(HBO) – As many as 11 businesses and cooperatives from the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh have attended a trade promotion conference in Hanoi which aimed to connect supply and demand between the capital city and other cities and provinces.
The annual
event was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Hanoi People’s
Committee.
Hoa Binh sets up a booth to promote its products at the event.
These
businesses and cooperatives brought to the event various signature products,
such as Tan Lac red-flesh pomelo, solanum procumbens, sacha inchi, Cao Phong
orange, Luong Son organic vegetables, Kim Boi bamboo shoots, Da River fish. Hoa
Binh also inked five memoranda of understanding to set up distribution channels
between firms from the province and Hanoi.
Hanoi is the
hub for consumption and trade of Vietnamese products where companies meet and
bring the products to other parts of the country. Over years, the capital city
has implemented many cooperation programme and organised trade promotion events
with other cities and provinces, including Hoa Binh. Such effort has created
many opportunities for economic partnership to expand, develop production, take
advantage of provincial potential and strengthen distribution channels./.
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.
