(HBO) - Officials and people of Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province, were happy with their district’s accomplishment of the "dual goals” on new-style rural building and urban development. In 2019, the Hoa Binh provincial appraisal council assessed that Luong Son met all new-style rural building criteria and submitted related paperwork for the recognition.
Also in the year, the Ministry of
Construction recognized Luong Son town and expanded areas as having met the
criteria for the fourth-grade urban area.
Rural roads in Cu Yen commune, Luong Son district, were built according
to new-style rural building criteria.
Bui Van Dau, Secretary of the Luong Son
district Party Committee said the implementation of the new-style rural
building programme is the result of matching the Party’s goal and local
people’s wish and it has created a profound change in the mindset and actions
of the district’s administration as well as the socio-economic facelift of the
locality.
He added that the involvement of the entire political system has enabled the
district to gain crucial goals in building new-style rural areas. Thousands of
billions of VND have been mobilized into developing infrastructure as well as
production, and agricultural restructuring in combination with the new-style
rural building.
Investment in to the upgrade of urban infrastructure, transport, irrigation,
culture, and education have helped the district meet its local people’s needs
to develop production and improve their living conditions.
So far, all communes have accomplished the building of new-style rural areas
with all households having connected with the national electricity grid, the
healthcare, cultural and educational systems meeting all required criteria.
Twenty-five out of38 schools met the national standard, reaching 65.8 percent
while all health clinics reached the required criteria.
As the new-style rural building has been carried out in combination with
agriculture restructuring, the district has initially formed commercial
production areas to meet market demands. The Luong Son mountainous goat brand
of the district has been certified by the Intellectual Property Department of
the Ministry of Science and Technology. In addition to that, Tuyet Nhi Celastrus hindsii (Xa Den) jelly, Dong Suong organic Asian spinach, Tan
Thanh grapefruit, Thuat Phat chicken, and Viba bananas have been certified as One
Commune One Products (OCOP).
Along with that, the district has focused on generating jobs, restructuring
rural labor force, and improving the local people’s living condition. Only 3.91
percent of the district’s households remain poor.
With the goal of developing the urban area
in the district’s inner location, Luong Son has taken measures to improve the
business environment, rally all resources, and implement solutions planning and
managing the planning of infrastructure, industry, trade and service sectors.
Industrial zones in the district have housed business and production projects,
contributing to raising the export value for the district as well as making a
job shift into the industrial sector for farming labourers. The district is
making the planning for projects to develop industrial clusters in the
locality, like Tan Vinh, Hoa Son and Cao Duong, in a bid to draw more
investment into industry.
Though harvesting such outstanding accomplishments, the Party Committee and
people of Luong Son district remain committed to maintaining and improving the
quality of new-style rural building criteria, looking forward to turning the
locality into a worth-living rural area, and an economic centre of Hoa Binh
province./.
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.
