(HBO) – Dam Rung hamlet in Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh province, has a total area of 115ha, and 265 households with more than 1,130 people.
About 50 households living along road 12B are living on services and handicrafts. Meanwhile, the remainders practise agriculture.
Residents in Dam Rung hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, grow fruit trees.
Due to unfavourable terrace conditions, a number of households have shifted from rice cultivation to growing corn, sweet potato and peanut, and husbandry during the 2009-2010 period.
The farming models, sometimes, have brought about high economic values. However, after local residents expanded the farming area, they have met difficulties in consumption that depends on street vendors and local markets.
Without clear orientations, Dam Rang has yet to create economic momentum. Its annual per capita income stands at only 24 million VND, with 31 poor households and 56 others near poor.
Local authorities said the security and order situation in Dam Rung has affected the building of families and residential areas of culture, as well as rural area building.
Bui Van Thuong, head of the hamlet, said Dam Rung will encourage local residents to develop economic models, helping to raise their income.
He suggested Kim Boi district invest more in transport and irrigation systems in Dam Rung, and support local farmers in agricultural consumption and processing, towards sustainable poverty reduction, contributing the province’s socio-economic development./.
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.
