Farmers' associations at all levels in Hoa Binh have focused on supporting farmers in developing OCOP products, introducing agricultural products on e-commerce platforms, and promoting the emulation movement to develop the collective economy and the building of new-style cooperatives. These efforts aim to support and accompany associations' members in promoting and consuming their agricultural products.
Ha Hoan safe farm produce store in Bo town (Kim Boi district) provides clean and safe products, and OCOP products meeting VietGAP standards produced by farmers in the district and neighbouring districts.
The associations have promoted production linkage and consumption connection of agricultural products and food for farmers. The provincial Farmers' Association has directed the provincial centre to support farmers to coordinate with relevant agencies to enhance activities to promote, introduce, and consume products for farmers.
Many coordination programmes have been implemented to support members in selling agricultural products and introducing farm produce on e-commerce platforms.
The association has also assisted the establishment of two safe farm produce and food stores in Tan Lac and Kim Boi districts, contributing to promoting and selling safe, VietGAP, organic, and OCOP products produced by local farmers.
As a result, 773 households in Hoa Binh had accounts on e-commerce platforms. The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism collaborated with relevant agencies and units to strengthen the introduction of OCOP products and other typical farm produce of Hoa Binh at the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival with more than 100 VietGAP, organic, and OCOP products exhibited at the event.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
