(HBO) – Winter crops are grown in fields in the foothills of Doc Lap commune in Hoa Binh city. Favourable weather this year helps raise productivity and quality of organic vegetables and it is harvest time.
Photo: A resident of Noi village in Doc Lap commune (Hoa Binh city) harvests bean cultivated under VietGAP standards.
Local farmers set up the Doc Lap agro-services cooperative in November 2020, with 10 full members and 70 collaborators. The cooperative is working on 2ha of crops bean, squash and leafy greens and 38ha under food safety standards.
Nguyen Trung Kien, head of the Doc Lap agro-services cooperative, said it holds regular training courses to provide local farmers with knowledge and techniques on safe vegetable farming in a bid to ensure safety standards.
The cooperative’s management board keeps a close watch on farming activities so that only safe products are sold.
Compared to those under traditional farming methods, vegetables grown under VietGAP standards rake in higher economic values of 20-30 percent, with stable output.
The cooperative has taken the initiative in introducing its vegetables to the Vinmart grocery stores and seek suitable ways to promote and sell its products in Hoa Binh city.
Vegetable farming brings higher economic values than rice farming, helping people in the mountainous commune of Doc Lap gradually escape poverty and prosper.
Doc Lap safe vegetable brand has strengthened its position and been trusted and favoured by consumers.
In addition to traditional products, the commune has begun to grow strawberry with a target of creating a staple of the mountainous region./.
Hoa Binh City has been making strong changes in its infrastructure system and urban development, creating a vitality, a new look and taking on the leading position in the provincial socio-economic development.
Speaking at a meeting with businesses, investors, and cooperatives on the occasion of the lunar new year, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Bui Van Khanh affirmed that with the motto of the administration accompanying businesses, Hoa Binh always determines that the success of businesses is also that of the province; and their difficulties and problems are the responsibility of the Party Committees and authorities at all levels. That motto has created a landmark in the development process of the province as well as the local business community.
The Government Office has just issued Notice No. 179/TB-VPCP, dated April 23, 2024, on the conclusions of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at his meeting with the Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on April 13.
Cao Phong district has witnessed signs of economic improvement over the recent past thanks to efforts by local authorities to promote agricultural, industrial, and handicraft development.
On April 26th, the Steering Committee for completing the standards to establish Luong Son town of the province held a conference to evaluate the progress of implementing the standards to establish Luong Son town. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Steering Committee chaired the conference.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and other officials of the province and Lac Son district on April 25 visited and presented gifts to local soldiers and pioneering youths who directly engaged in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
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