(HBO) – The Hoa Binh branch of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) is one of the key banks in the province. With a widespread network of transaction points covering important localities like Hoa Binh city, and Luong Son and Cao Phong districts, BIDV Hoa Binh has contributed greatly to local socio-economic development.
Staff members of the BIDV Hoa Binh branch have stepped up credit
disbursement to support production and business activities of local
enterprises.
The branch has mobilized over 3 trillion VND
(132.1 million USD) of capital since the beginning of 2018, equivalent to 86
percent of this year’s target. Its credit provision has also grown as planned.
By the end of the first quarter, outstanding loans of BIDV Hoa Binh exceeded
3.26 trillion VND (143.6 million USD), up 0.07 percent from the end of 2017,
equal to 222.26 billion VND. Specifically, outstanding loans for businesses
exceeded 2 trillion VND (88.1 million USD) and for individual clients came to nearly
1.24 trillion VND (54.6 million USD). Meanwhile, medium- and long-term credit
was about 1.55 trillion VND (68.3 million USD), accounting for 46.1 percent of
total outstanding loans.
Aside from boosting credit growth, BIDV Hoa Binh
has also paid special attention to credit quality. Its bad debt, estimated at
32.14 billion VND (1.4 million USD), now accounts for only 0.95 percent of
total outstanding loans.
The branch’s services are assessed as relatively
good, bringing in net revenues of 3.79 billion VND (167,000 USD) in the first
quarter, including 1.21 billion VND (53,300 USD) from the guarantee service and
1.58 billion VND (69,600 USD) from payment service.
Meanwhile, activities pertaining to payment,
cash circulation, treasury and network development have also received due
attention from the branch.
BIDV Hoa Binh currently has five transaction
offices and 10 ATMs, including six machines in Hoa Binh city, three in Luong
Son district, and one in Cao Phong district.
The number of points of sale (POS) accepting
BIDV cards has been maintained at shopping centres. There are 20 such machines
in the province at present./.
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
In the first six months of 2025, Hoa Binh province’s export turnover was estimated at 1.145 billion USD, marking an 18.11% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Import turnover was estimated at $ 804 million, a 17.15% increase, which helped the province maintain a positive trade balance.
The lives of the ethnic minority farmers in Tan Lac district have gradually improved thanks to the new directions in agricultural production. This is a testament to the collective strength fostered through the professional associations and groups implemented by various levels of the district’s Farmers’ Union.
With the motto the "product quality comes first,” after nearly one year of establishment and operation, Muong village’s Clean Food Agricultural and Commercial Cooperative, located in Cau Hamlet, Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi district), has launched reputable, high-quality agricultural products to the market that are well-received by consumers. The products such as Muong village’s pork sausage, salt-cured chicken, and salt-cured pork hocks have gradually carved out a place in the market and they are on the path to obtaining the OCOP certification.
In the past, the phrase "bumper harvest, rock-bottom prices" was a familiar refrain for Vietnamese farmers engaged in fragmented, small-scale agriculture. But today, a new spirit is emerging across rural areas of Hoa Binh province - one of collaboration, organisation, and collective economic models that provide a stable foundation for production.
Maintaining growing area codes and packing facility codes in accordance with regulations is a mandatory requirement for agricultural products to be eligible for export. Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hoa Binh province has intensified technical supervision of designated farming areas and packing facilities to safeguard the "green passport" that enables its products to access international markets.
