(HBO) – Hoa Binh province boasts considerably potential for developing fisheries as it is home to over 14,460ha of pond, lake, irrigation work, and hydropower reservoir surface, along with some river and big streams that can be used for cage fish farming or fishing. Notably, the Hoa Binh hydropower reservoir is considered a precious treasure of fishery resources in the northwestern region.
Residents in Ne village of Suoi Hoa commune (Tan Lac
district) are developing cage fish farming as a source of livelihood.
To tap into existing potential and advantages,
preserve and develop fishery resources, and create stable livelihoods to
improve living standards for residents near the Da River reservoir, over the
past years, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has
pushed ahead with restructuring the fisheries sector in a way that increases
cage farming in particular and aquaculture in general.
Authorities have been working to expand the cage
farming of quality and high-value fish species on local rivers and large lakes,
especially the Hoa Binh hydropower reservoir, with advanced aquacultural
technologies applied. They have boosted upgrading fish fry production
establishments, disseminating the Law on Fisheries, monitoring exploitation
activities so as to detect and deal with any wrongdoings in a timely manner,
conserving aquatic biodiversity and the environment, and recovering fishery
resources in river basins and lakes.
For 2022, the province looks to maintain the
aquaculture area, raise the number of fish farming cages to 4,900, and record
12,000 tonnes in the total fishery output, including 10,000 tonnes from
aquaculture and 2,000 tonnes from fishing.
The fisheries sub-department reported that in
the first half of this year, Hoa Binh produced more than 26 million fish fries
while maintaining 2,700ha of water surface for aquaculture and 4,750 farming
cages. The aquaculture output stood at 5,199 tonnes, up 10% year on year.
Meanwhile, fishing mostly takes place on the Da River hydropower reservoir,
rivers, large streams, and lakes, harvesting an estimated 961 tonnes, rising 5%
from a year earlier.
Hoa Binh plans to develop the farming of
high-value fishery species, especially cage fish farming on large reservoirs,
to serve processing and export. It targets 3,000ha of water surface for
aquaculture, 5,500 farming cages, and over 15,000 tonnes in fishery output by
2025.
To achieve the targets, authorities are taking
measures for diversifying fishery species, encouraging the farming of new and
high-quality varieties that suit local conditions so as to improve productivity
and value, and expanding concentrated farming areas on the Da River reservoir.
They have also paid attention to food safety and VietGAP practices, origin
traceability, along with trade promotion./.
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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