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(HBO) - National Road No.6 and Hoa Lac-Hoa Binh City Highway run through Mong Hoa Communue (Hoa Binh City), facilitating trade and transport. The commune is also home to an industrial zone (IZ) well planned on an area of 200 hectars with numerous businesses in operation. Meanwhile, the local labour force is resourceful with a majority of young workers available to the IZ, its enterprises and production facilities.
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Forest
products processing factory, Son Thuy joint-stock Company, Mong Hoa commune
(Hoa Binh City), provides employment for 150 local labourers.
On top of that, the commune possesses huge tracts of
agricultural land. Production practices and mindsets of the local farmers are
transforming through innovations, in tune with new developments in market
trends, thus improving productivity and local incomes. According to Nguyen Xuan
Phuc, Chairman of Communal People’s Committee, the success lies in the updated
resolution promulgated each year with tailor-made socio-economic plans, which
focus on crop plants and domestic animals restructuring, developing farm
economy, applying scientific advances in production, developing industries,
small scale craft production and services.
Local party and administrative authorities exert leadership
guidelines in boosting growth towards diversification of livelihoods in
accordance with local competitive edges. The commune strives to maximize
credits and loans for production development, particular local resources for
expanding livelihoods. Standing out among successful stories was a honey
beekeeping project involving 20 households with annual harvest of 4.000 litres
worth about 600 million VND. In 2021
this model is forecasted to grow to 50 household with estimated ouput of 9.000
litres of honey worth more than 1 billion VND. Meanwhile, investments in small
scale craft production, services, transport, construction materials are
beginning to pay off with over 50 enterprises around Mong Hoa IZ, providing
employment for thousands of local workers with stable average incomes between 5
and 9 million VND per person a month.
In
2021, with local GDP per capita set to reach 52 million VND and poverty ratio
falling to 1,5% (27/1.801 households), Mong Hoa is fast toward qualifying for
the title of "Upgraded New Rural Commune”.
In late March, 29 labourers from Da Bac district were sent to work as seasonal farm workers in Buyeo county, Chungcheongnam province, the Republic of Korea (RoK). Upon arrival, they quickly settled into their jobs, enjoying good working conditions and benefits, with wages aligned with the terms of their signed contracts. The programme is now being expanded, with relevant departments and sectors actively seeking additional seasonal employment opportunities in various localities across the RoK.
Luong Son Industrial Park has invested in standardised wastewater and emissions treatment systems, enforced tight emission controls, reduced noise, dust, and solid waste, and expanded green spaces, contributing to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
Hoa Binh police are collecting public feedback on amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the national identification app VNeID. This innovative approach marks a giant leap towards modernising grassroots democracy and enhancing transparency in public consultation.
A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
