The Management Board of Hoa Binh Industrial Parks has defined the enhancement of quality of local industrial parks (IPs) as one of the key solutions to attract secondary investors. Currently, Hoa Binh has eight IPs with a total planned areas of over 1,507 hectares, two of which have had complete technical infrastructure system. Many IPs have seen high occupation rate, including Luong Son IP with 100%, Da River Left Bank IP 91.53%, and South Luong Son IP 60.08%.
Construction of the road connecting National Highway 6 to Nhuan Trach industrial park in Luong Son district is being sped up.
This year, along with investing in necessary infrastructure works in local IPs, the board has designed planning for the construction of five IPs and sped up construction and ground clearance for the projects.
In 2023, the total investment in the construction of infrastructure system in local IP has reached over 700 billion VND (28.83 million USD) including about 600 billion VND from investors.
According to leaders of the board, so far, many infrastructure works have been on good process. The Da River wastewater treatment plant has completed and will be put on testing operation, while the ground clearance for the construction of a road to Yen Quang IP has finished. A road connecting Hoa Lac – Hoa Binh Expressway with Yen Quang IP has accepted the payment volume of over 50% of the assigned capital plan. At the same time, a project to build intersections and feeder roads in Lac Thinh IP is on a right track.
The board has also worked on the planning of eight additional IPs in Yen Thuy, Luong Son, Lac Son, Da Bac, Tan Lac district and Hoa Binh city with a total area of nearly 2,238 hectares.
Currently, the rate of operating IPs with standardised concentrated wastewater treatment system has reached 75%. The cleared area for investors is over 119 hectares, exceeding the plan by 8.4%.
Along with infrastructure development, the board has concentrated on improving the business environment and strengthening administrative reform and investment attraction.
Director of the board Chu Van Thang said that it has held regular meetings with businesses in local IPs to deal with their difficulties and gather their opinions.
As of the end of October, the board had reported four new projects worth 89.5 billion VND in local IPs, while an additional 89.92 billion VND was poured into operating projects.
To date, local IPs have attracted 109 projects, including 25 FDI firms with combined capital of 519.33 million USD. Businesses in the IPs reported a revenue of over 22 trillion VND and export value of 775 million USD, paying 250 billion USD to the State budget and creating jobs for more than 1,700 labourers.
During the two days of November 14th – 15th, at the Provincial Cultural Palace, the Department of Industry and Trade organized a conference to connect the product consumption of the ethnic minorities and the mountainous areas in 2024. There was the attendance of the representatives of leaders of a number of departments, branches, businesses, manufacturers and distributors inside and outside the province.
The One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme is reshaping the rural economy of Lac Son district, helping improve living standards, particularly among the ethnic minority communities in remote areas of Lac Son district.
The Van Mai dam xanh (Bangana lemassoni) fish has long been famous for its unique and delicious flavour, earning a spot on the menus of many restaurants and attracting food connoisseurs. In recent years, residents in Van Mai commune, Mai Chau district, have expanded their fish farming areas and striven to build a strong reputation for their product. They are also working to establish it as an OCOP (One Commune, One Product) item to increase their income.
Outstanding rural industrial products of Hoa Binh province in 2024 were recently honoured and granted certificates, becoming a source of pride for producers and also a boost for local economic development. The honourees are all deeply imbued with the local cultural identity and boast considerable commercial potential, helping popularise the image of Hoa Binh to domestic and international consumers. This is also a solid stepping stone for rural industrial establishments to develop.
In the first 10 months of 2024, Hoa Binh city made significant progress in job creation and labour exports, sending 112 workers abroad through partnerships with authorised recruitment firms.
An award ceremony to announce the official certification for Mai Chau district’s Bangana lemassoni fish, a specialty of the locality because of its unique flavour, was held recently in the district.
