Hoa Binh province scored 43.5493 points in the 2023 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), ranking 20th out of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, up 23 places compared to the 2022 list. The results show people's satisfaction with the effectiveness of implementing State policies and laws, local governance, and providing public services by authorities at all levels in the province.
Public service users to section of receiving and returning administrative
procedures in Yen Thuy district.
In 2023, people in 12 hamlets in Hoa Binh city
and two districts of Kim Boi and Mai Chau joined the PAPI survey. Nguyen Thi Mai Phuong, head of the
Administrative Reform and Archives Division under the provincial Department of
Home Affairs, said that the province is in the group of the localities with
average-high scores. The province sees seven out of the eight content indexes
increased including people's participation at the grassroots level 5.16 points
(up 0.06 point); publicity and transparency 5.13 points (up 0.01 point);
accountability 4.46 poins (up 0.14 point); corruption control in public sector
7.23 points (up 0.79 point); public administrative procedures 7.35 points (up
0.7 point); environmental management 3.88 points (up 0.45 point); and
e-governance 3.15 points (up 0.56 point). Its index of public service provision
was 7.19 points, down 0.2 points compared to 2022.
The province's 2023 PAPI objectively assessed
people's satisfaction with administrative reforms, socio-economic management,
and the implementation of local grassroots democracy regulations. However,
according to the provincial Home Affairs Department, the report also showed the
province’s limitations in administering policies and serving people, for
example, people’s access to information on the Internet, the use of information
portals, and online public services. Moreover, the investment in building
facilities and equipment for schools, medical facilities, rural concrete roads,
and waste collection services has not met the people’s needs.
Phuong said that the province’s Home Affairs
Department has proposed the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee
develop specific plans for departments, agencies, units, districts, and Hoa
Binh city to improve the province’s ranking in the PAPI Index in 2024 and
following years.
Moreover, the province will promote
communications activities on the results, contents, and purpose of the PAPI
Index, and the political system’s responsibility in improving the PAPI Index.
The moves aim to improve the performance of the administrations at all levels,
better serve people, enhance publicity, transparency, and accountability of
public organisations, and ensure basic human rights, especially that to express
political opinions, access information, and use quality basic public
services.
Administrative reform has been identified as a key priority in enhancing state governance, improving the business environment, and facilitating services for citizens and enterprises.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee met on March 18 to review and guide major investment projects aimed at boosting local socio-economic development.
The air is thick with the hum of drills and the clatter of machinery as the Hoa Binh – Moc Chau expressway takes shape amid the rugged terrain. Welding sparks illuminate the faces of workers, and concrete mixers churn relentlessly, laying fresh pavement on the newly-carved road. The construction site buzzes with a palpable sense of urgency, particularly in Hoa Binh province where the expressway's future is being forged.
The northern province of Hoa Binh, with over 467,000 hectares of natural forest and more than 100,000 hectares of production forest, holds significant potential for carbon credit market development.
Replacing substandard houses with more sturdy ones by June 30 is the direction given by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, at a meeting held in early March by the provincial Steering Committee for the programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for the needy.
Recognising digital transformation as an inevitable trend, authorities and agencies in Hoa Binh have made great efforts in the work by focusing on three core pillars - digital government, digital society, and digital economy, resulting in enhanced competitiveness, improved investment climate, and ensured economic and social welfare.
