(HBO) - Dung Phong commune is working to improve the lives of local people through creating large fields via land accumulation in Bai Be 2 and Dong Moi villages, and attracting investment from the Quang Ha garment making company into the locality. It is expected that when the company put into operation its factory in the commune, it will create jobs for 100 local workers.
In the economic development plan, Dung Phong commune (Cao Phong) continues to
develop sugarcane cultivation. (Photo)
Dung Phong is mainly an agricultural commune with the main crops being rice,
corn, sugarcane and citrus fruits. During the 2015-2020 term, the commune
actively encouraged local farmers to switch to plants with high economic value.
Up to now, a number of rice cultivation areas have been converted to sugarcane,
and hillside land has been used to grow citrus fruit. Currently, the commune
has an area of 335.7 hectares of sugarcane and 180 hectares of citrus trees.
Local authority reported that economic growth reached 10 percent in which
agriculture accounts for 55 percent; handicrafts account for 25 percent; the
per capita income reached 45 million VND/year and the poverty rate was 5.6
percent. The commune has maintained results it made under the new style rural
area building programme and is building model residential areas and
gardens.
In the 2020-2025 term, the commune's Party Committee aims for a decent and
sustainable economic growth. It will work to accelerate economic restructuring
and labor restructuring, while improving the quality, efficiency and the
competitiveness of the local economy. In order to fulfill this task, the
commune Party Committee is focusing on leading and directing the review and
supplementation of socio-economic development plans in association with the new
style rural development programme. The committee will also direct the
evaluation of the effectiveness of economic models, and put forward investment
policies to expand and develop quality and effective models; creating favorable
conditions to attract investment...
Regarding agriculture and forestry, the commune will focus on
industrialisation and modernisation of agricultural production, and on
developing livestock in the direction of semi-industrial model.
In the economic development roadmap for the period of 2020-2025, the commune's
Party organisation has outlined many breakthrough solutions in economic
development, creating motivation to complete the tasks and successfully achieve
economic development goals, including a 10-percent economic growth rate, per
capita income of 62 million VND a year, and a poverty rate of under five
percent./.
In recent years, Thung Nai commune on has undergone significant changes in its appearance, landscape, and lives of local residents. Road 435 from Hoa Binh City to Tan Lac district’s Suoi Hoa commune, passing through the Thung Nai commune, has helped attract many tourists to the area.
A seminar on promoting the startup movement among high school students has been held recently by the provincial Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at Tan Lac High School in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province.
In the morning of April 24th, at Uncle Ho’s Monument on Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Project, Vietnam Youth Federation coordinated with Hoa Binh Youth Federation to organize the journey "I love my Fatherland” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
From the fact that the market takes place only every Tuesday, Bo market in Van Son commune (Tan Lac) officially takes place every Sunday from March 24. Thereby, the aim is to turn the market into a place promoting the cultural identity of Muong people in Hoa Binh and the consumption of goods and products of the neighboring communes, meeting the needs of tourists for the local products when travelling to Van Son at weekends.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on Population and Development.
