(HBO) - Luong Son town in Luong Son district of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has been qualified as a fourth-tier urban area with a score of 84 on the 100-score scale.

 

After many years of tireless efforts, Luong Son district has gradually realised its target of building Luong Son town and areas in the vicinity into the fourth-tier urban area, one of the two important missions set in the 14thprovincial Party Congress’s Resolution that need to be completed in 2020.

A residential area and central market project developed on an area of more than 10 hectares by Queensland Co., Ltd. is the highlight of Luong Son urban area.

As a gateway to Hoa Binh province, Luong Son district has mobilised resources to develop infrastructure, aiming to become a fourth-tier urban area and a new-style rural district by 2020.

The provincial People’s Committee has approved the implementation of 16 housing projects in Luong Son district. The projects have a combined area of 550 hectares and can house 18,000 people. 

Meanwhile, the district has given the green-light to and is carrying out five auctions of land use right with total acreage of 25 hectares with an expected population of 6,000.

Actually, urban infrastructure, dynamic industrial parks and well-developed services have created a facelift for the locality. Investment was poured into developing comprehensive infrastructure at Luong Son industrial park, making contributions to increasing export value and state budget collection while promoting the shifting of labour from agriculture to industry.

The district is accelerating administrative procedure reforms to improve the local business climate as well as helping businesses carry out their investment projects. In addition, due attention has been paid to mobilising all resources to invest in transport and industrial infrastructure, general hospitals, gymnasiums, resort projects and waste treatment facilities. 

Furthermore, priority has been given to enhancing quality of urban criteria so as to attract more residents to the new urban area./.

 


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