(HBO) – As one of the four local organisations entrusted by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy (VBSP) in the province, the farmers’ association at all levels in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has closely followed the province’s socio-economic development targets.
The association has
worked with the VBSP to instruct its chapters to carry out concerted measures to
promptly hand over the Government’s preferential loans to poor households and
policy beneficiaries, thus improving members’ lives and ensuring social
stability.
With
preferential loans from the VBSP, farmers in Yen Thuong commune in Cao Phong
district develop buffalo and cow breeding to stabilise their lives.
As of the end of
September, outstanding debts in
social policy credit programmes for poor households and policy beneficiaries
managed by the farmers’ association stood at 807.78 billion VND (34.77 million USD).
The loans were provided for 27,062 families, with overdue debts hitting
771 million VND. The association accounts for the largest share of loans among
four entrusted organisations.
Therefore, the preferential credit programmes have timely supported poor
and near-poor households and other policy beneficiaries, helping farmers to
overcome difficulties and enrich themselves./.
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.
