(HBO) - The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading complicatedly in Lac Son district with an increase in community-infected cases. The local Party Committees, authorities, residents and businesses have taken drastic measures to fight the pandemic, while actively restoring production, and ensuring socio-economic development goals.

Ho Guom garment factory in Vu Ban town (Lac Son)
implements strict pandemic prevention measures to ensure continuous and stable
production.
On these days, factories, production and business
establishments in the localities have focused resources on pandemic prevention
and control work and stepping up operations in the new normal. According to the assessment of the district People's
Committee, in the first two months of this year, despite difficulties caused by
the pandemic, the district's socio-economic situation achieved important
results. Currently, there are 26 production and business investment projects in
the district, of which over 50 percent have been put into operation, thus
creating jobs for about 5,000 local workers. In February, the value of
industrial - handicraft production reached 71 billion VND (3.1 million USD),
bringing the figure in the first two months to 147 billion VND, equal to 16.07
percent of the yearly plan.
Total State budget revenue hit more than 3.6 billion VND in
February, and over 15.8 billion VND in the first two months, equivalent to
13.73 percent of the estimate assigned by the province. Meanwhile, total local
budget revenue during January-February reached more than 153.5 billion VND,
equal to 23.17 percent of the estimate assigned by the province. The Canh Tang
reservoir project has cleared over 795.39 hectares of land to hand over to
contractors, reaching 88.6 percent of the plan, and the disbursement value of
the component project is 1.059 trillion VND, reaching 100 percent. Policies to
ensure social welfare are implemented promptly in accordance with regulations.
According to Bui Van Linh, Chairman of the district People's
Committee, in the coming time, the district is resolved to better control the
pandemic to limit its impact on people's lives, socio-economic development, and
social order and safety in the locality. In addition, the district will speed
up the progress of preparation for
investment projects in 2022 and the 2021 – 2025 period, complete the
construction volume, and ensure the quality of the works.
Attention will be paid to creating the best possible
favourable conditions for investors to attract more investment in projects in
order to promote economic development and create jobs for labourers, and
promptly solve arising problems related to political security, social order and
safety./.
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.