In late 2023, pomelo growers in Dai Dong hamlet, Ngoc Luong commune in Yen Thuy district; and Thanh Ha hamlet, Thanh Son commune in Luong Son district, received the GlobalGAP certificates for their products and exported the second batch of the fruit to the UK market.
The contract for exporting this batch of Dien
pomelo was signed between RYB JSC and Longdan Group of the UK at an investment
promotion event of Hoa Binh province in the European country in early October
2023.
Representatives of the provincial People’s Committee and CP Group
of Thailand sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at an investment, trade
and tourism promotion conference in Thailand on July 17, 2023.
Provincial authorities have reached many important agreements with UK partners
in 2023, opening up opportunities for comprehensive investment cooperation with
the European country.
At an investment, trade, and tourism promotionworkshop of Hoa Binh in the
UK last year, the provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam Business
Association in the UK(VBUK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of
cooperation with the aim of building a sustainable and long-term cooperative
relationship to create benefits and development opportunities for both sides.
The MoU emphasised that the VBUK will engage in promoting investment, trade,
and tourism opportunities in Hoa Binh to its member companies and
entrepreneurs; connect and support UK firms that are interested in investing
into Hoa Binh, and cooperate with businesses of Hoa Binh; and assist Hoa Binh’s
companies that have the demand to export goods to and import from, and attract
capital from the UK market.
On the sideline of the event, the province’s working delegation organised an
exhibition to showcase typical agricultural products and 18 OCOP (One Commune
One Product) products, as well as the tourism potential and strengths of Hoa
Binh to the UK market. This activity created a great opportunity for local
products to directly reach consumers and helped enhance trade connections and
expand export markets for Hoa Binh.
Previously, a delegation of Hoa Binh, led by Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee Nguyen Phi Long had a working session with over 150 enterprises and
investors of Thailand in the framework of an investment promotion programme in
the Southeast Asian nation in July last year.
During their working trip, leaders of Hoa Binh signed two MoUs with Thai
partners on investment cooperation in various fields.
2023 was seen as a dynamic year for the locality’s foreign economic affairs.
Apart from organising direct investment promotion activities, the province also
intensified diplomatic activities and partnerships with countries in the
region.
Throughout the year, foreign relations and international cooperation between
Hoa Binh and Houaphanh province of Laos, Tuva province of Mongolia, and some
non-governmental organisations continued to be maintained and developed,
contributing to mobiliising foreign assistance for socio-economic development.
Particularly, programmes and projects implemented by 16 foreign NGOs in Hoa
Binh have contributed to promoting poverty reduction, improving health, and
enhancing the livelihoods of residents in project areas.
A provincial delegation conducts a market survey in the UK as part
of an investment, trade, and tourism promotion programme of the locality in the
European country.
To further promote economic diplomacy, local authorities will continue to roll
out key solutions, focusing on raising public awareness of the crucial role of
economic diplomacy; expanding and deepening cooperation with foreign partners;
and improving the quality and effectiveness of international economic
integration towards turning economic diplomacy into a motivation serving
socio-economic development.
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
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.
