(HBO) - The People's Committee of Lac Son district held a conference to evaluate the Department and District Competitiveness Index (DDCI) in 2022, deploying the tasks and solutions to improve competitiveness ability in 2023.
The appropriate authorities
were discussing the tasks and solutions to improve district’s competitiveness
aility.
The year of 2022 is the second year that the province has
implemented the DDCI at the district and city levels and with the departments,
agencies and sectors. Lac Son district has an average DDCI component score of
7.44 points, decreasing 0.9 points compared to that of 2021, ranking 7th out of
the 10 districts and the city; 2 ranks lower than that in 2021. There are 3
sub-indexes higher than the provincial average, including the quality of public
services and "One-stop” department, the cost of the administrative procedures
and the actual effectiveness law enforcement, legal institutions and security
and order.
At the conference, the appropriate authorities, the communes and the
town assessed, analyzed and clarified the limitations, the weaknesses and the
responsibilities of each for 9 district-level DDCI component. At the same time,
they proposed a number of solutions and goals to improve the competitiveness
ability: The authorities assume and coordinate with relevant units and
localities to improve and raise the cost indicators entering the market and
licensing activities, trying from 9th to 6th rank of the 10 districts and the
city; the land access index from 4th to 3rd; the index of the local government dynamism
from 6th to 4th; the quality index of the public services and the One-Stop
Department from 4th to 3rd; the informal cost index from 9th to 6th.
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.