(HBO) - The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province issued Decision No. 02 on January 2, 2019 to implement Resolution No.02 issued by the Government on January 1, 2019 on strengthening measures to improve the business and investment environment and increase the national competitiveness in 2029 with a vision to 2021.
It has assigned relevant agencies to build plans and action programmes, and indicators in accordance with Resolution No. 02/2019 /NQ-CP to organize the implementation in the locality.
Thanks to these efforts, the improvement of business and investment environment in Hoa Binh has recorded positive results, which are appreciated by investors.
The reception and settlement of administrative procedures at the public administrative service centre in the province have contributed to making it easier for organizations and individuals.
In 2019, the provincial People’s Committee held conferences to meet enterprises and cooperatives, as well as dialogues with businesses and investors operating in the locality.
Leaders from departments, sectors, the provincial People’s Committee and People’s Committees of districts and Hoa Binh city have worked with representatives from enterprises to listen to and timely address difficulties facing enterprises’ production and business activities.
Attention has been paid to promoting the province’s investment and business environment through attending business forums and organizing investment promotion activities in Australia and Taiwan (China).
A working delegation of Hoa Binh visited Mongolia to lure more investment.
Investment, tourism and agriculture promotion conferences were also held in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes, and Da Bac district.
Along with strengthening investment promotion activities, the local authorities also focused on accelerating administrative reform related to land and construction.
Land use and construction plans have been publicized, creating favorable conditions for enterprises to consider their investment in Hoa Binh. The time for resolving administrative procedures related to land and construction is faster than the time prescribed by law, without overdue dossiers.
The eTax service system has been applied in the locality with a number of new features to replace the electronic tax declaration and payment system. This is expected to be a premise for the concentrated one-stop-shop electric tax system, which will provide all electronic tax transaction services for businesses and individuals nationwide.
All enterprises in the locality implemented electronic tax declaration; all tax payment transactions were made online; and level-4 online public service reached over 90 percent.
The locality attached importance to the management reform and specialized inspection. The provincial inspection sector has well addressed overlaps in this field.
In order to gradually simplify administrative procedures, at the beginning of 2019, the provincial People's Committee issued a decision on the plan for administrative procedure control in the year. Sixteen out of 20 departments and sectors were asked to review 89 administrative procedures in 16 areas managed by provincial authorities.
Authorities of Hoa Binh city and districts took the initiative in formulating local review plans, and coordinated with departments and sectors to implement the work.
The reception and settlement of administrative procedures at the province’s public administration service centre recorded positive results. In order to evaluate the satisfaction level in settling administrative procedures, the centre distributed questionnaires to collect opinions from organizations and individuals.
With great efforts and creativity in improving the business and investment environment, last year, the provincial People's Committee approved investment plans for 52 new investment projects, including one foreign-invested project worth 4.1 trillion VND. It also granted investment licences to 400 enterprises with a combined capital of 7.1 trillion VND. The number of newly-established enterprises in the province increased by 3.2 percent, and the registered capital surged by 20 percent./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
