(HBO) – The Hoa Binh Department of Industry and Trade and Department of Transport had a working session with the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh city on July 28 to seek measures to ensure the supply of goods to residents in the city in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The leader of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade addresses
the working session.
Currently, Hoa Binh city has 14 traditional markets, five supermarkets and
three trade centres, along with 860 grocery shops. The city is home to three
industrial parks with more than 5,000 workers.
Amid the complicated developments of COVID-19, in order to ensure the supply of
necessities to local residents in any circumstance, the city People’s Committee
has issued plans and directions asking relevant agencies to prepare plans to
stock up on goods to meet the demands of locals and quarantine facilities. They
are requested to keep a close watch on the agricultural production situation
and the pandemic developments as well as the weather conditions to make sure
that the supply of major farm produce is available, while signing contracts on
goods supply with suppliers – Dinh Nhuan and Son An companies - to meet
people’s demands.
Hoa Binh city has built a scenario to ensure goods supply at five levels, and
another scenario to respond to particular COVID-19 circumstances.
At the working session, representatives from the city People’s Committee
proposed the provincial People’s Committee issue a plan of regulating and
orienting production to ensure sufficient supply of necessities. The provincial
People’s Committee was asked to direct competent agencies to design plans to
keep stable prices of necessary goods and regulate goods circulation after the
Government issues a list of goods banned from circulating to replace the list
of necessary goods allowed to circulate.
Provincial leaders asked Hoa Binh city to stand ready to implement scenarios if
necessary, while strengthening communications to calm local residents and
prevent them from stocking up on goods.
At the same time, the city was requested to immediately review and listing of
good supply sources for particular areas, while ensuring smooth process in
providing, transporting and circulating goods.
Thu Thuy
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.
