(HBO) - On September 18 afternoon, the Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee held a meeting on preparations for the organisation of the 2023 mountainous market fair in Hoa Binh province, under the chair of Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Chuong.
Delegates attending the conference.
The market fair is scheduled to take place from October 3-7 at Mai Chau district stadium with the theme "Market fair - the beauty of the mountainous region”.
The provincial-level market will comprise 10 areas, including a stage; a space for booths introducing OCOP (one commune one product) agricultural products and typical commodities of the province; another of the Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion introducing local potential and strengths, booths of Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Lac Son and Mai Chau districts; a culinary area; rural market; an outdoor playing space; and a commercial booth area and a number of other auxiliary areas.
At the market fair, there will be handicraft demonstration activities, cultural exchanges, traditional folk games, and art performances.
Delegates discussed and agreed on the communication work, the number of booths, and the work to ensure security and order, fire prevention and fighting, environmental sanitation, and food safety.
Chuong, who is head of the event’s organising board, asked the provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre to coordinate closely with departments and sectors to well prepare for the event, and pay special attention to the ethnic cultural identity in cultural and artistic performances, folk games, craft demonstrations at the market. The organising board will conduct an inspection of the organisation before the opening of the market fair.
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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