(HBO) – The association of businesses in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has held a meeting to mark the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13).
The meeting saw the participation of Bui Van Tinh, member of the
Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; Dr. Nguyen
Van Than, President of the Vietnam Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises
(VINASME); Tran Thi Lan Anh, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of
Commerce and Industry; officials from the provincial People’s Council, People’s
Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hoa Binh chapter and local departments,
along with representatives of nearly 1,000 businesses in Hoa Binh.
Nguyen Cao Son, President of Hoa Binh’s association of businesses,
reported that over the past years, both quantity and quality of enterprises and
entrepreneurs in the province have increased rapidly, and business operation
has changed in line with the locality’s economic structure transformation,
tilting towards industry and services.
Besides, businesses have seen their operational efficiency and
competitiveness improved, and affirmed their pioneering role in the economic
sphere, contributing to fulfilling the locality’s socio-economic development
targets.
The association has organised a range of activities in Hoa Binh
city and 10 districts with the participation of five of its chapters and 12
organisations, and nearly 1,000 enterprises.
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Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh province Bui Van Tinh
and a VINASME representative present certificates of merit to businesses.
The association has also successfully performed external
activities and held working sessions with major firms and groups to introduce
investment potential of Hoa Binh in tourism and agriculture. Additionally, it
has assisted enterprises in the locality to raise administration capacity for
sustainable production and business, and launched many emulation movements.
The association has teamed up with departments and agencies in Hoa
Binh to organise dialogues with businesses to help them overcome difficulties
in production and business. The enterprises generate tens of trillions of Vietnam
dong, pay trillions of Vietnam dong to the State budget each year and offer
jobs to thousands of labourers, contributing to the local socio-economic
structure shift.
On this occasion, the association called on the businesses to
raise a fund of nearly 2.5 billion VND in support of poor students with
outstanding academic achievements./.
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.