In the evening of November the first, in Lac Son district, the Provincial People's Committee held the opening ceremony of the 2024 Highland Market in Hoa Binh province with the theme "Market – the Beauty of the highlands”. There was the attendance to press the opening button of the Market of Nguyen Phi Long, the alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Bui Duc Hinh, the Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Mr. Bui Van Khanh, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and the other poeple from the Provincial Party Standing Committee; the leaders from the provincial People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front, the departments, branches and the People’s Committees of the districts and the city.

The leaders
of the province and Lac Son district visited the specialty booth of Lac Son
district.
In the
opening speech, Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial
People's Committee, the Head of the Market Organizing Committee, affirms that
the market is organized on a provincial scale and it is an important event with
the practical economic significance in economy, politics and society to
promote the economic and trade relations with a view to introducing the
products of the ethnic minority areas and expanding the cooperation between the
localities in the province and across the country. This is also an opportunity
for businesses, cooperatives, and production and business establishments to
access markets, reach consumers, find partners and expand product consumption
markets inside and outside the province. It also helps develop products with
the competitive advantages, promoting the introduction and consumption of the
traditional products, and unique products, especially products under the OCOP
and tourism ecological products, the products of culture and history,
contributing to the socio-economic development of the localities in the province.

Mr. Nguyen
Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, making a
speech at the opening of the market.

The leaders
of the province and Lac Son district pressed the opening button of the 2024 Hoa
Binh Highland Market.
In addition,
with many unique activities such as the traditional craft demonstrations,
performances, folk games, the Market aims to enhance the promotion and exchange
of the unique and special cultures of the ethnic minorities of the Northwest
region in general and Hoa Binh province in particular to domestic and
international tourists, actively contributing to conserving, preserving,
promoting and spreading the good traditional cultural values of the ethnic
minorities in Hoa Binh province, promoting the continuous development of the
tourism activities.

The people
visiting the typical products introduced at the market.
The
highland market takes place from November 1 - 5 at Lac Son district’s stadium
on a provincial scale, with over 100 participating stalls, including the
agricultural product stalls and consumer goods products of the ethnic minority
regions of the districts and the city in the province; the booth area of Lac
Son district and its communes; the culinary area; the rural market area; the
commercial booth area; the outdoor play area...

The opening
entertainment program of the 2024 Highland Market in Hoa Binh province.
Arriving at
the Highland Market, visitors can also enjoy many unique musical performances,
folk games and watch the traditional handicraft performances of ethnic groups.
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
In the first six months of 2025, Hoa Binh province’s export turnover was estimated at 1.145 billion USD, marking an 18.11% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Import turnover was estimated at $ 804 million, a 17.15% increase, which helped the province maintain a positive trade balance.
The lives of the ethnic minority farmers in Tan Lac district have gradually improved thanks to the new directions in agricultural production. This is a testament to the collective strength fostered through the professional associations and groups implemented by various levels of the district’s Farmers’ Union.
With the motto the "product quality comes first,” after nearly one year of establishment and operation, Muong village’s Clean Food Agricultural and Commercial Cooperative, located in Cau Hamlet, Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi district), has launched reputable, high-quality agricultural products to the market that are well-received by consumers. The products such as Muong village’s pork sausage, salt-cured chicken, and salt-cured pork hocks have gradually carved out a place in the market and they are on the path to obtaining the OCOP certification.
In the past, the phrase "bumper harvest, rock-bottom prices" was a familiar refrain for Vietnamese farmers engaged in fragmented, small-scale agriculture. But today, a new spirit is emerging across rural areas of Hoa Binh province - one of collaboration, organisation, and collective economic models that provide a stable foundation for production.
Maintaining growing area codes and packing facility codes in accordance with regulations is a mandatory requirement for agricultural products to be eligible for export. Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hoa Binh province has intensified technical supervision of designated farming areas and packing facilities to safeguard the "green passport" that enables its products to access international markets.