually formed a number of concentrated and large-scale production areas, and
implemented production linkages.
Bui Van Khanh, Vice Chairman of the District People's
Committee, said agricultural and forestry production currently occupies for the
highest proportion in the economic structure of the district. From the end of
2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has oriented for an
investment project to build a preliminary processing factory and cold storage
to preserve agricultural products in the district. It has also supported the
locality to build infrastructure and roads to ensure the development of farming
areas. To facilitate the implementation of the project, Lac Son has been
implementing solutions to create conditions to attract businesses to invest in
agricultural production in the locality./.
Maximizing local potential and advantages, Yen Tri commune in Yen Thuy district is actively promoting the cultivation of medicinal herbs and turning medicinal herbs into One Commune - One Product (OCOP) products.
Situated at the gateway to the Northwest, Hoa Binh province has a population of over 900,000, including about 540,000 of working age. It is home to 6,000 businesses and production facilities, providing employment for over 100,000 workers. The remaining workforce is engaged in informal jobs, works in enterprises outside the province, or contributes to agro-forestry-fisheries. Additionally, around 3,000 workers are employed abroad.
The Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee has issued Decision No. 2767/QD-UBND announcing the rankings of departments, agencies, districts and Hoa Binh city in the Public Administration Reform Index (PAR) and the Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS) in 2024.
The cultivation of Dam Xanh fish (Bangana lemassoni), a unique fish species, has seen remarkable growth in Mai Chau district, thanks to its high economic value and effectiveness. Initially concentrated in Van Mai commune, farming has now extended to four other communes, namely Mai Hich, Mai Ha, Chieng Chau, and Son Thuy. These areas benefit from pristine underground water flowing from mountain crevices, providing ideal conditions for raising this specialty fish.
In 2024, the total state budget revenue of Hoa Binh Province is estimated at approximately VND 6,930 billion, achieving 183% of the Government’s target, 126% of the target assigned by the Provincial People's Council, and 145% compared to the same period last year.
In 2024, Hoa Binh province has shown signs of improvement in attracting investment and developing enterprises.