(HBO) – Hoa Binh province and Houaphanh province of Laos on February 5 signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a joint project to build the Huameuang District High School in Houaphanh.
The MoU was signed in Laos by Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s
Committee Nguyen Van Quang and Governor of Houaphanh Van Xay Pheng Xum Ma in
the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart
Thongloun Sisoulith.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s
Committee Nguyen Van Quang and Governor of Houaphanh Van Xay Pheng Xum Ma
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the Huameuang District High School
in Houaphanh.
The project is implemented on the basis of the agreement between
the Governments of Vietnam and Laos on regulations on finance and management of
projects funded by Vietnam’s non-refundable aid.
Under the MoU, the school will have two 2-storey buildings with
eight classrooms each, with total floor area of 1,350 sq.m. Each classroom will
be able to accommodate about 30-35 students. By 2020, the school will be able
to accommodate 1,000 students at middle and high school-level education.
The school will also include a multi-purpose building, an administrative
building, a library, a dormitory and other facilities serving teaching and
learning activities.
The Lao side is responsible for allocating land for the project
and paying compensation for land clearance; ensuring security at the project
area; and providing information needed for the project.
Meanwhile, the Vietnamese side will select contractors that
provide consultancy, construction and purchasing services in accordance with
laws. It is tasked to direct the consultancy service provider to produce a
design for the school and arrange capital disbursement.
The Departments of Planning and Investment of Hoa Binh and
Houaphanh will work as project coordinators on the behalf of the two provinces’
administrations while the Management Board of ODA Projects of Hoa Binh will be
in charge of carrying out specific tasks of the project.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.