Over the past years, people-to-people diplomacy has been carried out in tandem with Party and State diplomacy, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the friendship between people of Hoa Binh province and foreign countries. The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations has significantly contributed to raising the quality of people-to-people diplomacy in the new situation.
Leaders of departments and agencies
extend congratulations to Laos on its 48th anniversary (December 2, 1975-2023)
at the Hoa Binh Technical and Economic College.
Statistics show that nearly 2,730 residents of
Hoa Binh are living, working and studying in Thailand, Laos, China, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China) and some European countries.
Hoa Binh has made efforts to put in place
documents on overseas Vietnamese affairs in the new situation, and promote its
land and culture, as well as its development policies, helping enhance its
position and reputation in the eyes of international friends.
Photo: Non-governmental programmes and projects
have contributed to local socio-economic development. In photo: A library
invested by the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organisation at the Thai
Thinh semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities in Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh
city.
The province has paid attention to directing the
implementation of relevant directives and resolutions issued by the Party
Central Committee, the provincial Party Committee, and the provincial People's
Committee on people-to-people diplomacy, and stepped up the communications work
through different means.
The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations
convened its second congress for the 2022-2027 tenure on December 27, 2022. It
now comprises the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association, the Vietnam-Thailand
Friendship Association and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association, with a
total of more than 300 members. It is working for the formation of the
Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) association and others.
Last year, the provincial People's Committee
admitted 14 foreign non-governmental programmes and projects with commitments
worth up to over 3 million USD. To date, 43 programmes, projects and
non-project aid programmes have been implemented in Hoa Binh with over 32.9
million USD from 16 non-governmental organisations, agencies and donors.
To complete people-to-people diplomacy tasks set
for 2024, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong,
who is also President of the union, asked departments, agencies, units and
localities to raise awareness of the work, set out specific programmes and
plans for events and activities, reform their operations, and consolidate and
expand the networks of international friends and partners.
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.
