Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc chaired the 4th meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region, held in Hoa Binh city, the northern province of Hoa Binh, on December 18.
Member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of
Transport Tran Hong Minh; representatives from the council's standing bodies –
the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; as well as leaders from the provincial
Party Committees and People's Committees of the 14 provinces in the region
attended the event.
The conference also saw the participation of
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh
provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Standing Deputy Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council Bui
Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of
the provincial People's Committee Bui Van Khanh, along with other provincial
officials.
Delegates at the event.
The meeting aimed to assess the region's
socio-economic development situation in 2024, review the council's activities
during the year, and outline plans for 2025. It also looked into key investment
projects in the region and listened to opinions from ministries, sectors, and
localities regarding common issues in the region.
In his opening remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Ho
Duc Phoc, who is also Chairman of the council, said that during this meeting,
the council reassessed the regional master plan and regional connectivity set
forth at the 3rd meeting.
Participants focused on discussing solutions to
promote the implementation of the plan and the goals under the Politburo's
Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW on directions for socio-economic development and
national defence - security safeguarding in the region by 2030, with a vision
to 2045; as well as localities' proposals regarding regional development and
connectivity.
Phoc emphasised that the region still has the
highest rate of poor and near-poor households in the country while its its
economy is small, and the percentage of communes that meet new-style
countryside criteria remains low.
He asked participants in the meeting to suggest
solutions to accelerate economic growth, strengthen development, and achieve
the goals set forth in Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW of the Politburo.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc
Phoc, Chairman of the Coordinating Council for the Northern Midland and
Mountainous Region, speaks at the meeting.
At the meeting, Nguyen Phi Long, alternate
member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial
Party Committee, presented a speech on sustainable tourism development in
harmony with economic growth, cultural preservation, environmental protection
and infrastructure development in the region.
A delegation of Hoa Binh province led by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to ethnic communities in Mai Chau district.
Mr. Ngo Van Tuan, member of the Party Central Committee, State Auditor General, and 15th-tenure National Assembly deputy of Hoa Binh province, visited and presented Tet gifts to poor households, workers, and students in difficult circumstances in Cao Phong district and Hoa Binh city on January 17.
The Hoa Binh provincial Military Command in collaboration with the National Defence Academy held a seminar on January 15, where they exchanged experience in local defence and military affairs with a delegation of officers, instructors, and students from the senior command and staff training course of the Royal Cambodian Army.
Hoa Binh province's delegation of National Assembly (NA) deputies, including Nguyen Thi Phu Ha, Vice Chairwoman of the NA’s Finance - Budget Committee, and Dang Bich Ngoc, deputy head of the delegation, visited and presented Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to disadvantaged households in Suoi Hoa commune of Tan Lac district, poor students at the Tan Lac Boarding Secondary and High School for Ethnic Minority Students, and locals in Quynh Lam ward of Hoa Binh city on January 15.
The Hoa Binh provincial Party organisation has seriously implemented resolutions on Party building and political system construction in connection with the implementation of Directive No. 05-CT/TW on studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style, focusing on addressing issues, creating clear and substantial changes in fulfilling the political tasks of localities, agencies, and units.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has held a teleconference to launch the socio-economic development and state budget plans for 2025. Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, attended and gave directions at the event, which was chaired by Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
