Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Black star apple products of Yen Tri agricultural
cooperative in Yen Thuy district have been recognised as meeting the 3-star
OCOP standard.
The province is now home to 339 cooperatives operating in the
agriculture sector, providing services for members in cultivation, animal
husbandry, forestry, and aquaculture; and managing and operating irrigation and
rural clean water facilities. Up to 30% of them have products certified by
VietGAP, GlobalGAP, meeting food safety and organic conditions; 10 cooperatives
and one working group have been given domestic cultivation area codes by the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; while four others are awaiting
approval for export cultivation area codes. These cooperatives play an important
role in ensuring the effectiveness of social welfare, bringing many benefits
through services to the community members and rural economic life, actively
contributing to the transformation of crop and livestock structures, increasing
agricultural productivity and yield, and improving people's lives that benefit
new rural development drive.
Last year, 70 new cooperatives (75% higher than the plan) and 12 working groups
were established in the province; while 15 cooperatives, 12 working groups, and
one people's credit fund were dissolved. The locality now boasts 758 collective
economic entities, including 546 cooperatives, three people's credit funds, and
209 working groups. There are 640 active and effectively operating collective
economic entities, 79 cooperatives, and 39 working groups that ceased
operations. They draw 16,300 members and 28,000 workers. The average income in
cooperatives reached 4.54 million VND (189 USD) per person per month.
It is evident that the number of collective economic entities is increasing,
and their operational quality is gradually improving, actively supporting the
development of the member household economy through input and output services.
Many new cooperatives have been established while weak ones have ceased
operations or been encouraged to dissolve.
This year, following the provincial Party Committee’s Action Programme No.
11-CTr/TU dated December 6, 2022, implementing the 13th Party Central
Committee’s Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022, on continuing to innovate,
develop and enhance the effectiveness of collective economy in the new phase,
the provincial People's Committee has issued several key measures to create a
positive transformation in the development of the collective economy at the
local level.
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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