(HBO) - Hoa Binh has a number of agricultural products farmed on commercial scale, such as longan, dragon fruit, banana, winter melon, and pumpkin along with many local specialties including sugarcane, tea, waxy corn, temperature climate fruits, herbs and medicinal plants. Many of these products have been exported.
The province has adopted a plan for the issuance of
Production Unit Code (PUC) for local agricultural products, making it one of the
first provinces in the country to do so.
Bananas produced by Phu Cuong – Song Da
agricultural cooperative are granted with a Production Unit Code for export to
China.
Dr. Nguyen Hong Yen, Director of the provincial
department of cultivation and plant protection, said to be granted a PUC, a
farm must satisfy many requirements. For example, plants must be pure-bred and
cultivated on a large enough area, she said.
Cultivation procedures and disease prevention measures must
be standardized and follow good agricultural practices (GAP), she noted, adding
that it is also important to keep farming records, particularly in terms of how
pesticide is used.
As of October 2020, Vietnam had issued 1,742 PUCs on a
total farming area of nearly 185,200 hectares for farm produce exported to the
Chinese market.
Some other northern provinces have also successfully
issued and managed PUCs for farming areas of longan, lychee, banana,
watermelon, and dragon fruit.
The province has developed policies for expanding export markets
for its key agricultural products from 2020 – 2025, with a vision towards
2030./.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
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