As of the end of May 2025, the total policy credit outstanding balance in Hoa Binh province had surpassed 5,670 billion VND, with more than 146,400 households holding exceptional loans. Cumulative lending turnover in the first five months reached over 963 billion VND, with loans disbursed to more than 16,000 households.
People in Dong Tam hamlet, Dong Lai commune (Tan Lac district) borrow policy capital to grow grapefruit, increasing income.
Several programs recorded high lending turnover, including those for job
creation, clean water and rural environmental sanitation; loans for poor,
near-poor, and newly out-of-poverty households; and households engaged in
production and business in disadvantaged areas.
With this loan capital, Hoa Binh province has created jobs for over 5,140
workers, supported the construction of 36 houses, built 4,065 clean water
facilities, and established 3,995 rural sanitation facilities. It has also
assisted thousands of students in obtaining loans for their studies and enabled
many ethnic minority households to develop production activities and stabilize
their livelihoods.
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.
With the motto "product quality comes first," the Ban Muong Clean Food Agricultural Cooperative in Hung Son commune, Kim Boi district, has gained consumers’ trust after nearly a year of operation. Their products, including Ban Muong Vietnamese pork sausage and ready-to-eat salt-cured chicken and pig's trotters, are gradually establishing a solid market presence, with efforts underway to complete their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) certification process.
