(HBO) – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province Nguyen Van Dung recently attended a conference reviewing ethnic affairs in 2018 and launching tasks for 2019 of the provincial board of ethnic affairs.
All programmes and
projects have been effectively implemented in 2018. About 165.2 billion VND (7.1
million USD) from Programme 135 was allocated to infrastructure investment,
production and capacity enhancement for the community and officials.
The year’s plans have been
fulfilled, and infrastructure for ethnic people improved continuously. All
communes now have primary and junior high schools, electricity, space for
cultural activities, communal houses and infirmaries to ensure hygiene and
primary healthcare.
Meanwhile, programmes for
production activities prove effective and greatly contribute to the production
improvement and local residents’ livelihood.
Thousands of officials in
villages received training and were updated on investment management and
construction monitoring. Hence, the roles of the esteemed were enhanced,
raising the ethnic projects and policies’ efficiency while consolidating trust,
security, politics and the national unity.
Leaders of Hoa Binh province’s board of ethnic affairs honour
organisations, individuals with outstanding achievements in 2018.
At the event, Dung asked
the board to enhance collaboration with competent agencies to support local
authorities in ethnic affairs policy implementation.
The board is advised to mobilise
and ensure efficient use of financial assistance for infrastructure and
production in line with the province’s conditions. It should also encourage
ethnic people to escape poverty, he added.
Besides, the board was
asked to provide consultations to launch a project for support of the 36 most
impoverished localities in the province, striving to bring the poverty rate down
by 4-5 percent and raise the annual per capita income by 2 million VND in
disadvantaged villages, along with steering conferences on ethnic affairs of
all levels.
At the event, the board
launched a campaign to fufill tasks for 2019./.
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.