(HBO) - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province has carried out comprehensive solutions to ensuring food safety in the locality since 2016 as part of efforts to implement the Prime Minister’s Direction No.13/CT-TTg.
The
Department has recommended the provincial People’s Committee enhance the
management of the quality of agricultural materials and the safety of
agro-forestry-fishery products via issuing decision and a document No.
55/UBND-NNTN dated January 16, 2017. It has also joined hands with relevant
departments and branches to promote inter-disciplined cooperation in food
safety management in the locality.
Fish
raised in cages along the Da River in Hien Luong commune which are granted with
food safety certificate
The local agriculture sector has so far organised 48 training courses for 2,893
producers and businesspeople to raise their awareness of food safety and
quality of agricultural materials as well as updating them on knowledge and
legal regulations in the field. Ten courses and conferences to popularise
advanced production were held for 572 people.
Three panels and over 100 banners disseminating responsible use of f pesticide chemicals
were hung in Cao Phong orange growing areas and many other agro-fishery-forestry
cultivation areas. In addition, some 50,500 leaflets were delivered through
provincial women’s union, the municipal agriculture and rural development and economy
desks to disseminate how to use chemicals and antibiotics responsibly in
poultry and fish farming together with critical impacts when using unhygienic food.
Up to 1,774 businesses in the locality have committed to producing safe
products while 289 pesticide businesses have pledged to obey legal regulations.
The province has completed the list of 281 commercial names of pesticides and
198 chemical elements allowed to be used in
Vietnam, which are being consumed
in the province.
Authorities from the districts and the city’s Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development inspected and re-inspected 196 C-rated businesses, 40 of
which were small household businesses producing traditional pork pies and tofu.
They remained C rating for 140 out of 500 agricultural
equipment and input trading businesses.
After the re-inspection, they have upgraded three
businesses from C to B rating, revoked food hygiene and safety certificates
granted to three others and requested competent state agency to withdraw the business
registration certificate of another.
In addition, the province increased irregular
interdisciplinary checks to examine food origins and handle violations. Some 11
businesses have received strict penalties while three cases involving high
antibiotic residues in pork and contaminated seafood have been discovered and
investigated.
Deputy Director of the provincial Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development Vuong Dac Hung said beside these actions, the
department has played an active role in certifying and promoting safe food
products.
It has introduced 14 certified agribusinesses to join
safe food promotion events such as Safe Farm Foods Week and week-long fairs for
customers to identify safe farm products.
The province is now home to two farms that produce
safe vegetables in supply chain in Dan Chu Commune (Hoa Binh city) and Hien
Luong Commune (Da Bac district).
Some 35 food processing and trading businesses are
applying for the granting of safe food certificates./.
Bui Minh
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on Population and Development.
Hoa Binh province’s Department of Education and Training on April 16 held a conference on the materialisation of the Prime Minister’s directive on the further implementation of the project on the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030. The provincial Department of Education and Training signs cooperation agreements on cashless tuition fee collection with partners and businesses.
Creating jobs for labourers in general and young people in particular is currently a focus of the province, with vocational training linked to job creation considered one of the strategic breakthrough solutions.
A total of 30 intergenerational self-help clubs (ISHC) have been established in Hoa Binh province under the project "Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam" (VIE071) since 2021.
Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.