HBO – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in collaboration with the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee, held a ceremony to launch a New Year tree planting festival on February 13, in Kem village, Lam Son commune, Luong Son district of Hoa Binh, to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh.
National Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh
and other delegates plant trees in Lam Son commune, Luong Son district.
National Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and leaders of ministries, sectors, and Hoa Binh present
gifts to local policy beneficiaries.
National
Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan beat the gong to launch the New Year
tree planting festival. Attending the event were representatives from
ministries and sectors, together with member of the Party Central Committee and
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council Tran Dang Ninh,
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s
Committee Nguyen Van Quang, and numerous locals.
Addressing
the event, Quang said that Hoa Binh always considers tree planting as an
important deed during its socio-economic development, environmental protection
and climate change response. The province has fulfilled its targets related to
afforestation, forest protection and management, with the forest coverage
hitting 51 percent. In 2019, local authorizes and people will actively respond
to tree planting and forest protection to bring huge economic benefits and
contribute to environmental protection.
NA
Chairman Ngan stated that green growth and sustainable development have become
a top concern of all nations in the world and also a target that Vietnam is striving
for.
Growing
more trees will help mitigate ravages of disasters, prevent erosion, reduce
floods and improve the living environment, she added.
After
the launching ceremony, the top legislator joined other delegates and locals
planted more than 2,000 trees of different kinds in Lam Son commune.
This
year, the province set a target of growing 5,790 hectares of concentrated
forest and 15,000 scattered trees.
On
this occasion, the NA Chairwoman granted presents to 30 local policy
beneficiaries./.
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.
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