(HBO) – With the strong determination of the whole political system and the high consensus of the people, the building of new-style rural areas in Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province, has seen significant changes. The majority of officials and locals have become more aware of the matter and contributed to developing rural areas in many creative ways. So far, eight communes in the district have been recognised as new rural areas, including three particularly disadvantaged ones - Lien Hoa, Phu Thanh and Yen Bong. Lac Thuy is striving to become new-style rural area by 2020.
The district’s People’s
Committee has approved a project restructuring the agricultural sector towards
increasing added value and sustainable development between 2016 and 2020,
focusing on cultivation.
The district has established concentrated farm
produce production areas and large-scale fields. It is now home to 1,146
hectares of citrus fruits and 200 hectares of mixed plants.
Besides implementing the three value chains,
including two growing chilli for export and safe vegetable on 40 hectares and
one raising 10,000 chickens, the district has maintained the operation of farm
produce and safe food cooperatives, and attracted businesses to invest in
growing safe vegetable and medicinal plants according to value chain links such
as Lac Thuy Clean Agriculture Company, Vietnam Chilli Co., Ltd., Northern Green
Land Real Estate and Services JSC, and Sinh Loc Humanity Vocational Training
JSC.
As of 2018, the per capita income in the
district reached 38.9 million VND (1,659 USD), up 2.5 times against 2011. The
rate of poor households was brought down to 10.98 percent, or 10.42 percent
lower than the figure in 2011.
Lac Thuy
district develops chains for raising chickens and builds brand for Lac Thuy
chicken.
Lac Thuy has built a roadmap to meet all the criteria
of the new-style rural building programme by 2020. The district strives to
continuously improve the eight recognised new rural communes as well as build
An Binh and Khoan Du into new rural areas in 2019 and An Lac, Dong Mon, and
Hung Thi in 2020./.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.
Hoa Binh farmers are investing big in their chilli pepper cultivation areas after the first batch of 7.5 tonnes of pickled chilli peppers was shipped to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Tien Ngan Trade and Investment Co., Ltd last month.
Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
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.
