(HBO) – Restructuring the agricultural sector in association with building new-style rural areas in Hoa Binh province has yielded positive results, helping form many agricultural product chains, giving a facelift to rural areas, and improving local residents’ life.
The 7th Orange Festival and Cao Phong
Trade Fair attract crowds of visitors.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Hien Luong commune Nguyen Dang Giap said
the locality completed the new-style rural building in 2019, and it is focusing
on improving the quality of criteria.
Implementing resolutions and projects on agricultural and rural development,
the commune has focused on promoting the development of the aquaculture
sector, community-based tourism, and changing the crop structure.
From a low-income commune, Hien Luong has achieved a per capita income of about
42 million VND (nearly 1,790 USD) per year.
According to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development Nguyen Huy Nhuan, in 2022, the local agro-forestry-fisheries sector
posted GRDP growth of about 4.57%, 1.56% higher than the target, and production
value of over 12.48 trillion VND.
The department coordinated with localities and sectors to implement programmes,
projects and action plans on restructuring the agricultural sector and speed up
the implementation of the National Target ProgrammeforNew
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Across the province, each commune has met an average of 16 new-style
countryside criteria. Besides, 95.5% of the rural residents have had access
hygienic water. The forest coverage stays stable at more than 51.5%.
Farm produce production-consumption models have been deployed to districts and
Hoa Binh city. Many key agricultural products such as sugarcane, longan,
banana, and citrus fruits have been sold to demanding markets like Japan, the
Republic of Korea, and the EU.
Large and concentrated commodity production areas with highly intensive
cultivation conditions have been developed across the locality, including
orange cultivation areas in Cao Phong, Kim Boi and Lac Thuy, contributing to
improving the incomes of local farmers.
Hoa Binh has so far had 73 communes recognised as new-style rural areas,
accounting for 56.58% of the total; 21 advanced new-style rural communes, one
modelnew-styleruralcommune, 60 model residential areas, and
174 model gardens.
Hoa Binh province has developed 123 products meeting the standards of the
"One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme, including 99 given three
stars and 24 with four stars./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
