(HBO) – The national target programme on building new-style rural areas has received wide support from people in Hoa Binh province. A wide range of campaigns have been carried out to cast a new look to the locality while improving local livelihoods, including "Hoa Binh people join hands to build new-style rural areas”, "The whole people unite to build new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas”, and "Clean house-beautiful garden-pleasant environment-civilised alley”.
Investment injected to enlarge roads in Tan Vinh commune,
Luong Son district, to meet travel and trade demand of locals.
During January-September, more than 1.9 trillion
VND (81.6 million USD) was splashed out to implement the new-style rural area
building programme. Of the total amount, more than 720 billion VND was sourced
from the central budget, 876.9 billion VND from local budget, and 54.14 billion
VND mobilised from enterprises and organisations. Particularly, some 175.8
billion VND worth of local people’s land, money and working days was raised for
the construction of public works.
Along with infrastructure, the province paid due
heed to developing production and better income for farmers. In the nine-month
period, Hoa Binh city and districts mobilised 13.1 trillion VND to branch out
production models and projects.
With the allocated 1.2 billion VND, Luong Son
district carried out a project to develop cattle herd, while Tan Lac district
used 953 million VND to develop local buffalo herd. Additionally, the
provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development implemented three
value chain projects with a total value of over 2 billion VND. The provincial
People’s Committee supported 12 value chain projects with over 16.6 billion
VND.
Thanks to concerted efforts of the locality, the
province has 57 communes meeting criteria of new-style rural areas, accounting
for 43.5 percent of the province’s total communes. Six communes satisfied 15-18
criteria, and 68 communes attained 10-14 criteria. The whole province completed
15.15 criteria on average.
Hoa Binh province is now home to seven communes
achieving advanced criteria for new-style rural area, 39 model residential
areas, and 122 model orchards./.
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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