(HBO) – Over the past years, all-level Party Committees and authorities of Lac Thuy district have viewed ensuring food security as a task of special significance.
Farmers in Residential Area No. 5, Chi Ne township, Lac Thuy district, utilise mechanisation in rice harvesting.
Residential Area No. 5 has 25 hectares of farming land with 85 farming households that have actively restructured plant cultivation, using high-yield and high-quality rice varieties.
Under a scheme on agricultural restructuring for 2021-2025, Lac Thuy’s total farming land is maintained at 9,300 hectares and cultivation accounts for 51.3% of the local agro-forestry-fishery sector.
The district has also promoted the organic vegetable farming model, under which farmers, cooperatives, production groups and businesses are connected with each other, with a total area of 155 hectares, covering Chi Ne and Ba Hang Doi townships, and Dong Tam, Phu Nghia and Thong Nhat communes. Meanwhile, the area of fruit trees stands at over 1,490 hectares.
The locality has successfully rolled out the production and consumption model of Bac Huong 9 – a high-quality variety – with an area of 100 hectares in Thong Nhat, Khoan Du and Phu Thanh communes, raising the area of high-quality rice varieties to 750 hectares, making up 23% of the combined rice area in the district.
Lac Thuy orange, chicken, custard-apple, goat and tea are now major brands of the district.
Hoang Thi Thu Hang, Vice Chairwoman of the district People’s Committee, said Lac Thuy has implemented a plan on ensuring food security towards green agriculture, climate change adaptation, sustainable development and environmental protection.
Lac Thuy will adjust and supplement the land use planning scheme to better serve the agro-forestry-fishery sector in line with regulations, and attract investors in agriculture and rural development, she said./.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and other officials of the province and Lac Son district on April 25 visited and presented gifts to local soldiers and pioneering youths who directly engaged in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
A delegation from the Fund for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces Phan Trong Binh Social Work Fund on April 22 had a working session with leaders of Hoa Binh province.
The Hoa Binh Food Safety Sub-Department – the standing agency of the provincial Steering Committee for Food Safety on April 15 launched the action month for food safety in the province in 2024.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 13 held a working session with key leaders of Hoa Binh province on its implementation of the Government Office’s Notice No. 95.
In recent years, Mai Ha commune in Mai Chau district has been making efforts to restructure its crops and livestock to improve production efficiency, enhance the quality of life, and increase income for local residents. Notably, the cultivation of watermelon in line with Vietnamese Goods Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) standards has helped local people escape poverty.
Hoa Binh province scored 43.5493 points in the 2023 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), ranking 20th out of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, up 23 places compared to the 2022 list. The results show people's satisfaction with the effectiveness of implementing State policies and laws, local governance, and providing public services by authorities at all levels in the province.
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