(HBO) – Da Bac is a mountainous district with intertwined hills, mountains, rivers and streams, leading to many narrow strips and steep topography. This variable terrain causes difficulties for not only transport but also natural resources exploitation and economic development.
The inter-hamlet road in Tan Pheo commune has met local
transport, trading and socio-economic development demand.
Forests are the most valuable asset of Da Bac,
which is home to the largest natural area compared to that of other districts
in Hoa Binh province, and most of the area is forest land – 65.12 percent or
more than 50,660ha. Forests are "green lungs”, and they also provide humans
with precious produce nurtured by their own diverse resources.
Developing forest-based economic activities has
been and will remain a suitable development direction for the district. From
now to 2050, Da Bac plans to turn forest-based activities into a spearhead
economic sector and continue consolidating the four local socio-economic
pillars of forest-based economic activities, livestock and crop production by
farming households, herbal plant development, and tourism.
As a district with the highest household poverty
rate in Hoa Binh – 51.75 percent in 2015, Da Bac faces numerous challenges to
the realisation of the resolution of the provincial Party Congress for the
2015-2020 tenure. Amid limited resources, the district’s Party organisation and
administration consider developing road transport infrastructure as the top
priority.
So far, all communes in Da Bac have had roads
helping their centres accessible by car. Up to 98 percent of the
district-managed roads, 97 percent of inter-commune roads, 70 percent of
inter-hamlet roads, and 72 percent of roads in local villages have been paved.
More roads crossing fields have been built or renovated, over 1,260km of the
roads managed by district and communal authorities have received regular
maintenance, and Provincial Road 433 has continued to be upgraded.
Aside from the resolve to invest in
infrastructure to boost socio-economic development, Da Bac district has also
paid attention to improving people’s awareness. Realising the necessity to
escape from poverty on their own, local residents are determined to overcome
hardships and not to rely on external support.
From 2015 to 2019, the household poverty rate
here decreased by 4.9 percent annually on average to 32 percent at the end of
last year. Compared to 2015, per capita income surged 160 percent to 27.5 million
VND (nearly 1,200 USD) in late 2019./.
In October, Nguyen Van Thuy, a primary school teacher at Hung Son Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son town, Luong Son district, was one of three Vietnamese representatives to receive the Inspiring Teacher Award at the Asia-Pacific Cha-Ching Financial Accreditation (CCFA) Teacher Conference for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Women’s Union of Hoa Binh province has carried out various measures to promote gender equality over the recent past, seeing it as the key to eliminating violence against women and girls.
A delegation from Hoa Binh province, led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, recently had a working session with leaders from Thai Nguyen University’s branch in Ha Giang province.
In order to improve the quality of medical examination, treatment and disease prevention, in recent years, the health sector of Hoa Binh province has always focused on improving the quality of its human resources so as to provide better health care for the people.
On the afternoon of November 22, at Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted, the Hoa Binh Provincial Youth Union held a summary and awarding ceremony for the Second Online English Singing Contest in Hoa Binh Province in 2024 and organized a training session for provincial English volunteer teachers.
