Điện Biên Phủ Online

Momentum from industrial promotion

ĐBP - Industrial promotion capital supporting enterprises and cooperatives in the province serves as a driving force for these business units to boldly invest in applying advanced machinery and technology into their production processes. Through the industrial promotion program, Điện Biên province’s enterprises and rural industrial establishments have enhanced their production capacity, labor productivity, and product quality, increasing their competitiveness in the market, especially for small and micro-scale businesses.

Challenges in building new-style rural areas

ĐBP - The arrangement of commune-level administrative units within the province has created new space and momentum for local development; however, the National Target Program on New-Style Rural Area construction has also brought about difficulties and challenges, demanding determination and effort from all levels of government.

Quài Tở restructures agriculture

ĐBP - In an effort to enhance production value and create sustainable livelihoods for the people, Quài Tở commune is promoting agricultural restructuring towards commodity production, application of science and technology, and promotion of local advantages. Specialized cultivation zones are being formed, and effective economic models are spreading, opening a new direction for local agriculture.

Developing livestock farming adapted to climate change

ĐBP - Prolonged heatwaves, unusual severe cold spells, extreme floods, and unpredictable epidemics... are the reasons why traditional livestock farming models face high risks. In response to this situation, residents have been shifting to climate-adaptive farming methods, considering this a vital direction to ensure livelihoods and build a safe, sustainable agriculture.

Small nurseries - big benefits

ĐBP - In recent years, Quài Tở commune, Điện Biên province has undergone strong changes in its crop structure, shifting from inefficient corn and cassava to long-term industrial crops. One of the important factors contributing to this renewal is the change in people’s awareness of economic development.

Điện Biên multiplies planting area codes

- BUSINESS 17/11/2025 17:46

ĐBP - Faced with increasingly strict traceability and quality standard requirements, establishing and managing planting area codes is becoming a key factor for Điện Biên province’s agricultural products to increase their value and expand their markets. This is also a shift in production mindset, moving towards a green, sustainable agriculture, from “producing what we have” to “producing what the market needs.”
Promoting agricultural mechanization in Điện Biên

- BUSINESS 17/11/2025 06:08

ĐBP - In recent years, Điện Biên farmers have actively applied mechanization from land preparation and sowing to harvesting, preservation, and processing, helping to reduce labor and improve production efficiency. Mechanization has changed traditional farming practices and opened up a path for sustainable, commodity-based agricultural development, in line with the province’s agricultural restructuring requirements.
Điện Biên’s trade and services boom fueled by local mergers and urbanization

- BUSINESS 14/11/2025 10:10

ĐBP - After a series of administrative mergers, the area and population of many communes and wards in Điện Biên province have significantly expanded, creating new space and momentum for local growth. Urbanization tied to commerce and services has emerged as a promising direction, especially in central areas with advantages in location and infrastructure. Across many communes, service trade is taking off following the “boost” of the merger process.
Điện Biên further develops renewable energy

- BUSINESS 13/11/2025 14:48

ĐBP - According to an assessment by the Vietnam Energy Institute, Điện Biên province has the potential to develop wind power with a total capacity of 2,500 - 3,000MW. To date, the total capacity proposed by investors is about 1,400MW.
Giving a name to Tủa Chùa Shan tuyết tea

- BUSINESS 13/11/2025 10:02

ĐBP - At an altitude of over 1,400m, the ancient Tủa Chùa Shan tuyết tea trees quietly stretch in the wind. From the young buds covered in white fluff on the gnarled branches attached to the ancient trunks, the Hmong people of the Tủa Chùa highlands create a rich, pure tea aroma. Now, this specialty, preserved for generations, has been given the geographical indication “Tủa Chùa,” affirming the unique position of a characteristic tea brand of the Northwestern region.
Điện Biên makes efforts in conserving and restoring indigenous plant varieties

- BUSINESS 12/11/2025 06:18

ĐBP - Điện Biên province has diverse natural conditions with many microclimates, creating a rich source of plant genetics. Varieties like Mường Phăng nếp tan rice, Na Son red peanuts, and Tìa Dình winter melon have become specialties.
Promoting production recovery in areas affected by natural disasters and epidemics

- BUSINESS 11/11/2025 15:15

ĐBP - In recent years, agricultural production in Điện Biên province has been continuously affected by natural disasters and animal diseases, causing heavy losses. While most agricultural activities are carried out by households and small cooperatives with limited capacity to cope and recover, existing support policies have not met practical needs, with low support levels and narrow coverage.
Cornerstone of new-style rural area building movement

- BUSINESS 11/11/2025 10:39

ĐBP - After the administrative unit rearrangement, the non-organization of the district level has set new requirements for the commune level in leadership and management. The commune party committee has become the leadership nucleus for all socio-economic development activities at the grassroots. In building new-style rural areas, the role of the party committee is especially important because this task is linked to developing infrastructure, improving the quality of life, and creating a new face for rural areas.
Transforming lives with “white gold”

- BUSINESS 11/11/2025 06:12

ĐBP - In the journey of socio-economic development in Điện Biên, rubber trees are often referred to as “white gold” in the effort to eradicate poverty and create sustainable livelihoods for local communities.
Fostering information dissemination on forest fire prevention and fighting

- BUSINESS 10/11/2025 23:18

ĐBP - With prolonged dry weather, the potential risk of forest fires is high. Localities and relevant units in Điện Biên province have stepped up communication, raising people’s awareness of forest fire prevention and fighting. Many creative models, suitable for practical conditions, have been applied, helping people better understand their roles and responsibilities in managing, protecting, and developing forests.
Pú Nhung develops fruit trees

- BUSINESS 10/11/2025 06:14

ĐBP - In recent years, in Pú Nhung commune, Điện Biên province, fruit trees are gradually becoming a crop for poverty reduction, promoting economic development.
Bustling coffee harvest season in Quài Tở

- BUSINESS 09/11/2025 15:23

ĐBP - These days, the coffee gardens throughout Quài Tở commune, Điện Biên province are bustling with laughter and the rush of the harvest season. Joy spreads as the coffee cherries are ripe, red, and plump, and purchase prices are high.
Điện Biên further improves efficiency of collective economy

- BUSINESS 09/11/2025 14:32

ĐBP - The collective economy, with cooperatives as its core, is increasingly affirming its important role in socio-economic development. By using flexible and creative methods, cooperatives on provincial lands are helping people link up in production, create jobs, increase income, and contribute to economic restructuring, new rural development, and promoting digital transformation in the highlands.
Putting agricultural products on the e-commerce platform

- BUSINESS 08/11/2025 22:18

ĐBP - Digital transformation is spreading strongly to all areas of life, and putting local agricultural products on e-commerce (e-commerce) platforms has become an inevitable direction to expand markets and enhance product value. The Điện Biên provincial Post Office has pioneered the application of digital technology to promote and sell agricultural products.
Clean agriculture in Điện Biên

- BUSINESS 08/11/2025 20:07

ĐBP - In today’s context, consumers are paying greater attention to food quality, food safety and clean agricultural products. In Điện Biên province, agricultural production is shifting towards VietGAP and organic standards to produce clean, safe crops. Many cooperatives and household farms have joined supply chains for safe food, opening up sustainable agricultural development linked with eco-tourism.