(HBO) - A meeting of the Steering Committee for improving investment and business environment and provincial competitiveness index (PCI) of Hoa Binh province was held on March 10 under the chair of Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh.
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman
of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh speaks at the meeting.
To improve the locality’s investment and business
environment, the provincial People’s Committee, and relevant department and
sectors organized meetings and dialogues with enterprises, thus seeking measures
to help them remove difficulties facing their business and production.
Attention has been paid to simplifying administrative procedures and fine-tuning
the specialized management and inspection work, contributing to facilitating enterprises’
investment, production and business.
All the enterprises in Hoa Binh implemented online tax declaration. Meanwhile,
commercial banks have focused on improving payment service quality and
developing tools to support cashless payment.
Khanh stressed the necessary to change awareness of local leaders at all levels
and sectors, and civil servants of improving PCI and the quality of public
services.
Priorities should be given to supporting enterprises, especially major ones, to
promote the province’s development, he stressed.
All-level agencies and sectors need to well perform their roles and tasks through
specific actions to create positive changes in improving the investment and
business environment, he noted.
Khanh added that it is necessary to review the real ability of the provincial
centre for investment, trade and tourism promotion, thus assigning suitable
tasks to it.
Relevant departments and sectors, the People’s Committees of districts and Hoa
Binh city were urged to accelerate the land clearance work for investment
projects, and focus on evaluating financial capacity of investors to ensure the
feasibility of investment plans./.
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.