Authorities of Hoa Binh province have activated 77,000 origin traceability stamps for agricultural products with information of their producers being updated on the province’s portal for traceability and supply-demand connection at hb.check.net.vn.
Officials of the Provincial Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Quality Management Department supported and activated origin traceability stamps for Kim Boi Green Agricultural Cooperative.
In the first six months of this year, to implement the province’s agricultural product promotion program, Hoa Binh province promoted 77 enterprises and cooperatives with 360 products on the portal.
Local agencies also connected 18 enterprises and cooperatives to take part in trade promotion programmes for local agricultural products.
The agencies also selected establishments to provide support that helps them to meet requirements of VietGAP, GlobalGAP, organic production certificates, ISO and the hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) - a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe and designs measures to reduce these risks to a safe level.
With funding from the National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, localities in of Hoa Binh province have invested in essential infrastructure which helps improve local people's lives.
Hoa Binh city has allocated 654 million VND (nearly 26.200 USD) for supporting the protection and sustainable development of 507ha of natural forest to carry out Project 3 on sustainably developing agricultural and forestry production to tap into the potential and advantages of regions to produce goods in value chains.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival nearly a month away, various kinds of mooncakes from popular brands like Kinh Do, Huu Nghi, and Hai Ha have been put on sale at the local shopping malls and business establishments.
In addition to livestock farming, cultivation, and agricultural production, Dao ethnic minority people in Ba Ra hamlet in Hung Son commune of Kim Boi district have also engaged in forestry-based livelihoods, especially bamboo shoot planting.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for State Budget Collection on August 15 held a conference to assess the results of state budget revenue between January and July. The conference was chaired by vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the Steering Committee Quach Tat Liem.
On August 16th, the Community Development Project in Hoa Binh City, under the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organization, provided 1,300 soapberry seedlings to the Lemongrass Farming Group in Dong Chua Hamlet, Thong Nhat Ward, Hoa Binh City.