(HBO) – A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) led by Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh has visited the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to assess local citrus cultivation. Doanh and his entourage were welcomed by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung and representatives of local departments and agencies.
At the working session, Dung reported that
as of November 2018, the province has 9,839ha of citrus, of which about 5,174ha
are ready for harvest, yielding about 23,900kg per ha.
Orange trees are planted in Cao Phong, Lac
Thuy, Kim Boi and Lac Son districts, while pomelo trees are cultivated in Yen
Thuy, Luong Son and Tan Lac districts.
With high quality, some of local citrus
varieties are eligible for export. However, they have been delivered to
Hanoi and adjacent
provinces only. Given this, the provincial People’s Committee has instructed
the building of a factory specialised in citrus processing and preservation in
Cao Phong district, with an annual capacity of 20,000-22,000 tonnes. Besides,
the province will continue with mechanisms and policies to promote citrus
production towards high added value and sustainable development.
Deputy Minister Doanh acknowledged citrus
development in Hoa Binh, with high economic values and good quality, and asked
the locality to intensify the management work in order to raise values and
sustainable development of citrus, focusing on newly-cultivated areas.
He tasked the province with managing the
quality of citrus varieties and planning, applying science-technology in
production, seeking markets for products and promoting their brand names.
The delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development visits an orange farm using drip irrigation technology in Tay
Phong commune, Cao Phong district
While in Hoa Binh, the MARD delegation
visited orange farms under the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project
financed by the World Bank in Cao Phong district. The project was approved by
the ministry with total funding of over 538.2 trillion VND.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee held its monthly conference in virtual form on April 2 to review draft documents to be submitted to the standing board of the provincial Party Committee and others under its management along with some other important issues. Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh chaired the event, which was connected with the people's committees of districts and cities in Hoa Binh.
Smokeless 'Hoang Cam' kitchen was a small yet extremely significant initiative of a soldier chef named Hoang Cam in the Hoa Binh campaign in 1951 – 1952. This legendary stove, later named after him, accompanied the nation in the 1954 Dien Bien Phu Campaign, and during the resistance war against the US.
The 15th meeting of Hoa Binh province’s 17th-tenure Party organisation was held on March 26. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council Bui Duc Hinh, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh co-chaired the event.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, chaired a meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board on March 21 to review the leadership over the implementation of tasks in the first quarter, identify focal tasks and solutions for the second quarter, and discuss some important draft reports.
Over the years, the Party Organisation of Doc Lap commune in Hoa Binh city has shown strong performance in leading the implementation of many measures to boost production, enhancing the living conditions of locals and promoting the locality’s internal strengths as well as potential and advantages.
Bui Van Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, on February 28 presided over a monthly meeting of the provincial People’s Committee to assess the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in the first quarter of 2024.