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5.3. Trade and service

In 2022, Hoa Binh province deployed many flexible solutions to both
effectively control the Covid-19 pandemic in the first months of the year
while developing the economy, ensuring goods supply and demand,
stabilizing the market, and meeting production needs. consumption by the
people. Commercial and service activities recovered and developed
positively in all industries and became more vibrant in the last months of
the year.

Total retail sales of goods and services in 2022 reached 16,457.5
billion VND, up 21.59% over the previous year; in which: Retail goods
reached 10,408.4 billion VND, up 17.18%; accommodation and food
services reached 2,548 billion VND, up 42.89%; other services reached
3,501 billion VND, up 22.03%.
Commercial and service infrastructure is enhanced; types of wholesale
and retail trade such as supermarkets, convenience stores with modern sales
forms are increasingly developed, goods prices are stable, quality is
guaranteed. By 2022, there were 7 supermarkets in the province; 95
residential markets (in which, 1 market of type 1, 10 markets of 10 type 2
and 84 markets of type 3); 1,102 enterprises and nearly 30,000 individual
establishments were operating in the fields of trade and services.

The network of tourist service businesses and the system of technical
facilities in the tourism industry has gradually developed to meet the needs
of tourists. In 2022, the number of visitors served by accommodation
establishments reached 1,789.1 thousand visitors, nearly 2 times higher than
the previous year. Tourists were mainly domestic tourists.

6. Some social problems
6.1. Population, labor and employment

The average population of the province in 2022 reached 875,379
people, an increase of 3,655 people, equivalent to an increase of 0.42%
compared to 2021, including the urban population was 222,629 persons,
accounting for 25.43%; rural population was 652,750 persons, accounting
for 74.57%; male population was 440,697 persons, accounting for 50.34%;
female population was 434,682 persons, accounting for 49.66% average
population in 2022.

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