(HBO) – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh Nguyen Van Quang on April 22 chaired a regular meeting to review and evaluate the People’s Committee’s operational performance in the first quarter of 2019, and launch tasks for the second quarter.
Nguyen Van Quang, Deputy
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s
Committee of Hoa Binh concludes the meeting.
In the first quarter, with the efforts of the whole
political system, local people and enterprises, the socio-economic situation of
the province saw positive progress, with good growth seen in a number of areas.
The province’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth
was estimated at 8.63 percent, while agro-forestry-fishery production reached
over 2.13 trillion VND, and industrial production hit 8.68 trillion VND, up
17.46 percent year on year and equivalent to 23.21 percent of the yearly
target.
Hoa Binh’s export revenue was estimated at 168.509 million
USD, up 17.43 percent over the same time last year and completing 21.33 percent
of the yearly target. The locality imported 134.57 million USD worth of goods
in the period, a rise of 23.46 percent against the same period last year,
equivalent to 21.19 percent of the goal for the whole year.
Total State budget collection of the locality was 838
billion VND, equivalent to 27 percent of the task assigned by the Government
for the year and 22 percent of the goal set in the provincial People’s
Council’s resolution.
In the first quarter, the province licensed 14
domestic-funded projects worth 1.57 trillion VND. As many as 100 new firms were
established with a combined capital of 3 trillion VND. Cultural and social
areas also saw progress, the living conditions of locals were improved, while
political security and social order and safety were ensured.
Concluding the meeting, Quang stressed that with the whole
province’s efforts, the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) of Hoa Binh in
2018 rose four positions. In order to continue the success, he underscored that
in the second quarter, departments and sectors should focus on realizing a plan
to improve PCI. Local departments and sectors should coordinate closely with
each other to fulfill the set socio-economic tasks, he asked./.
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.