(HBO) - The beginning of August was when the harvest of On Chau tangerines in Cao Phong started, opening up the harvest season of citrus fruit across the district. Local farmers said their tangerine trees produced a high yield this year and the fruit fetched higher prices against last year, at 24,000 – 25,000 VND per kg if bought right at the orchards. On Chau tangerines sell well both in and outside the province.
Customers select On Chau tangerine at a fruit store
in Cao Phong town.
In Cao Phong town, Tay Phong, Dung Phong, and Bac Phong
communes, tangerine is intercropped among different orange varieties. Its
harvest season often last for two months, with each ha of the fruit tree
earning between 500 and 600 million VND (21,582 – 25,911 USD) on average. The
tangerine is thin-skinned, succulent, and seedless. Demand for the fruit has
been on the rise in recent years.
Vendors in Cao Phong and Hoa Binh city said even when the
tangerines are yet to be fully ripen, the harvest season has ended.
Nguyen Thi Tu, a vendor in Cao Phong town’s Bop market said
despite its sour taste, the tangerine is very popular among consumers, adding
that she sold hundreds of kg of the fruit per day in retail and wholesale.
Bui Van Dan, head of the district’s office for agriculture
and rural development said the quality of On Chau tangerine has been improved
thank to the application of sci-technological advances in cultivation. The fruit’s yield, quality and price were stable in recent
years, he said. According to the official, local farmers are striving for
their citrus fruit to meet the VietGap and organic standards./.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.
Hoa Binh province has mobilised all resources to propel local agricultural products to make inroads into foreign markets, towards lifting the export turnover of key agricultural products to 137.8 million USD by 2030, accounting for 3.4% of the locality’s total export value of goods.
The locality aims to export farm produce to the US, the European Union, the UK, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
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