According to the plan of Hoa Binh province, the province strives that by 2025, 70% of communes will meet new rural standards, 26.4% of communes will achieve advanced new rural areas, and 6.2% of communes will achieve model new rural areas; 50% of districts meet new rural standards and complete the task of building new rural areas.
Transport infrastructure is invested in Hung Thi commune, Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province.
To complete the plan, in 2024 there need to be 6 more communes meeting new rural standards, 2 communes meeting advanced new rural areas, 1 commune reaching model new rural areas; on average, the province's new rural criteria reached 16.3 criteria per commune.
As a result, up to now, Hoa Binh province has 80 communes meeting new rural standards (reaching 62%), 28 advanced new rural communes (reaching 21.7%), and 1 model new rural commune, averaging the criteria. New rural areas in the whole province reach 16.2 criteria/commune. Thus, the rate of communes in the province meeting new rural standards reaches 85.7% of the Central plan assigned for the period 2021 - 2025 and 68.8% of the plan set by the province.
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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