(HBO) - Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of Hoa Binh province’s Party Committee Bui Van Tinh had a working session with the provincial Department of Information and Communication on its implementation of political tasks in 2015 – 2017, major tasks in 2018-2020 and some other relevant matters. Attending the meeting were Nguyen Van Toan, Head of the provincial Party Committee’s Commission on Information and Education, and Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

Bui Van Tinh, Party Central Committee member
and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, addresses the working session.
In the period 2015-2017, the information and
communication sector has developed strongly. Specifically, the post and
telecommunication industry has improved quality of services, while information
safety and security was insured without network congestion, thus better serving
the direction and management work of Party Committees and administrations at
all level and meeting people’s demand.
As of 2017, the province had 216
postal service points with a network of 26 post offices with 10 secondary mail lines
and 34 third level ones. All communes, wards, towns, and agencies received newspapers
during the day. Networks using optical cable have reached all districts and
cities across the province, and the centres of 209 out of 210 communes,
accounting for 99.5 percent, while 184 out of 210 communes had broadband
internet infrastructure.
The province has 743 thousand
mobile phone subscribers, and 50 percent of the local population using the
Internet. Telecommunication revenue is about 1 trillion VND per year, with over
80 billion VND channelled to the State budget per year.
As much as 100 percent of the communes have accessed
central and local radio and television broadcasting services, while 93 percent
of households have television sets, 80 percent of households watch digital TV
in different forms, and 71 out of 210 communes have their own local system of
loudspeakers.
Regarding key tasks in the coming time, the provincial
Party Committee Secretary requested departments, agencies and press agencies
pay attention to promoting the image and socio-economic potential of the
locality, and organise events effectively.
He asked for more attention to cyber
security issues in order to prevent the abuse of Internet to commit law
violations, and urged the authorised agencies to consider issuing mechanisms
for information provision, improve the quality of press briefings, and hold
emergency press conferences when necessary.
The provincial leader also
suggested holding more meetings online, while improving the operation quality
of websites of sectors and localities, well implementing the regulations on spokesperson,
and re-evaluating the results of coordination with Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper.
Press agencies should increase
activities to popularise the Law on Cyber Security, he said, adding that the
provincial authorities should design plans to enforce the law effectively./.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has agreed in principle on a proposal by the Standing Board of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh city to gather feedback on the city’s 1:2000 zoning plan, which forms part of its broader urban development strategy.
Hoa Binh province has made notable progress in public administration reform and digital government development, with the satisfaction index among citizens and businesses reaching over 84%, according to recent government evaluations.
Thanks to great efforts by local authorities in recent times, the governance and public administration performance of Mai Chau district has been significantly improved.
In the afternoon of June 6, the Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee and the Fatherland Front of Lac Son district solemnly held a meeting to celebrate the 139th anniversary of the district's founding (1886–2025) and the 79th anniversary of the establishment of the district's Party Committee (1946–2025). There was the attendance of Mr. Bui Van Thang, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Quach Tat Liem, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ms. Dang Bich Ngoc, the Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of the province; as well as the former leaders of the province and district through various periods, who are the natives of the district.
Implementing the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science – technology, innovation, and digital transformation is a golden opportunity for the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to renew growth model, improve competitive edge and shorten digital gap.
Resolution 57-NQ/TW, issued by the Politburo on December 22, 2024, identifies sci-tech, innovation, and digital transformation as strategic breakthroughs to build a developed and prosperous nation. In Hoa Binh province, this spirit is not just a slogan, it’s being put into action through concrete initiatives that form a "new development triangle”: digital citizenship, digital economy, and digital administration.