(HBO) – Building new-style agricultural cooperatives as part of value chains is significant to ensure stable sales for local farm produce.

Tan Huong in the sooner crop of grapefruits

(HBO) - Tan Huong is the key village of grapefruit growing in Thanh Hoi commune (Tan Lac). In the general context, this year, the yield and output of grapefruits are lower, the grapefruit growers expect its prices will be stable as last year and grapefruits have been identified as key crops, bringing wealth to the local people.

Farmers in Dong Lai Commune emulate to run good business

(HBO) - In recent years, thanks to the fast catching up market demand, farmers in Dong Lai Commune have actively transformed their economic structure. As a result, Dong Lai became one of the communes obtaining large areas of planting grapefruit and lemongrass in Tan Lac district. Many members of the Farmers' Union have changed their lives, creating an exciting atmosphere in the emulation movement to do good business.

Vietcombank receives permit to open representative office in the US

The Federal Reserve System of the United States has approved a dossier from the joint Stock Commercial Bank For Foreign Trade Of Vietnam (Vietcombank) asking for permits to establish its representative office in New York, according to the leaders of Vietcombank.

Measures urged to improve quality of Vietnamese coffee

As the world's leading producer of coffee, it is important to promote branding, value-added increases and global value chain participation for Vietnamese coffee, experts have suggested.

Tan Son commune in the period of harvesting vegetables linked to production and consumption

(HBO) - The fields in the villages of Tam Hoa, Bo Liem, and Bo Bau in Tan Son commune (Mai Chau) are being covered with green "cloth”.

Two economic hubs post VND480 trillion in State budget collection

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City reported a total State budget collection of over VND480 trillion (US$20.64 billion) in the January-October period, equivalent to 80% of the year's estimate.

Ky Son District launches the Program “a product in each commune”

(HBO) - Ky Son district has a variety of agricultural products with specialties in the region, which are well - known and popularly used by consumers, such as wampee fruit, honey of Dan Hoa and Dan Ha communes; vermicelli of Phu Minh commune; sweet rice, mountainous chickens, Da River fish of Hop Thinh commune; Indigenous meat pigs in Doc Lap commune.

An 8X guy started up with the model of clean food production

(HBO) – An 8X guy Bui Huy Chuong, 1984, in Minh Son village, Yen Tri commune (Yen Thuy) started to make his passion of producing clean food to provide for consumers.

Ky Son district makes use of preferential credits

(HBO) – The Vietnam Bank of Social Policies (VBSP)’s branch in Ky Son district has effectively implemented preferential credit programmes over the years. This is considered an effective tool in creating jobs and ensuring social welfare for ethnic people in the locality. People’s livelihoods have much improved thanks to preferential credits for economic development.

Vietnam attends UN debate on water, peace, security

Vietnam believes that close and effective cooperation among coastal countries is the only solution to dealing with challenges and preventing water resources conflicts, said Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh, deputy head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations.

Vietnam’s industrial production index up 10.4% in ten months

Vietnam’s index of industrial production (IIP) was estimated to have risen by 10.4% in the first ten months of 2018, much higher than the 9.6% growth level of the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Only 20% of Vietnamese firms invest in branding

Merely 20% of Vietnamese enterprises have invested in building brands with the focus on the domestic market and have yet to register their brands in foreign markets.

Vietnam’s consumer price index up 0.33% in October

The consumer price index (CPI) in October rose by a slight 0.33% against the previous month and 3.89% compared with a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Official introduces dragon fruit to Dong Bac commune

(HBO) – Everyone in Dong Bac commune knows Secretary of the local Party committee Bui Van Binh. Binh, born in 1962, is the first one who succeeded in growing dragon fruit in the commune.

Tran Van Minh - "An Excellent Vietnamese Farmer"

(HBO) - Mr. Tran Van Minh living in Diem Tong hamlet, Lien Son commune, Luong Son district has boldly developed the economy, to eradicate hunger and reduce the poverty. For 5 consecutive years, he has been recognized as an excellent farmer in producing and doing the business at National level; in October, 2018, the Association of Vietnam Farmers Association in cooperation with the Department of Propaganda and Education honored him as one of the 63 " the outstanding Vietnamese farmers" in 2018.

Luong Son district’s agricultural economy changes after five-year restructuring

HBO – Luong Son district holds much potential to develop agricultural economy and is considered a key economic district of Hoa Binh province.

Vietnam Airlines launches Da Nang-Osaka route

The first flight of the national-flag carrier Vietnam Airlines from the central city of Da Nang to Japan’s Osaka city was launched on October 28.

New-style rural area status of Hoa Binh city verified

(HBO) – The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has held a meeting to verify Hoa Binh city’s new-style rural area status. Vice Chairman of the committee Nguyen Van Dung chaired the event.

Fish cage farming has changed the lives of the lakeside residents

(HBO) - Fish cage farming in the lakeside communes of Hoa Binh Lake in Cao Phong district is becoming an effective direction for economic development, contributing to changing the local people's lives.

The billion orchids Garden of the 9X guys in the poor hamlet

(HBO) - In Tan Lac district, when it comes to the big giant orchids baskets or a large – scale orchids garden with many precious varieties, it can be unavoidable to mention the orchids garden of two brothers Nguyen Trung Hieu (26 years old) and Nguyen Xuan Hoi (23 years old) in Bai Trang 2 hamlet, Dong Lai commune.

The Muong girl "runs" the commune cooperative of Quyet Chien to produce safe vegetables

(HBO) - Established in April 2018, Quyet Chien Safe Vegetable Production Cooperative, Quyet Chien Commune (Tan Lac) is being run by Dinh Thi Quyet – a Muong girl in Bieng village, who was born in 1986.

Effective production models formed in Tan Son commune

(HBO) - Tan Son commune, located in an extremely difficult area of Mai Chau district, is flourishing in agricultural production, which helps improve income and better living standards of local residents, and contributes to the new-style rural development in the locality.

High, stable prices for safe vegetables

(HBO) - A project to link production and consumption of safe vegetables in Tan Son commune, Mai Chau district will help local vegetable growers sell their products at high and stable prices. After one month of cultivation in line with VietGAP practice, two hectares of crops are now at harvest time.

Sustainable fisheries resources protection in Da river basin

(HBO) - In the current situation of aquatic resources in Da river basin, Hoa Binh lake area faces the risk of decline, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development instructed the General Department of Fisheries to coordinate with localities to develop and implement the project of protecting and regenerating aquatic resources in Da River basin in the period of 2018-2022, to achieve the objective of sustainable development and exploitation of aquatic resources in the region.