Farmers' associations at all levels in Hoa Binh have focused on supporting farmers in developing OCOP products, introducing agricultural products on e-commerce platforms, and promoting the emulation movement to develop the collective economy and the building of new-style cooperatives. These efforts aim to support and accompany associations' members in promoting and consuming their agricultural products.
Ha Hoan safe farm produce store in Bo town (Kim Boi district) provides clean and safe products, and OCOP products meeting VietGAP standards produced by farmers in the district and neighbouring districts.
The associations have promoted production linkage and consumption connection of agricultural products and food for farmers. The provincial Farmers' Association has directed the provincial centre to support farmers to coordinate with relevant agencies to enhance activities to promote, introduce, and consume products for farmers.
Many coordination programmes have been implemented to support members in selling agricultural products and introducing farm produce on e-commerce platforms.
The association has also assisted the establishment of two safe farm produce and food stores in Tan Lac and Kim Boi districts, contributing to promoting and selling safe, VietGAP, organic, and OCOP products produced by local farmers.
As a result, 773 households in Hoa Binh had accounts on e-commerce platforms. The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism collaborated with relevant agencies and units to strengthen the introduction of OCOP products and other typical farm produce of Hoa Binh at the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival with more than 100 VietGAP, organic, and OCOP products exhibited at the event.
Determining industrial development as a driving force for socio-economic development, Lac Thuy district has stepped up the dissemination work to raise awareness of officials, party members, and people of the policy of forming and developing industrial clusters, while developing resolutions and action programmes, and including them in the local socio-economic development planning on promoting the development of these clusters.
With funding from the National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, localities in of Hoa Binh province have invested in essential infrastructure which helps improve local people's lives.
Hoa Binh city has allocated 654 million VND (nearly 26.200 USD) for supporting the protection and sustainable development of 507ha of natural forest to carry out Project 3 on sustainably developing agricultural and forestry production to tap into the potential and advantages of regions to produce goods in value chains.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival nearly a month away, various kinds of mooncakes from popular brands like Kinh Do, Huu Nghi, and Hai Ha have been put on sale at the local shopping malls and business establishments.
In addition to livestock farming, cultivation, and agricultural production, Dao ethnic minority people in Ba Ra hamlet in Hung Son commune of Kim Boi district have also engaged in forestry-based livelihoods, especially bamboo shoot planting.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for State Budget Collection on August 15 held a conference to assess the results of state budget revenue between January and July. The conference was chaired by vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the Steering Committee Quach Tat Liem.
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