(HBO) - Hoa Binh province has worked to step up economic integration, improve business climate in a bid to increase strength and capitalise on favourable conditions to expand markets and make breakthroughs in sustainable development
Over the years, due attention has been paid to communications on
foreign policies and international integration of the Party and State
as well as the province’s achievements in socio-economic development and
culture, thus contributing to drawing foreign organisations and firms to
explore investment and business opportunities in the locality.
Esquel garment-textile company located at the Luong
Son industrial park greatly contributes to the province’s export revenue.
The province has issued numerous programmes and plans on the implementation of
free trade agreements (FTA) with links to the Comprehensive and Progressive
Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) and
other important documents on external relations.
The provincial People’s Committee has devised plans on legal support for
businesses, arranged programmes and events on legal issues and contents of Law
on Investment and the revised Law on Enterprises.
It has also built a database and sent officials to relevant agencies to help
with legal support and consultation in business operations for firms and
individuals.
To improve the investment climate, the Hoa Binh People’s Committee holds
regular meetings with firms, co-operatives, dialogues with businesses and
investors of projects with huge influence on the provincial socio-economic
development so as to address their difficulties.
The province is now home to 49 export-import firms, including 26
foreign-invested ones.
To increase exports-imports, the People’s Committee has paid heed to market
development and trade promotions; completed policies on trade, finance, credit
and investment in export items; and sought to identify a list of commodities of
potential and competitive edge.
In the 2016-20, the province enjoyed a constant rise with an annual average
growth rate of 28.5 percent.
Export revenue in the first six months was estimated to near 578.88 million
USD, a year-on-year surge of 29.64 percent.
The province imported goods worth 104.98 million USD in the period, up 25.7
percent from the same period last 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.
