(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province on February 16 held a meeting with representatives of local businesses, investors and cooperatives on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Cat.
The meeting saw the attendance of Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh; and leaders of provincial departments, sectors, localities, the Hoa Binh Business Association, and a large number of local firms, investors and cooperatives.
Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh presents its flag of emulation to the Nissin Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. – the leading unit of the 2022 emulation movement.
In 2022, local businesses and cooperatives overcame many difficulties and made important contributions to the province's socio-economic development, helping Hoa Binh to complete 17 out of the 19 set targets.
In the year, the province granted licences to 75 domestically-invested projects worth 38 trillion VND (1.59 billion USD), 31 projects higher than the figure in 2021.
Meanwhile, 495 new firms were established in the year, with total capital of about 10.95 trillion VND. Local firms paid 2.3 trillion VND to the State budget, accounting for 47% of the province's total budget collection, and creating jobs for 81,880 labourers.
In 2023, the province targets a 9% economic growth rate, with per capita income reaching 70.9 million VND, total social investment hitting 20.7 trillion VND and total budget collection of 7.28 trillion VND. Hoa Binh expects to have 580 newly-established enterprises.
To this end, the provincial People’s Committee has outlined nine major tasks and solutions, including improving the provincial competitiveness index, and assisting local firms in administrative procedures.
Addressing the meeting, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh hailed efforts of local businesses and cooperatives and their contributions to the province's socio-economic development, as well as their strong performance in social welfare activities.
Highlighting the heavy tasks of the province in 2023, he asked local departments and sectors to work hard together to deal with obstacles facing local businesses, while speeding up the improvement of the local investment and business environment.
He asked businesses and cooperatives to continue to overcome present and long-term difficulties to achieve their business targets, while restructuring themselves to enhance business efficiency, and actively responding to emulation movements and charity activities, contributing to boosting the province's socio-economic development.
On this occasion, the provincial People’s Committee presented its flag of emulation to the Nissin Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Luong Son industrial park for leading the emulation movement in 2022.
Leaders of the provincial Party Committee, the provincial People’s Committee and a number of departments and sectors at the meeting with local businesses and investors on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.
Quach Tat Liem, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee presents certificates of merit to businesses coming second in the emulation movement in 2022.
Vice Chairmen of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Vuong and Dinh Cong Su present certificates of merit to enterprises ranking third in the emulation movement in 2022.
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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