(HBO)- Highland fairs in commune at the end of the year are exciting and busy. This is the center of the 5 highland communes of Tan Lac district, so every market people from different parts of the communes are always taking part. Rearranging the goods for the market, Ms. Bui Thi Nga living in Bac Son commune happily says: "In the past, there were all dirty land roads in these communes. It was very difficult hard to travel. Now there are asphalted roads and people travel to work by motorbike, they do not have to walk any more. People go straight to the market or upland field. Thanks to the roads, many families in my commune have escaped from poverty due to selling goods they have made.
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Thanks to the convenient transportation, people in Nam Son commune (Tan
Lac) bring tangerines favored by customers to Lung Van market to sell.
Back to the road to the upland communes such as Quyet
Chien, Ngo Luong, Lung Van, Nam Son and Bac Son, people’s lives are prospering.
Starting from the key crop of maize to reduce poverty, the people boldly
restructured plants bringing some high-value plant varieties into production,
typically chayote trees, sweet tangerines and purple garlic ones. Ms. Dinh Thi
Quyet, the chairwoman of the Quyet Chien Safe Vegetables Cooperative says that
the convenient roads have made it much easier for the people to consume
vegetables. A lot of the households have expanded the area of growing chayote
and other vegetables. Now every day, there are three to four trucks carrying
vegetables there to Hanoi and other provinces to consume.
In the
past year, the State has upgraded and repaired narrow parody road sections,
which are out of sight. As a result of this, the roads to the upland communes
of Tan Lac district is smooth and have limited the danger. Thanks to the
strengthening intensive farming methods and safe VietGAP production procedures,
the planting area of chayote in Quyet Chien commune has formed a sustainable
agricultural value chain. Tan Lac chayote products are now consumed in big
markets, reaching a chain of restaurants and supermarkets of agricultural
products and foodstuffs in Hanoi and some other provinces and cities
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
