(HBO) – Hoa Binh has adopted various policies over recent years to develop products which the province has competitive edges of, in response to a national agricultural restructuring project which seeks to increase added value for the agriculture and foster sustainable development and new-style rural building.
The province
has formulated and amended nine agricultural restructuring plans and issued 25
others for the development of specific sectors, sub-sectors and products in a
bid to foster the comprehesive growth of the agriculture, expand added-value
and respond to climate change.
Villagers in Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy
district shift to safe orange farming in response to agriculture restructuring policy.
Particularly,
the province has given priority to the cultivation of citrus fruits, clean vegetables and sugarcanes. It is now home to 10,500 hectares of citrus
fruits, including over 6,600 hectares as commercial farming which can generate
up to 120,000 tonnes.
A total of 14
farms in the province, with a combined of about 271 hectares, have met food safety standards and been qualified
for organic and VietGAP production.
Between 2017
and 2019, over 7,000 hectares of low-yielding rice and crops have been
transformed into the land for the cultivation of other crops with higher productivity.
There is an
increasing number of large-scale livestock farms raising high-yielding amimals
which use advanced farming techniques and disaster-free practice.
The province
has focused on intensive farming of cattle, pig, poultry and goat. By the end of this year’s first
quarter, the province has had 129 farms, including 41 for pig farming, 71 for
poultry, 14 for goat, and three for cow.
The province
has expanded areas of hardwood and indigenous trees as part of its plan to restructure forestry
sector while shifting to thefarming of high-value fishery varieties./.
Over recent times, the implementation of the single-window mechanism for administrative procedure settlement in electronic environments at various units and localities has seen positive changes.
In Pa Co commune of Mai Chau district, apart from 82ha of 'shan tuyet' teas grown several decades ago, there are also ancient plants aged more than 100 years, mostly in Pa Hang Lon and Pa Co hamlets. The local tea with its distinctive flavour has become a consumer preference. Besides, the ancient plants are also favourite check-in places of tourists at present.
A working team from the Hoa Binh Party Committee led by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, inspected the preservation and promotion of the cultural values of the Muong culture and the making of planning for a reservation space for the Muong culture in Phong Phu commune of Tan Lac district on March 6.
Kim Boi district has been paying much attention to promoting role models in patriotic emulation movements.Developing role models helps identify outstanding individuals and organisations – exemplars of patriotic emulation.
The provincial People’s Committee has worked to accelerate the construction of the Hoa Binh – Hanoi highway and the Hoa Binh – Moc Chau section of the Son La highway, which received in-principle approval from the provincial People’s Council in 2021.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province, in collaboration with Military Region 3, held a ceremony in Yen Mong commune, Hoa Binh city, on February 19 to launch a tree planting festival on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, and in response to the Government’s programme of planting 1 billion trees for a green Vietnam.