(HBO) - According to a report of the Provincial Bank for Social Policies, in the first 2 months of the year, the branch has made loans to 10 programs of the policy credit, the lending sales reached 216.6 billion VND, more than 5.6 thousands of the poor households and those who are under the preferential policies have been eligible for loans.

In the first two months of the
year, the policy capital was promptly transmitted to the poor households and
those who are under the preferential policies. Photo: the credit officer of
VBSP in Mai Chau district are dealing with customers.
The credit programs with high
loan turnover such as: the poor households (63.5 billion VND), the near-poor
households (more than 39 billion VND), the job creation (more than 31.6 billion
VND), the production households, the business households in the difficult areas
(more than 30 billion dongs), clean water and rural sanitation (more than 29
billion dongs). Up to now, the total credit debt in the province has reached
more than 3,673 billion VND, having 119,868 customers in debt.
In the context that Covid-19
pandemics continues to develop complicatedly, affecting all aspects of the
social life, the policy capital has contributed to ensuring the social
security. In the first 2 months of the year, through the policy capital, 872
workers were created jobs, 16 workers received loans to work abroad, over 3,000
projects of the rural clean water and sanitation were built.
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.