(HBO) - A delegation from the Vietnam Farmers’ Union has worked with the farmers’ association of the northern province of Hoa Binh to examine the implementation of Project 24 on building trade associations and groups.
After three years of implementing the union’s project, the farmers’
association has disseminated and guided to establish 63 chapters and groups
with 999 members, operating in cultivation and animal husbandry.
Through the farmers’ support fund, the
association has helped farmer households borrow a total of 2.7 billion VND
(116,100 USD) in loans for production and doing business; and over 15 billion
VND through the banks’ support fund.
The association also supported its members to buy
fertiliser and farming machines as well as enabled them to join training
activities on science-technology and equipment for production.
Since establishment, the chapters and groups
have been operating effectively, creating connectivity and mutual benefits for
members in production, business and services as well as goods competitiveness.
The organisation of farmers’ chapters at all
levels has received due attention and carried out regularly. Hoa Binh is now
home to 133,469 farmer members. Through the annual evaluation, over 80 percent of
farmers’ establishments record good performance. All farmers’ establishments
have funds. The average annual fund is 70,000 VND per member per year./.
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.
