(HBO) - Hoa Binh – Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has approved the province’s urban development programme by 2025 with a vision towards 2030.

Over recent years, the province has
mobilised investment resources for urban development in Hoa Binh city.
According to the Resolution of the 17th provincial Party
Congress in the period of 2020 – 2025, the province aims to reach a
urbanisation rate of 38% by 2025 and 43.18% by 2030.
Implementing the resolution, the province targets to have
an appropriate, harmonious, and modern technical and social infrastructure in
urban areas, a good urban environment, and living quality, proper adaptation to
climate change, and advanced urban architecture.
To promote the role of the geo-strategic position of the
province in the overall development of the northern midlands mountains region
and the Hanoi capital region, Hoa Binh aims to become an urban region with
great economic cultural contributions to the country.
The province will focus on investing in the construction
of technical and social infrastructure and controlling the quality of the urban
environment. It targets a harmonious combination between conservation,
renovation, and new construction of green and ecological cities, enhancing the
climate change resilience in urban areas.
Under its newly-approved urban development programme, the
province targets to reach an urbanisation rate of about 39% - 46.16% by 2025
and about 43.19% - 50.57% by 2030.
From now to 2025, the province expects to have 13 urban
areas. By 2030, another three urban areas are expected.
It is estimated that the province needs 138.07 trillion
VND (5.81 billion USD) for urban construction, including about 83.82 trillion
VND for infrastructure connecting urban areas and about 54.25 trillion VND for
developing urban areas as well as those planned for new urban areas./.
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.