(HBO) – The Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is nearing, and it is also the time when essential goods for Tet are in great demand. Given this, the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has ordered relevant agencies to augment price management, governance, and stabilisation efforts before, during, and after the 2023 Tet holiday.
To meet high demand during Tet, supermarkets and trade centres in Hoa Binh city
have increased the supply of essential goods.
The provincial Department of Industry and Trade
said to meet growing demand for essential goods during Tet, it has requested
local trading businesses to boost stockpiling to ensure sufficient supply of
quality products with reasonable prices.
Tran Trung Hieu, head of the department’s trade
management division, said the office has devised a loan provision plan to help
businesses stockpile essential goods to stabilise the market before, during,
and after Tet. It has also called on enterprises to expand their distribution
networks to residential areas, industrial parks, and remote areas to improve
local residents’ access to goods with stable prices.
Besides, to guarantee farm produce and food
supply, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated
with district-level authorities and sectors to keep a close watch on the
production, weather, and disease situations; give instructions on farming and
harvesting activities; and step up food safety inspection at production
workshops, business establishments, and households.
Meanwhile, to ensure sufficient goods supply,
the provincial People’s Committee has ordered relevant sectors and
district-level administrations to increase management and examination of the
compliance to legal regulations on prices, taxes, fees, and charges at local
organisations, enterprises, and business households, especially those producing
and trading essential goods and services, and input materials.
It has also demanded authorities to grasp
changes in supply, demand, and prices, particularly in populous areas, to
present any attempt abusing surging demand in the year-end period and Tet to
unreasonably hike prices. Agencies and localities have also been asked to
create conditions for organisations, enterprises, and business households to
hold trade promotion and consumption stimulation programmes; facilitate the
flow of goods; and proactively propose price stabilisation measures when
necessary to maintain market stability./.
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.
