(HBO) – Statistics showed that average income of members of the veteran association in Thanh Luong commune, Luong Son district, was 29 million VND per person last year. There were six poor members in the association, accounting for 3 percent.
Nguyen Van On, a member of the
veteran association in Thanh Luong commune (Luong Son), has expanded his
farming area of citrus fruits.
We visited the family of Mr Nguyen Van On in Sau Thuong village,
an exemplary veteran who succeeds in economic activities. He now owns an
expanded area of 7,000 sqm growing Celastrus hindsii.
Local climate provides suitable conditions for growing Celastrus
hindsii so he can harvest the crops three times per year, earning about 60
million VND annually.
To improve income, he has transformed his garden into a farm
planting about 230 pomelo trees of different varieties, like Tan Lac pink
pomelo, Dien pomelo and pummel (green-skin pomelo), since 2015. The pomelo farm
expects to see first harvest in 2019.
Viewing economic development as a key task, members of the
communal veteran association have united and encouraged each other to initiate
new business models. Since 2015, the veterans have enlarged their citrus farms
to nearly 20 hectares, following the VAC model, a highly intensive method of
small-scale farming in which food gardening, fish rearing and animal husbandry
are integrated; integrated animal husbandry and aquaculture. Furthermore, some
members have also succeeded with businesses far from home, earning an income
ranging from 100 million to 200 million VND per year.
As of June 2018, the association have been authorised to manage
three credit provision groups to give its members easier access to soft loans.
These groups have offered some 4.7 billion VND in soft loan to the veterans.
Besides, association members have raised a fund of 166 million VND
with contribution averaging 834,000 VND per person. Notably, contribution of
each veteran in Sau Thuong village was valued at 1.068 million VND per person
in average while Sau Ha village received 1.35 million VND from each person in
average.
Every year, the association teams up with other organisations to
open 3 – 4 training courses that introduce new advanced agricultural technology
to the members./.
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.
