(HBO) – Despite economic challenges and difficulties, Hoa Binh’s industry and trade sector has kept striving to fulfill assigned goals, making active contributions to the province’s economic growth.
Leaders of departments, agencies visit Lac Son Plastics Co.Ltd in Lac Son district
Last year, 18 out of the 19 targets were met and surpassed. The province’s GRDP growth was estimated at 9.03%, higher than the target. The GRDP per capita reached 66.7 million VND (2,900 USD) while the total State collection hit 6.41 trillion VND.
Local socio-economic growth was partly attributed to constant efforts by the industry and trade sector. The province’s industrial production index went up 16%, higher than the same period last year and the economy’s common growth. Of this, the manufacturing and processing sector expanded by 15%, and electricity manufacturing and distribution up 19%. Industrial production value climbed up 14.3% annually to over 41.6 trillion VND.
Investment in technical infrastructure in industrial complexes saw progress. The province is home to 16 industrial complexes covering a total area of more than 683.2ha. The combined registered capital topped 2.74 trillion VND, while jobs were generated for about 1,300 workers.
The total retail of goods and services was estimated at over 53.48 trillion VND, up 20.27% year-on-year, or 101.9% of the yearly plan.
Local export turnover surpassed 1.43 billion USD, up 18% from the same period last year, with electronics, lenses and apparel textiles continuing to be key currency earners. The total import turnover was over 1 billion USD.
This year, the sector will focus on improving business environment to attract more capital, stepping up industrial promotion to develop industrial and handicraft facilities in the province.
It will also pool resources for the development of infrastructure in industrial parks and complexes, as well as transport infrastructure, develop handicraft industry in combination with tourism and exports.
With achievements in 2022 and set measures, it is believed that the sector will make considerable strides, contributing to the local sustainable socio-economic development and realising Resolution adopted by the 17th provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure./.
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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