The Hoa Binh Food Safety Sub-Department – the standing agency of the provincial Steering Committee for Food Safety on April 15 launched the action month for food safety in the province in 2024.
Leaders of the Hoa Binh Food Safety
Sub-Department and representatives of food manufacturers and business
facilities in Hoa Binh sign a commitment on ensuring food safety.
Addressing the launching ceremony, a representative from the provincial
Department of Health said that over the years, local authorities and residents
have paid great attention to food safety. The steering committees for food
safety have been set up from the provincial to communal levels, while
departments, agencies and organisations have shown close coordination in
protecting food safety, and various communications activities have been
conducted in the field.
However, the province has still faced many challenges in ensuring food safety,
said the representative, adding that the action month for food safety 2024 will
focus on ensuring food safety and security in the new situation.
Specifically, during the month, the province will strengthen communications to
enhance public awareness of food security and safety as well as legal
regulations on food safety, while increasing supervision over food safety and
measures to prevent and handle violations in the field. At the same time,
activities will be strengthened to improve residents’ capacity to prevent and
deal with food poisoning and food-borne diseases, thus minimising poisoning due
to unsafe food consumption.
At the ceremony, leaders of the Hoa Binh Food Safety Sub-Department and
representatives of food manufacturers and business facilities in Hoa Binh
signed a commitment on ensuring food safety.
Following the ceremony was a parade through main roads in Hoa Binh city to
raise awareness and sense of responsibility among manufacturers, organisations
and individuals engaging in food production about legal regulations on food
safety, contributing to minimising the risks of food poisoning.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.