(HBO) – Quyet Chien, a mountainous commune in Tan Lac district and about 17km from the district downtown, has a total area of 2,000 hectares and a rough terrain with high rock mountains.
The long, narrow valley strip with small fields is the commune's major agricultural production hub, which accounts for about 11.4% of the commune’s total natural area, and the rest is mainly forest land with forest and bold rock mountains.
Bieng villagers of Quyet Chien commune in Tan Lac district have switched
inefficient rice farming areas into vegetable farms with higher economic
values.
Provincial Road 440, which crosses the commune, has brought advantages to the
locality in trading activities with neighbouring localities and regions.
Currently, the majority of the 266 households with 1,730 people in Quyet Chien
are living on agriculture.
Over the years, Quyet Chien has focused on implementing national target
programmes, especially the new-style rural area building scheme. It has
strengthened communications to encourage locals to transform the cultivation
structure in a suitable manner. At the same time, the commune has support local
residents in accessing capital from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy to
invest in economic production.
Bui Van Hoang, a Bieng villager, said that his family has developed 2,500sq.m
of Korean white radish which has generated high economic values.
Hoang’s family is not the only in Quyet Chien to have successfully transformed
their inefficient farms into vegetable farms to provide products to Hanoi and
major cities across the country. Thanks to this solution, many have got out of
poverty. The average per capita income of the commune has reached 36.5 million
VND (1,509 USD). As a result, the rate of poor households in the locality has
been reduced to 18.3%.
Dinh Cong Khoa, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said that the
commune is implementing three national target programmes, including the one on
boosting socio-economic growth in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous
areas in the 2021-2030 period. It have covered all aspects of the social life,
creating positive impacts on these areas.
After two years of implementation, the programme has received positive response
from local residents, contributing to optimising potential and advantages of
the locality, boosting economic development, ensuring social welfare, improving
people’s incomes, and maintaining political stability, social order and safety
in the locality.
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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