(HBO) – Kim Boi district is home to four main ethnic groups of Muong, Kinh, Dao, and Tay, with the Muong accounting for over 80 percent of the local population. To improve their access to health care, education, information, and clean water, and to narrow the development gap among the localities, the district has for years capitalised on resources for ensuring their social welfare.
Photo: An organic vegetable model by women in Nuong Dam
commune’s Lam Trong hamlet contributes to raising their incomes and boosting
local socio-economic development.
Bui Quang Hop, deputy head of the Kim Boi Ethnic Minority
Office, said over the past two years, complicated developments of the COVID-19
pandemic had affected the life and economic growth of the ethnic groups.
In fact, in the past three years, not much capital was
channeled into the district’s ethnic sector. Therefore, it has focused on
effectively using resources to ensure social security for the communities.
In 2021, Kim Boi distributed 3 billion VND (129,366 USD)
worth of non-refundable aid from the Irish Government among its communes of
Nuong Dam, Du Sang and Tu Son for the construction of four rural roads. It also
implemented the second phase of a project on strengthening self-reliance
capacity for local ethnic minority communities. Sponsored by the Bread for the
World, the project aimed at economic restructuring, income increase, job
creation, and new-style rural building.
Last year, the district completed 17 out of its 18 set
targets and its economy grew over 13.8 percent.The local average per capita income reached 37.3 million VND, while its
poverty rate decreased to 6.2 percent. The percentage of rural households
having access to hygienic water and electricity were 96 and 100 percent,
respectively.
This year, Kim Boi set out 17 goals, targeting an annual
average per capita income of 42 million VND and a 3.5 percent reduction in the
rate of poverty households.
Toward such goals, right from the beginning of the year,
drastic actions have been made to attract investment and support the ethnic
communities./.
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.
