(HBO) - Social enterprises (social enterprises) in the locality are a special group of the social organizations (in the form of non-profit organizations, businesses, households, cooperatives, production groups or private enterprises) to serve unmet needs, to create jobs and sustainable income for the easily vulnerable people, the ethnic minorities, the poor, women and so on. In our province, the Project to Support the Social Enterprises for the creative and sustainable rural development (SERD Project) has been implemented by CSIP Center in cooperation with the Provincial Farmers' Association in three districts with high rate of the poor households. They include Tan Lac, Lac son and Yen Thuy districts. The project has been making positive contributions to the socio-economic development in the province.

The chicken cooperative in Dam village, Yen
Nghiep commune (Lac Son) needs the income for the production and business to
increase income and create jobs for local laborers.
The group of people who are interested in raising
indigenous chicken in Dam village, Yen Nghiep commune (Lac Son) was established
in late 2016. The group have gathered and attracted eight members. The members
mainly support each other in terms of technical knowledge, investment capital
for the production managed by themselves.
The Cooperative Group growing red pomeloes in
Tan Huong Village One, Thanh Hoi Commune
(Tan Lac) was established in 2016 with 14 members. The main activities of the
group are to help each other to share experiences in taking care of the citrus
fruit and supporting the market price information. In the group, there are 28
direct production workers (middle aged or older) who are hired by the local
members and paid daily (150,000 VND a person a day).
Similarly, the group of people who are
interested in raising chicken in the hills in Mu hamlet, Yen Nghiep commune
(Lac Son) is led by Mr. Bui Van Thiet with 5 households. The Agriculture and
Forestry Cooperative of Bao Hieu commune (Yen Thuy), managed and oparated by
Mr. Bui Quy Hoi, has also received the intervention of the project. At this
time, in the three intervention districts (Tan Lac, Yen Thuy and Lac Son), the
project has implemented the intensive support for 16 production and business
units in the fields of agriculture, service and tourism. . These are social
enterprises operating in the form of small and medium or micro enterprises,
individual business households, cooperatives, business groups with the low
income, in the remote areas.
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.