(HBO) - Hoa Binh’s industrial production index in August 2023 increased by 17.65% compared to the previous month, but declined by 10.08% year-on-year, the provincial Statistics Office has reported.
Hoa Binh HKK Knitting Co., Ltd is one of the foreign-invested enterprises that are investing in the Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh city. Its production activities generate jobs for over 500 labourers.
Of the figure, the mining industry saw a decline of 6.12% compared to July, but surged by 53.91% over the same period last year. The manufacturing and processing industry's index rose by 6.86% from the previous month, and 4.86% over the same period last year. Meanwhile, the index of the water supply industry was up 4.73% month-on-month, but fell by 11.5% year-on-year.
The decrease in the industrial production index in August compared to the same period last year was attributable to the prolonged drought this year, with its peak occurring in June and July, which caused the lack of water for electricity production.
Electricity production in the month reached an estimated 940 million KWh, up 201 million KWh or 27.23% compared to that reported in July, but down 206 million KWh or 17.9% from the same month of 2022.
The locality’s electricity production in the first eight months of 2023 was estimated to reach 5,395 million kWh, a decrease of 1,974 million kWh or 26.7% year-on-year.
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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