Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Viet Hung chaired a meeting in Hanoi on December 23 to assess a proposal on recognising Hoa Binh city as a tier-2 urban area under Hoa Binh province. Attending the event was Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, Secretary of the Hoa Binh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Thang, as well as leaders from various departments and the Hoa Binh City People's Committee.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee Nguyen Van Chuong speaks at the event.
The proposal on upgrading Hoa Binh city from a
tier-3 to a tier-2 urban area by 2025 aligns with the National Urban
Classification Plan for 2021-2025, the 2021-2030 Urban and Rural System
Planning with a vision to 2050; and Hoa Binh province's master planning scheme
for the 2021-2030 period, approved by the Prime Minister. The scope of the
proposal covers the entire administrative area of Hoa Binh city, spanning
roughly 348.65 sq.km, including 19 administrative units at the communal level.
The inner city area consists of 12 existing wards and Mong Hoa commune which is
planned to become a ward.
Hoa Binh city's master planning scheme through
2045 envisions the city as the political, administrative,
socio-economic-cultural, and scientific-technical centre of Hao Binh province.
It will be one of the central urban areas in the Hanoi Capital region, an
ecological city rich in cultural and historical heritage, with an important national
defence and security position in the western part of the Capital Region. The
city will feature landscapes along the Da river and be connected to Hoa Binh
lake.
By the end of 2023, the population of Hoa Binh
city was estimated at 177,000, with around 83.6% living in urban areas. The
overall population density was some 1,004 people per sq.km. The city's average
economic growth rate over the past three years was 11.93%. The economic
structure has shifted positively, with an increasing proportion of industrial,
construction, and trade-service sectors, and a decreasing share of agriculture.
The rate of non-agricultural labour was 82.2%. The average monthly income per
capita was 1.5 times higher than the national average while the
multidimensional poverty rate decreased to 1.38%, and the rate of solid houses
was about 97.06%.
Atthe meeting, the appraisal board gave
the proposal a score of 84.16 out of 100 points. However, the board provided
suggestions for Hoa Binh city to improve certain criteria before submitting the
proposal to the Prime Minister for official recognition.
On behalf of the local administration, Chuong
acknowledged the board's feedback and committed to quickly directing relevant
departments to revise and complete the proposal.
Once a mountainous province facing many challenges, Hoa Binh has, after more than a decade of implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area development, emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s northern midland and mountainous region. In the first quarter of 2025, the province recorded positive results, paving the way for Hoa Binh to enter a phase of accelerated growth with a proactive and confident mindset.
Hoa Binh province is steadily advancing its agricultural sector through the adoption of high-tech solutions, seen as a sustainable path for long-term development.
The steering committee for key projects of Hoa Binh province convened on May 14 to assess the progress of major ongoing developments
A delegation of Hoa Binh province has attended the "Meet Korea 2025" event, recently held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, and the People's Committee of Hung Yen province.
Hoa Binh province joined Vietnam’s national "One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme in 2019, not simply as a mountainous region following central policy, but with a clear vision to revive the cultural and agricultural values in its villages and crops.
From just 16 certified products in its inaugural year to 158 by early 2025, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme in Hoa Binh province has followed a steady and strategic path. But beyond the numbers, it has reawakened local heritage, turning oranges, bamboo shoots, brocade, and herbal remedies into branded, market-ready goods - and, more profoundly, transformed how local communities value and present their own cultural identity.
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