(HBO) – Restructuring the agricultural sector in association with building new-style rural areas in Hoa Binh province has yielded positive results, helping form many agricultural product chains, giving a facelift to rural areas, and improving local residents’ life.
The 7th Orange Festival and Cao Phong
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Secretary of the Party Committee of Hien Luong commune Nguyen Dang Giap said
the locality completed the new-style rural building in 2019, and it is focusing
on improving the quality of criteria.
Implementing resolutions and projects on agricultural and rural development,
the commune has focused on promoting the development of the aquaculture
sector, community-based tourism, and changing the crop structure.
From a low-income commune, Hien Luong has achieved a per capita income of about
42 million VND (nearly 1,790 USD) per year.
According to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development Nguyen Huy Nhuan, in 2022, the local agro-forestry-fisheries sector
posted GRDP growth of about 4.57%, 1.56% higher than the target, and production
value of over 12.48 trillion VND.
The department coordinated with localities and sectors to implement programmes,
projects and action plans on restructuring the agricultural sector and speed up
the implementation of the National Target ProgrammeforNew
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Across the province, each commune has met an average of 16 new-style
countryside criteria. Besides, 95.5% of the rural residents have had access
hygienic water. The forest coverage stays stable at more than 51.5%.
Farm produce production-consumption models have been deployed to districts and
Hoa Binh city. Many key agricultural products such as sugarcane, longan,
banana, and citrus fruits have been sold to demanding markets like Japan, the
Republic of Korea, and the EU.
Large and concentrated commodity production areas with highly intensive
cultivation conditions have been developed across the locality, including
orange cultivation areas in Cao Phong, Kim Boi and Lac Thuy, contributing to
improving the incomes of local farmers.
Hoa Binh has so far had 73 communes recognised as new-style rural areas,
accounting for 56.58% of the total; 21 advanced new-style rural communes, one
modelnew-styleruralcommune, 60 model residential areas, and
174 model gardens.
Hoa Binh province has developed 123 products meeting the standards of the
"One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme, including 99 given three
stars and 24 with four stars./.
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.
