(HBO) - The agricultural sector of Hoa Binh province has made great efforts during 2015-2020 to overcome challenges and basically complete tasks set in the Resolution of the 6th congress of the Party organisation at the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The locality’s agriculture sector has recorded comprehensive
and sustainable development with high added value and ability to adapt to
climate change, contributing to improving the living standards for residents
living in rural areas.
Provincial officials visit a booth
exhibiting high-quality farm produce of Lac Thuy district.
Hoa Binh achieved quite
comprehensive results in restructuring of agriculture over the last five years.
Many concentrated agricultural commodity production zones have been initially formed,
contributing to raising the average production value of each hectare of farm
land to 128.4 million VND (5,530 USD) per year, 2.4 percent higher than the set
target.
The locality’s livestock industry has proactively worked to control
diseases for cattle and poultry, while devising solutions to increase the
economic value of livestock of local strength such as pig, cow, buffalo, goat,
and poultry.
For the fishery sector, the aquaculture area has been expanded to 2,700 ha,
producing about 11,000 tonnes of products per year, double the output of 2015.
Meanwhile, the forestry sector has always overfulfilled annual
plans on forest planting, protection and development. The forest coverage in
Hoa Binh in 2020 stands at 51.5 percent, 3 percent higher than the set plan.
The sector’s annual growth averages 4.35 percent, twice as high as the
country’s growth rate.
Agricultural achievements made by the locality in the 2015-2020
period are expected to create an impetus for the agriculture and rural
development sector to make breakthroughs in the next five years.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will pay
attention to improving the leadership of its Party organisation and promoting
the unity, while effectively implementing patriotic emulation movements and
campaigns, thus contributing to promoting high-added value and sustainable agriculture
development, and accelerating the building of new-style rural areas.
The sector aims to have 100 percent of administrative procedures handled properly
and ahead of schedule; and 100 percent of tasks assigned by the provincial
People’s Committee completed on schedule./.
With favourable climate and land advantages, the agriculture sector in Hoa Binh has been attracting investment from enterprises, organisations, and cooperatives, gradually asserting the position of some local specialties in the international market.
Currently, Luong Son district counts 905 business establishments operating in industry and handicraft, helping generate jobs and stable incomes for local labourers.
Hoa Binh scored the highest points in two out of the eight indicators of the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 that the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on April 17.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh is attending a programme to popularise Vietnamese products in the US and Canada on April 20-28.
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