(HBO) - The process of extensive international economic integration has created favourable conditions for foreign businesses to invest in projects in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, helping to promote the locality’s economic growth.
Production and business
activities of the R Technical Research Co., Ltd in the Da River left-bank industrial park in Hoa Binh
city have contributed to promoting Hoa Binh province’s export value.
Since 2017, the province has attracted 17 foreign direct investment (FDI)
projects with total capital of about 275.7 million USD.
The locality is now home to 40 FDI projects with total registered capital of 580.2
million USD, of which 33 projects have been put into operation.
Foreign enterprises are mainly from the Republic of Korea, Japan, and China,
operating in the field of electronic component assembly and garment.
The attraction of official
development assistance (ODA) in Hoa Binh has
been promoted. In the last three years, the province has had 26 programmes and projects using ODA capital and preferential loans
from foreign donors.
The provinceis calling for a number of ODA projects, including a green urban development project to adapt to climate change in Ky Son ward of Hoa Binh city; a project to connect the
province’s transport networks to the national transport system.
Local authorities have also paid attention to attracting and mobilising foreign
non-governmental aid. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have so far
operated at all of the province’s districts and Hoa Binh city, mainly in areas
with disadvantaged socio-economic conditions and in the fields of rural
development, health care, education, clean water and environmental sanitation,
and in solving social problems.
Hoa Binh authorities have been implementing well commitments and
international agreements signed with organisations, agencies and foreign
localities such as World Vision, ChildFund, Habitat for Humanity International, AOP, AEA, German bank for reconstruction (KfW), KuwaitFundforArab Economic Development, KV Consulting Co., Ldt, Hanbaek Construction Co., Ltd, Luang Prabang and Huophane
provinces of Laos, TUV province of Mongolia, Jeollabuk and Ulsan city’s Ulju district of the
Republic of Korea. These help create good relations with partners.
The province
is now home to 49 programmes and projects funded by 21 NGOs, development
cooperation agencies and donors with total committed aid value of 15.8 million
USD.
The committed value of new programmes and projects in the first six months of
this year was over 2.2 million USD. There are 22 international agreements being
carried out in the province./.
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.
alternate member of the Central Party Committee, Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on March 5 had a working session with Yan Jiehe, Founder and Chairman of the China Pacific Construction Group, one of China's largest private corporations in the field of transport infrastructure. Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Bui Duc Hinh and leaders of provincial departments and sectors also attended the working session.
The electronic printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing and processing plant of Japan’s Meiko Group, located at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh city with a total investment of over 200 million USD, is expected to create thousands of jobs and make a significant contribution to the local budget.
