The provincial business association recently convened a conference to review its 2024 operations and outline plans for 2025. The meeting was attended by Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Duc Hinh along with leaders from various departments and agencies.
Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Bui Duc Hinh and leaders from the provincial
People’s Council, People’s Committee, departments, sectors, and business
association (Photo: HBO)
Last
year, the business association successfully maintained its crucial role as a
bridge between the business community and local authorities. The organisation
effectively represented enterprise interests while facilitating social oversight
and feedback. It consistently gathered and channeled business concerns
regarding operational challenges to relevant provincial authorities for
resolution.
Along
with joining hands with competent sides to carry out support programmes for
enterprises as well as those to improve the provincial competitiveness index
(PCI), the association paid due attention to charitable activities. It
mobilised more than 3.29 billion VND (130,600 USD) for a Tet gifting programme
for impoverished people, supported housing construction for the needy, and
sponsored various cultural and social events across the province.
Looking
ahead to 2025, the association aims to strengthen member organisations'
effectiveness, enhance business operation, and forge strongr relationships with
state management agencies. It will work to streamline administrative procedures
and engage in social welfare initiatives.
Deputy Secretary of
the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee Bui Duc Hinh speaks at the event. (Photo: HBO)
At
the event, Hinh commended the association's achievements and urged continued
efforts to support the business community in seizing new opportunities and
improving the local PCI ranking. He also underscored the need to maintain
charitable activities and contribute to the province's socio-economic
development goals in 2025.
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.
