(HBO) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, head of the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programmes in the 2021-2025 period, on August 28 chaired the fourth meeting between the committee and localities. joining the online meeting from Hoa Binh were Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Cong Su, and leaders of departments, sectors, agencies as well as localities of Hoa Binh and members of the provincial Steering Committee for the programmes.
Hoa Binh’s delegates at the meeting.
The PM has approved over 102 trillion VND (4.22 billion USD) from the mid-term
public investment plan sourced from the central budget in the 2021-2025 period
for the implementation of the national target programmes on new-style rural
area building, socio-economic development in mountainous and ethnic
minority-inhabited areas, and sustainable poverty reduction.
Between 2021 and 2023, more than 83 trillion VND sourced from the State budget
has been allocated to ministries, centrally-run agencies and localities to put
the programmes in place. More than 16 trillion VND had been disbursed so far this year, fulfilling
47.81% of the yearly plan.
Participants pointed to difficulties and obstacles in the disbursement of
capital for the programmes, and proposed solutions. They suggested that
ministries, sectors and central agencies give early notice on the tentative
capital plan for the 2024-2025 period, while rolling out suitable mechanisms
for localities that are unable to prepare resources for the implementation of
the programmes, especially mountainous and difficult localities.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy PM Quang urged ministries, agencies and
localities to promote the role of the Party Committees and administrations at
all levels in directing, managing, inspecting and speeding up the
implementation of the programmes. They were requested to roll out communications measures to popularise the Party
and State’s policies and laws regarding the management and implementation of
the programmes.
At the same time, it is necessary to continue reviewing and completing
institutions and policies, ensuring the balance of resources from the State
budget, while strengthening the combination of capital from programmes and
projects with the same purposes, avoiding overlapping, the Deputy PM
underlined.
He also asked localities to actively build their own plans and complete their
tasks in allocating annual capital for the programmes right after receiving
capital estimates and plans from authorised agencies.
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.