(HBO) – A programme on cooperative development for 2015 – 2020 has become a driving force behind the growth of collective economy in Hoa Binh. Via the State’s assistance for their personnel training, trade promotion, and infrastructure investment, the capacity of local cooperatives has been improved significantly. In line with market demand, they have built long-term business strategies and focused on infrastructure development, trademark building, technological application in production, and the formation of distribution links, among others.
Thanks
to product diversity, revenues of local cooperatives are on the rise.
In the 2015 – 2020 period, Hoa Binh saw the
establishment of 117 cooperative groups, 297 cooperatives, and one cooperative
association. Meanwhile, 172 cooperatives were dissolved and 53 others were transformed
into cooperative groups and businesses under the 2012 Law on Cooperatives. Local
cooperatives have step by step reformed their operations and grown in scale and
revenues. The cooperatives paid attention to investing in production technology
and equipment, market research, and actively participated in supply chains and the
One Commune One Product programme. As a result, many have been able to improve
productivity and product quality, create more jobs and increase income for
members.
Now, 65 percent of the local cooperatives
are ranked as "good”, 27 percent "average”, and only nine percent "weak”.
In 2020, the average revenue from goods and
services of local cooperatives stood at nearly 3.3 billion VND each, up 153.45
percent compared to 2015, with the average profit, labour income, and number of
members per cooperative increasing 27.57 percent, 60 percent, and 42.74 percent,
respectively, in the five-year period.
The workforce of local cooperative has
become younger, while the proportion of cooperative managers with high
qualifications has risen. By the end of 2020, there were 40.71 percent of
cooperative managers holding college degree, up 35.71 percent from 2015.
However, the local collective economy still
faces a series of shortcomings, including their small or micro scales, low
productivity and competitiveness, limited technological knowledge, and lacking
of capital.
In the 2021 – 2025 period, the collective
sector is expected to maintain an annual growth at between 10 and 15 percent,
with value chain linkages formation forecast to boom. It will continue to make
significant contributions to promoting socio-economic development, ensuring
security and social order, building new-style rural areas and sustainably
reducing poverty in Hoa Binh.
The collective economic sector,
particularly cooperatives, has a great demand for human resources with
technical expertise, new science and technology, trade promotion, and credit to
develop and expand production and business scale. Besides their own resources,
resources mobilised from the market and support from the State are much needed./.
Luong Son district is leveraging its existing advantages and maximizing resources to improve infrastructure, aiming to achieve town status by 2025.
Hoa Binh province has employed diverse measures to remove temporary and dilapidated houses for low-income families over the past time. The effort has received the support from the State, all-level agencies, as well as individuals in and outside the province, helping poor and disadvantaged households, especially ethnic minority people, repair or build new homes.
Hoa Binh province’s steering board for implementing the plan on preserving and promoting the values of the Muong ethnic culture and the Hoa Binh Civilisation during 2023 - 2030 held a meeting on November 6 to review the plan implementation. The event was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the steering board.
On November 2nd, the Residential Group No.3, Ky Son Ward (Hoa Binh City) organized the Great National Solidarity and the Culture Festival between the local people and the armed forces in 2024. There was the attendance of Mr. NguyenVan Thang, the Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Secretary of Hoa Binh City Party Committee and the leaders from several departments and branches.
Dong Tien village, Tan Vinh commune (Luong Son), organised the 2024 Great National Solidarity Day on November 2, with Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long attending.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.