(HBO) – Since the start of this year, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Branch in Hoa Binh province has actively implemented guidelines and policies of the Party, State and sectors for banks and credit institutions in the province, with focus placed on providing preferential credit to people and businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic and expanding non-cash payment from 2022 – 2025.
Vietcombank’s branch
in Hoa Binh contributes to effectively boosting the local economic development.
Reports showed that Hoa Binh’s monetary market
remained fairly stable this year, with total capital mobilized by the end of
May totaling 35.55 trillion VND, up 6 percent from the end of last year. Over
28.13 trillion VND of which came from businesses and individuals, an increase
of 8 percent from the end of 2021.
According to statistics from the SBV Branch in
Hoa Binh, total outstanding loans in agriculture and rural development exceeded
15.78 trillion VND as of the end of May, accounting for 51 percent of the
total. Soft loans for small- and medium-sized enterprises reached over 7.03
trillion VND, making up 22.7 percent of the total; and that for exports and
supporting industry valued 22 billion VND.
In the coming time, Ngo Quang Loi, Deputy
Director of the SBV Branch in Hoa Binh, said it will continue focusing on
enforcing the State and Party’s related guidelines and policies, particularly
financial support packages under the government’s post-pandemic recovery
programme; and accelerate inspection over banks and credit institutions and
anti-corruption efforts.
It will also closely control credit provision in
high-risk sectors, such as investment, real estate, securities, BOT and BT
transport projects, and corporate bonds; and strictly monitor credit poured
into land use right auctions under the direction of the State Bank of Vietnam.
The SBV Branch has been urging the continued
provision of support for pandemic-hit enterprises to push for economic recovery
and the effective implementation of policy credit programmes, particularly for
the poor and policy beneficiaries. It also plans to promote digital transformation
and cashless payment over the next three years./.
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.