(HBO) – As many as 11 businesses and cooperatives from the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh have attended a trade promotion conference in Hanoi which aimed to connect supply and demand between the capital city and other cities and provinces.
The annual
event was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Hanoi People’s
Committee.

Hoa Binh sets up a booth to promote its products at the event.
These
businesses and cooperatives brought to the event various signature products,
such as Tan Lac red-flesh pomelo, solanum procumbens, sacha inchi, Cao Phong
orange, Luong Son organic vegetables, Kim Boi bamboo shoots, Da River fish. Hoa
Binh also inked five memoranda of understanding to set up distribution channels
between firms from the province and Hanoi.
Hanoi is the
hub for consumption and trade of Vietnamese products where companies meet and
bring the products to other parts of the country. Over years, the capital city
has implemented many cooperation programme and organised trade promotion events
with other cities and provinces, including Hoa Binh. Such effort has created
many opportunities for economic partnership to expand, develop production, take
advantage of provincial potential and strengthen distribution channels./.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.