(HBĐT) - From the beginning of the year, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has directed credit institutions, including those in Hoa Binh, to build and implement their 2019 business plan in accordance with the Government’s and SBV’s solutions on regulating monetary and credit policies and banking operation. The work aims at promoting credit growth, serving socio-economic development in the province.
Agribank branch in Lac Thuy mobilises maximum capital sources to meet
demand for local socio-economic development.
From the beginning of the year to
date, effective activities of banks and credit institutions have contributed to
promoting Hoa Binh’s socio-economic development. By the end of the second
quarter of 2019, their operating capital amounted to about 21.2 trillion VND,
up 5 percent compared to the end of 2018. Of the sum, over 16.3 trillion VND
were mobilised from economic organisations and residents, increasing 6.5
percent from the end of 2018 and meeting 73 percent of their total loans for
business investment. Meanwhile, as of June 30, total outstanding loans exceeded
21.99 trillion VND, up 5 percent compared to the end of 2018.
Commercial banks increased their
lending to prioritised areas, with outstanding loans for agriculture and rural sector
and for small- and medium-sized enterprises surpassed 13.69 billion VND and
4.44 trillion VND, accounting for 62.3 and 20.2 percent of their total,
respectively. Outstanding loans for export, industry and high-tech farming were
23billion VND, 22 billion VND and 2 billion VND, respectively.
Lending interest rates remained stable, with no
changes recorded for commercial banks’ short-term and medium/long term loans,
which ranged from 7.5 to 10 percent a year, and from 10.5 to 11.5 percent a
year, respectively.
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.
