(HBO) - Within the framework of the Equitable Alliances for Livelihoods (EQUAL) of Ethnic Minorities, the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hoa Binh province, in collaboration with the Action on Poverty (AOP) organisation, held a workshop discussing measures to boost economic development in Hoa Binh Lake region in combination with community-based tourism and aquaculture. Representatives from provincial departments, sectors, districts, Hoa Binh city and several relevant communes attended the event.
An overview of the workshop.
Eleven reports were delivered at the
workshop, with discussions focusing on development planning of the Hoa Binh
Lake national tourist site and development orientations, Hoa Binh lake aquaculture
development planning, management of water drainage and its impact on
aquaculture and tourism, management of resources of Hoa Binh lake, and
experience of Da Bac and Tan Lac districts and several communes.
Speeches highlighted the important role and
potential of the lake, particularly in tourism and aquaculture development.
Over the past times, tourism in general and community-based tourism in
particular in the Hoa Binh lake region has developed strongly. Several
community-based tourism hamlets such as Da Bia and Ke in Da Bac district and
Ngoi in Tan Lac district have gradually become famous in the tourism map. Aquaculture
on the lake has expanded, with more than 4,200 fish cages.
The workshop also discussed difficulties
and challenges in the exploitation and development of Hoa Binh lake’s resources
such as the development of tourism and aquaculture failing to meet potential,
and the lack of several criteria to turn it into a national tourism site, and
those related to environmental protection, infrastructure and cultural
identities of ethnic minority groups and livelihoods of locals.
Participants proposed several solutions,
mechanisms and policies to increase the efficiency of cooperation in the
exploitation and development of resources: investment and development of
infrastructure connecting roads and waterways, opening of new tours, supporting
the building of community-based tourism models, the establishment of linkage
chains of farm produce production and consumption, and strengthening the
promotion of tourism and local specialties./.
Appreciating the abundant potential and strengths of his hometown for tourism development, Ha Cong Hung, Deputy Secretary of the youth union of Mai Chau district’s Mai Hich commune, embarked on producing smoked meat with a desire to introduce his homeland's specialty to domestic and international tourists.
Hoa Binh farmers are investing big in their chilli pepper cultivation areas after the first batch of 7.5 tonnes of pickled chilli peppers was shipped to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Tien Ngan Trade and Investment Co., Ltd last month.
Recognising the role and importance of developing the collective economy, the northern province of Hoa Binh has promptly issued support policies to propel the development of the economy, making important contributions to local socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
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.