(HBO) – Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh chaired a meeting in Pa Co commune on February 1 to review the performance of the steering board for the provincial Party Committee Standing Board’s Plan 03 on improving the political system, socio-economic development and defence-security ensuring in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district.
In 2017, the political systems of Hang Kia and Pa Co
continued to be reinforced. The administrations’ leadership, along with the
performance of the communal committees of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and
other organisations, was enhanced. Local authorities paid attention to boosting
economic development, building infrastructure, stepping up education
universalisation, and ensuring primary health care.
Cultural, sports and tourism activities were
also maintained, especially the successful organisation of the first "Gau tao”
Festival, thus helping to keep cultural identities and improve local people’s
spiritual lives. Hang Kia and Pa Co strengthened defence, security and social
order while successfully curbing drug crime.
Officials at the meeting agreed on some focal
tasks for the steering board in 2018.
Addressing the event, Secretary Bui Van Tinh
underlined key tasks in the time ahead, including increasing training to better
the staff quality of the communes’ administrations and improving personnel
work. The Party organisations of Hang Kia and Pa Co need to instruct local residents
to keep solidarity to prevent sabotage plots of hostile forces. They have also
make use of the role of village patriarchs and prestigious persons to enhance
local solidarity.
He asked the provincial People’s Committee to
ensure capital for road construction so that Cun Pheo – Hang Kia – Pa Co –
National Highway 6 road and the road linking Van Ho district of Son La province
with Pa Khom village will see traffic soon.
He assigned the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism to make a tourism development plan for the two
communes and have mechanisms to support community-based tourism. Meanwhile, the
agriculture and rural development sector has to assist farmers to select the
plant varieties and animal breeds that suit local climate conditions and have
high productivity and economic value so as to hasten the change of farming
structure.
The official also urged stronger communications
and measures to eradicate early and consanguineous marriage. He told Hang Kia
and Pa Co to further coordinate with neighbouring communes of Van Ho district,
Son La province, to bolster socio-economic development and ensure
defence-security. They also need to maintain the "Gau tao” Festival to keep
traditional cultural identities.
On this occasion, the Secretary presented 20
gift packages to martyrs’ families and households with disadvantages.
Secretary
of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh speaks at the meeting.
Secretary
of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh presents gifts to martyrs’ families
and households with disadvantages in Pa Co and Hang Kia communes
Over recent years, the Farmers' Union of Mai Chau district has implemented numerous specific programmes and activities to support its members in developing products under the One Commune One (OCOP) programme. These efforts have contributed to enhancing local agricultural branding, increasing goods value, and improving incomes and living standards for residents.
Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
Hoa Binh allocated over 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.18 billion USD) to develop infrastructure systems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2019 - 2024. Priority was given to transport and irrigation infrastructure; markets; schools; medical stations; communal houses; and power grid, telecommunication, radio, and television systems.
The Hoa Binh provincial organising committee for anniversary activities on December 17 held a ceremony to unveil a ceramic mural on the local military-civilian ties and release a book on the Party and political work of the provincial armed forces during 1947 – 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
As a mountainous district still facing numerous challenges, Da Bac has made notable progress in advancing administrative reforms across various areas. The district has prioritised reorganising and streamlining its administrative apparatus, operating "one-stop-shop” units, and applying information technology (IT) in the handling of administrative procedures. Efforts have also been directed toward upgrading infrastructure and equipment to enhance service quality for residents and businesses.