(HBO) – The Hoa Binh provincial Steering Committee on Collective Economic Development on January 10 held a teleconference reviewing its 2021 activities. Vice-Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and its head Dinh Cong Su chaired the event.
Photo: Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the provincial Steering Committee on Collective Economic Development concludes the event.
As of December 31, 2021, the province was home to 454 cooperatives, up 7.5 percent annually; four people’s credit funds and 211 cooperative teams, up 6.5 percent. Last year, 67 new cooperatives were established, up 3.08 percent annually and 18 cooperative teams, up 20 percent. Two representative offices of the Vietnam Cooperative Union are managing markets in the province. Collective economic organisations attracted 15,200 members and 26,000 workers. Average revenue and profit of each cooperative reached 2.23 billion VND and 250 million VND, respectively while average income of workers stood at 4.16 million VND each month per person. In cooperative teams, their revenue averaged 220.14 million VND each and profit at 56.5 million VND. The gap between revenue and expenditure of people’s credit funds reached 5.73 billion VND. The total profit of collective economic organisations hit 132.37 billion VND, or 0.24 percent of the added value and 0.43 percent of the province’s gross regional domestic product. Revenue to the State budget was estimated at 5.083 trillion VND, equivalent to 0.1 percent of the province’s State budget collection. This year, the steering committee set 12 targets.
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman Su stressed that in order to fulfil 2022 targets, the steering committees on collective economic development at the provincial and district level need to continue following the Party’s guidelines and State laws and policies on collective economy, disseminating policies and legal documents and improving the capacity of workforce in cooperatives. Further attention must be paid to the implementation of policies on support and incentives for cooperatives in line with the Government’s Decree No.193/2013/ND-CP dated November 21, 2013 regulating in details several articles of the Cooperatives Law, the strengthening of State management on collective economy, and pooling the involvement of social forces and mass organisations at home and abroad for the effort./.
During the two days of November 14th – 15th, at the Provincial Cultural Palace, the Department of Industry and Trade organized a conference to connect the product consumption of the ethnic minorities and the mountainous areas in 2024. There was the attendance of the representatives of leaders of a number of departments, branches, businesses, manufacturers and distributors inside and outside the province.
The One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme is reshaping the rural economy of Lac Son district, helping improve living standards, particularly among the ethnic minority communities in remote areas of Lac Son district.
The Van Mai dam xanh (Bangana lemassoni) fish has long been famous for its unique and delicious flavour, earning a spot on the menus of many restaurants and attracting food connoisseurs. In recent years, residents in Van Mai commune, Mai Chau district, have expanded their fish farming areas and striven to build a strong reputation for their product. They are also working to establish it as an OCOP (One Commune, One Product) item to increase their income.
Outstanding rural industrial products of Hoa Binh province in 2024 were recently honoured and granted certificates, becoming a source of pride for producers and also a boost for local economic development. The honourees are all deeply imbued with the local cultural identity and boast considerable commercial potential, helping popularise the image of Hoa Binh to domestic and international consumers. This is also a solid stepping stone for rural industrial establishments to develop.
In the first 10 months of 2024, Hoa Binh city made significant progress in job creation and labour exports, sending 112 workers abroad through partnerships with authorised recruitment firms.
An award ceremony to announce the official certification for Mai Chau district’s Bangana lemassoni fish, a specialty of the locality because of its unique flavour, was held recently in the district.
