In late 2023, pomelo growers in Dai Dong hamlet, Ngoc Luong commune in Yen Thuy district; and Thanh Ha hamlet, Thanh Son commune in Luong Son district, received the GlobalGAP certificates for their products and exported the second batch of the fruit to the UK market.
The contract for exporting this batch of Dien
pomelo was signed between RYB JSC and Longdan Group of the UK at an investment
promotion event of Hoa Binh province in the European country in early October
2023.
Representatives of the provincial People’s Committee and CP Group
of Thailand sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at an investment, trade
and tourism promotion conference in Thailand on July 17, 2023.
Provincial authorities have reached many important agreements with UK partners
in 2023, opening up opportunities for comprehensive investment cooperation with
the European country.
At an investment, trade, and tourism promotionworkshop of Hoa Binh in the
UK last year, the provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam Business
Association in the UK(VBUK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of
cooperation with the aim of building a sustainable and long-term cooperative
relationship to create benefits and development opportunities for both sides.
The MoU emphasised that the VBUK will engage in promoting investment, trade,
and tourism opportunities in Hoa Binh to its member companies and
entrepreneurs; connect and support UK firms that are interested in investing
into Hoa Binh, and cooperate with businesses of Hoa Binh; and assist Hoa Binh’s
companies that have the demand to export goods to and import from, and attract
capital from the UK market.
On the sideline of the event, the province’s working delegation organised an
exhibition to showcase typical agricultural products and 18 OCOP (One Commune
One Product) products, as well as the tourism potential and strengths of Hoa
Binh to the UK market. This activity created a great opportunity for local
products to directly reach consumers and helped enhance trade connections and
expand export markets for Hoa Binh.
Previously, a delegation of Hoa Binh, led by Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee Nguyen Phi Long had a working session with over 150 enterprises and
investors of Thailand in the framework of an investment promotion programme in
the Southeast Asian nation in July last year.
During their working trip, leaders of Hoa Binh signed two MoUs with Thai
partners on investment cooperation in various fields.
2023 was seen as a dynamic year for the locality’s foreign economic affairs.
Apart from organising direct investment promotion activities, the province also
intensified diplomatic activities and partnerships with countries in the
region.
Throughout the year, foreign relations and international cooperation between
Hoa Binh and Houaphanh province of Laos, Tuva province of Mongolia, and some
non-governmental organisations continued to be maintained and developed,
contributing to mobiliising foreign assistance for socio-economic development.
Particularly, programmes and projects implemented by 16 foreign NGOs in Hoa
Binh have contributed to promoting poverty reduction, improving health, and
enhancing the livelihoods of residents in project areas.
A provincial delegation conducts a market survey in the UK as part
of an investment, trade, and tourism promotion programme of the locality in the
European country.
To further promote economic diplomacy, local authorities will continue to roll
out key solutions, focusing on raising public awareness of the crucial role of
economic diplomacy; expanding and deepening cooperation with foreign partners;
and improving the quality and effectiveness of international economic
integration towards turning economic diplomacy into a motivation serving
socio-economic development.
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.
