(HBO) - On September 18 afternoon, the Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee held a meeting on preparations for the organisation of the 2023 mountainous market fair in Hoa Binh province, under the chair of Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Chuong.
Delegates attending the conference.
The market fair is scheduled to take place from October 3-7 at Mai Chau district stadium with the theme "Market fair - the beauty of the mountainous region”.
The provincial-level market will comprise 10 areas, including a stage; a space for booths introducing OCOP (one commune one product) agricultural products and typical commodities of the province; another of the Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion introducing local potential and strengths, booths of Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Lac Son and Mai Chau districts; a culinary area; rural market; an outdoor playing space; and a commercial booth area and a number of other auxiliary areas.
At the market fair, there will be handicraft demonstration activities, cultural exchanges, traditional folk games, and art performances.
Delegates discussed and agreed on the communication work, the number of booths, and the work to ensure security and order, fire prevention and fighting, environmental sanitation, and food safety.
Chuong, who is head of the event’s organising board, asked the provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre to coordinate closely with departments and sectors to well prepare for the event, and pay special attention to the ethnic cultural identity in cultural and artistic performances, folk games, craft demonstrations at the market. The organising board will conduct an inspection of the organisation before the opening of the market fair.
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.
