(HBO) - Hoa Binh is a province with a large ethnic minority population of 73%, 6 ethnic groups living together, including Muong, Kinh, Tay, Thai, Dao, Mong, of which 63% are Muong ethnic minority people. Muong. The province currently has 99 communes with extreme difficulties and 99 villages and hamlets with extreme difficulties under the Program 135, in the period of 2016-2020.

Mr. Bui Van Cuu, Vice Chairman of the
provincial People's Committee and leaders of some departments and organizations
are visiting Pa Co Shan Tea Area (Mai Chau).
From the period of 2009-2014 up to now, the
Party and State have invested thousands of billions VND in funding; at the same
time, they integrated many other mobilized funds to improve more and taken more
care of the ethnic people in the provincial minority areas. The guidelines and
policies of the Party and the State through the prestigious people in the
community and the realization has created a good effect on the local people,
strengthening the people's belief in the leadership of the Party.
Before 2015, the daily life of people living
in the Mong people Areas in the 2 communes of Hang Kia, Pa Co (Mai Chau) had
been hard because of lack of clean water at home. The Program 135 has built the
high water storage tanks, using water pipes for water to flow into each house.
Since then, the local people have not had to use the water providently and save
water, too.
Looking back on the path of implementing the
ethnic minority policies until the end of 2017, many economic indicators,
infrastructure, society, education, health, culture, target of the New Rural
Construction program have achieved important results, such as: the situation of
ethnic minorities is basically stable; political security, material and
spiritual life of the local people has been raised. The average income of the
province is 39,95 million VND / person / year, the gaps between urban areas and
rural areas, ethnic minority areas has been narrowed. 100% of the communes have
roads for cars to travel to the centers of the communes. 99.41% of communes
have access to national electricity; 99.31% of the households have access to
use electricity; the percentage of the households using hygienic water reaches
at 86%; 51% laborers have been trained; the figure of household of poor ethnic
minority people according to national standards reduced to 33%; 100% of
preschool children attended the classes at the right age; 25.24% of communes
met the national health standards; 20% of communes, wards and towns have
cultural center houses; 100% communes, wards and towns have commune cultural
post offices.
The Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation of Hoa Binh province convened a meeting on March 11 to deploy key tasks.
Lac Son district is reorganising and streamlining its organisational apparatus and the contingent of officials, civil servants and public employees in line with Resolution 18 issued by the 12th Party Central Committee.
The provincial Department of Public Security has reorganised its structure to enhance operational efficiency and meet the evolving demands of the new era. In line with the Resolution No. 25 of the Central Public Security Party Committee, the move aims to streamline personnel, standardise leadership roles, and strengthen the police force’s capacity while creating better conditions for modernising equipment.
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.