(HBO) – Promoting the pioneering role in the local economic development movement, members of the war veterans’ association in Hoa Binh city have actively learned and created effective economic models to bring high incomes for locals.
In 2019, the average income of each
member reached 57 million VND, while the poverty rate declined to 0.32 percent.
Officials of the city’s war veterans’ association
share experience to develop cow breeding while visiting Dan Chu agriculture
cooperative.
After the mergence with Ky Son
district, the association has a total membership of 7,738. Over the past years,
it has encouraged members from the grassroots level to develop effective
economic models. Local war veterans have made use of the geographical location
of Hoa Binh city as an economic centre of the province with convenient trade
and goods transport to boost sales of local products and expand diverse
economic sectors.
The whole city counts 252 economic
models focusing on the development of agriculture, forestry and trade services,
contributing to the creation of jobs for the local labour force. More than 1,600
members have an average income of about 4.5 million VND per person per month.
Annually, the association
cooperates with departments and trade unions to open 3-4 refresher and
technology transfer courses to attract new members, as well as organise tours
to learn experience from effective and creative economic models.
In 2019, it cooperated with the
Social Policy Bank to help 1,097 households access loans worth 23.86 billion
VND.
It also made effective use of the
145 million VND capital sourced from the Central Committee of the Vietnam War
Veterans Association to create jobs for poor members./.
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.