(HBO) – Banks in the northern province of Hoa Binh for years have actively provided credits for economic development, especially to meet the capital needs for production and business of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households.
Agribank Hoa Binh branch.
The banking system in the province now includes the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)
provincial branch and branches of nine commercial banks - Agribank, BIDV,
Vietinbank, VCB, VPBank, LienVietPostbank, MBbank, BacAbank, HDbank, and Social
Policy Bank of Vietnam, plus a People's Credit Fund.
The province has 4,296 enterprises and 486 cooperatives. Most of the businesses
in the province need loans to boost production and business.
The banking system has been implementing credit programmes and policies under
the direction of the Government and the State Bank of Vietnam to create
favourable conditions for businesses and people to access credit capital,
invest in production and business development, create jobs, restore economic
development, and ensure social security.
As of January 31, 2023, the total locally mobilised capital of
credit institutions reached 40.546 trillion VND (1.73 billion USD). Total
outstanding loans to all economic sectors reached 34.22 trillion VND, of which
loans worth 7.656 trillion VND were offered to 1,203 enterprises, accounting
for 22.4% of the total outstanding loans.
Loans for agriculture and rural areas reached 16.535 trillion
VND, accounting for 48.3% of the total outstanding loans; those for 11
cooperatives reached 34 billion VND; and those for individuals and households
for production and business nearly 24.5 trillion VND.
To support credit activities for businesses, over the recent years, the State
Bank of Vietnam's branch has paid special attention to the programmes that
connect banks and businesses in the province.
Accordingly, the branch regularly signs coordination agreements
with the units to exchange and provide information on monetary and credit
policies.
The central bank’s branch also cooperates with the provincial
business association to promptly capture information and remove difficulties,
and create favourable conditions in accessing bank loans.
According to Ngo Quang Loi, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam's
provincial branch, up to now, the banking sector has organised 67 dialogue
conferences and working sessions with businesses with a total loan commitment
of 9.23 billion VND.
Outstanding loans under signed programmes are over 6.55 trillion
VND, and loan turnover (accumulated from the beginning of the year) is 7.655
trillion VND.
More than 1,270 customers received loans, including 1,203
businesses.
Banks and credit institutions in the province continue to
implement measures to support borrowers and remove difficulties for customers
under the direction of the Government and the State Bank of Vietnam./.
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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