(HBO) – Hoa Binh city’s industrial and handicraft production was estimated at 580 billion VND in February, an increase of 15.25 percent from the same period last year.
The figure includes 220.5 billion VND generated by local
manufacturers, up 12.9 percent year on year, and 254.5 billion VND by foreign
investors, up 17 percent. Household businesses contributed 105 billion VND to
the total production, up 20.6 percent.
In the first two months of 2020, the city’s industrial and
handicraft production was worth 1.738 billion VND, up 13.5 percent from a year
earlier.
After Ky Son district was merged into Hoa Binh city, the
city plans to focus on supporting business expansion to create jobs for local
people. It will prioritise developing industries it holds advantages in terms
of materials and market.
This year, the city sets to have the service sector accounting
for 48.5 percent of the local economy, followed by industry and construction
(44.2 percent), and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (7.3 percent)./.
After several unsuccessful attempts to raise pigs, buffaloes and cows, Nguyen Hong Minh who resides in Mui hamlet, Hoa Binh city’s Doc Lap commune decided to try breeding bamboo rat.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Following the successes achieved in 2023, the local agricultural and rural development sector, localities and cooperatives are gearing up for first orders of the year, as part of their efforts to boost agricultural exports.
Most workers at enterprises in the northern province of Hoa Binh have turned to work just one week after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has directed its units to build plans as well as arrange resources to ensure stable electricity for local winter-spring crop production.
On February 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province coordinated with Minh Trung Vietnam Group joint Stock Company, Hoa Binh branch in Luong Son industrial park, Luong Son district organized a ceremony to export Bat Bao lotus porridge to the Japanese.