Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong pledges to create favourable conditions and provide highest support to Hoa Binh and local businesses and investors during their development process.
In 2023, despites difficulties and challenges, Hoa Binh still recorded comprehensive achievements in all fields. The province completed its provincial planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.
Along with effective solutions to support local businesses and investors, Hoa Binh saw improvements in the local investment environment and competitiveness. The province ranked 23 among localities in administrative reform index, and leaped nine places in the provincial competitiveness index. Particularly, currently, it takes only one day for a company to process the business registration procedures, and 14 days to get construction licences, and 2.99-3.57 days for power supply service access.
At the meeting, local businesses and investors thanked the Hoa Binh Party Committee, People’s Committee and People’s Council as well as provincial departments, sectors and localities for supporting them over the years.
They raised a number of suggestions, including continuing to improve the investment environment and reform administrative procedures, supporting travel and agricultural firms, speeding up ground clearance, promoting transport projects and regional connections.
Addressing the event, Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong hailed the efforts of Hoa Binh in listening to the voice of local businesses and deal with their difficulties. He the VCCI will create optimal conditions and provide maximum assistance for businesses and investors in Hoa Binh during their development process.
For his part, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Duc Hinh recognised the contributions of the business community to the socio-economic development of the province.
He vowed that the province will provide best investment environment for them and accompany them during their development. Hinh also called for their contributions of ideas in building and implementing the provincial planning in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, as well as their recommendations in policies and mechanisms, as well as their feedback.
The provincial leader expressed his hope that local businesses will engaging in implementing political tasks and movements of the province.
On the occasion, the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh presented the emulation flags to three businesses that showed outstanding performance in national patriotism emulation movements in 2023, as well as the certificates of merit to 17 others.
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.
