(HBO) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 13 issued Decision No. 1401/QD-TTg recognising Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province as a new-style rural area in 2020.
The national target programme on building
new-style rural areascontributes to developing rural transport
infrastructure in Lac Thuy district.
After 10 years of implementingthe national target programme on building
new-style rural areas, all eight communesof Lac Thuy district met
new-style rural area standards. The locality also completed all nine criteria
for anew-style rural district in line with Decision No. 558/QD-TTg dated
April 5, 2016 issued by thePrime Minister.
The national target programme on building new-style rural areashas
effectively contributed to promoting socio-economic development in Lac Thuy
district.
The locality has witnessed remarkablechanges in its appearance. Its
economy recorded stable growth, while the economic structure shifted in the
right direction.
The district hasget a facelift in
bothmaterialandspiritual livesof localpeople. The
traditional cultural values of the locality have been preserved and developed,
while the quality of education and health care have been improved, and security
is maintained.
Attention has been also paid to consolidating thegrassroots-level and
district-level political systems.
In the 2011-2020 period, Lac Thuy district had over 7.76 trillion VND for the
national target programme on building new-style rural areas. Of the total, over
175.7 billion VND came from the State budget, more than 678.2 billion VND from
the local budget, and more than 814.5billion contributed by local people.
The district has not recorded outstanding debt in basic construction./.
On May 15, the Hoa Binh Steering Committee for Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation launched the "Digital Literacy for All” movement. The event was held both in-person and virtually, connecting provincial authorities with district-level Party committees and local communities across communes, wards, and townships.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province on May 16 held a conference to honour outstanding intellectuals for their contributions in 2025.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has held a conference to announce the provincial Party Committee’s decision about the merger of Hoa Binh Newspaper and the provincial Radio and Television Station, along with the Standing Board’s appointment decisions.
After the historic victory on April 30, 1975, which liberated the South and reunified the country, the whole Vietnam embarked on a new mission — promoting peace and reconstructing the nation with century-defining projects. On the fierce Da River, over 30,000 engineers, sappers, and construction workers battled against rocky mountains and raging floods to achieve a remarkable feat. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia at that time, officially began generating electricity, lighting up the North and ushering in a new era of industrialisation.
Muong Dong in Kim Boi district, one of the four major Muong regions in Hoa Binh province, is harnessing its revolutionary legacy and cultural heritage to drive socio-economic transformation.
Throughout April, the joyful atmosphere of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification spread nationwide. Together with the whole country, residents in Hoa Binh city also expressed their patriotism through meaningful and practical actions.