(HBO) - On December 9, at Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted, the Department of Education and Training held a Science and Technology Competition and a STEM festival for the provincial high school students in the school year of 2022 - 2023.

The jury is working with each
group of students whose products have participated in the competition.
There were 105 projects
participating in the competition. They included 50 projects of the junior high
school students, 55 projects of high school students. The participating
projects belong to the following fields: The social and behavioral sciences; the
intelligent robots and machines, the system software; biochemistry,
environmental engineering; Biomedical and science, health, mechanical
engineering... The competition is an opportunity for the students of all
schools to introduce the results of scientific and technical research, the
results of knowledge transfer and application to real life and production...
In addition, a STEM educational
festival was held, attracting 126 products to display and perform. In which,
there were 52 products of junior high school students from 10 divisions of
Education and Training, 74 products of high school students from high schools
and boarding high schools for the ethnic minorities in the province. The
products displayed and introduced belong to most fields of science, associating
with school subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Technology, Informatics, Literature, History… These products are the results of
scientific research, applying the knowledge that has been learnt in schools
into practice, demonstrating the achievements and quality of education in
schools and meeting the needs the requirements of new educational innovation in
the current period.
In the afternoon of the same day,
the Organizing Committee summarized and awarded prizes to the winning projects.
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.