(HBO) – The project "Strengthen the self-help capacities of ethnic communities,” funded by Bread for the World (BfdW), has been implemented in the four selected communes of Nuong Dam, Vinh Tien, Binh Son, and Cuoi Ha in Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh.
The
13-billion-VND project supports these communes in shifting economic structure, improving income from
the same area of farming land, creating jobs and building new-style rural
areas.
The project
comprises of a number of sub-projects, including using Participatory Guarantee
Systems (PGS) in organic agriculture.
Members of an organic vegetable production group
in Dam Trong village, Nuong Dam commune, Kim Boi packs vegetables before
labeling origin stamps.
The GPS Kim
Boi coordinating board was
founded with nine members, said Nguyen Thi Minh Anh, Vice President of the
Women’s Union of Kim Boi district and head of the committee.
With the help
from the faculty of crop production, the North Vietnam College of Agriculture
and Rural Development – a member of the coordinating board, the GPS Kim Boi coordinating board has piloted applying PGS in eight
agricultural cooperatives in three communes – Vinh Tien, Cuoi Ha and Nuong Dam
– including four organic vegetable, two safe chicken farming and two bee
farming cooperatives.
These
cooperatives have a total of 45 members who have been assisted to take a
PGS-standard test of soil and water quality. The coordinating board has opened three training courses on
organic vegetable farming and PGS monitoring, inspection and approach.
The committee
now has its own logo and origin traceability stamps while four organic
cooperatives from the villages of Lung, Dam Rung, Lam Trong and My Tay from the
four selected communes have been granted with PGS certificates after being
cross-checked by other cooperatives./.
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.
