(HBO) - Hoa Binh province’s Luong Son district has set a target of meeting criteria for a township by 2025, according the resolution at the congress of the district’s Party organisation. The realisation of the target requires the determination and efforts by local authorities and people, said Hoang Viet Hai, Secretary of the Luong Son township’s Party Committee.
A corner of Luong Son
township (Luong Son district).
The
township has been given a facelift in recent years. Due attention has been paid
to urban infrastructure, roads and support works. Pavements and lighting systems
were improved while roads were built as planned, thereby improving local
landscapes.
Planning
and management have taken shape and been able to address the issue of trading
activities along roads. Many residential areas were built synchronously, notably
Dong Duong and Luong Son housing projects. As more stores and malls were built,
the life of local residents has been also improved.
Luong Son
district over the recent past has implemented Resolution No.06 of the
provincial Party Committee on resources mobilisation for infrastructure in the
town of the same name, helping it to fulfil criteria to become a township.
In late
2019, the Ministry of Construction recognised Luong Son town and its expanded
areas as meeting Type IV urban area criteria. The area covers the town and a
zone spanning over 112 sq.km with a population of more than 51,000. It
comprises two communes of Hoa Son and Nhuan Trach of 43 sq.km, with 38,000
people, and Lam Son, Tan Vinh and Cu Yen communes spanning over 68 sq.km in the
outskirts with more than 13,000 people.
Serving as
the district’s political, administrative, economic, cultural and social hub for
years, Luong Son town, under the leadership of the local authorities, has
bolstered dissemination and investment in urban development and management.
Due regard
has been paid to planning and development of residential and new housing areas
in the locality, along with the transition of economic structure towards the industrial
and services sectors.
Efforts by
the Party Committee and residents of Luong Son town and expanded areas
attributed to socio-economic development, as economic growth rate, State budget
collection and per capita income saw increases while the poor household rate fell
to 0.51 percent. The rate of urbanisation also surpassed the set target.
The Resolution
of the town’s Party Organisation’s congress aims to raise per capita income to
89 million VND (3,840 USD) and help Luong Son meet urban area criteria at the
ward level by 2025./.
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.