(HBO) - A working delegation of the north-western province of Hoa Binh led by Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, visited and extended greetings to leaders of Houaphanh province of Laos on the occasion of the country’s traditional New Year festival, the Bunpimay. The delegation was received by Deputy Governor of Houaphanh Phanthong Phetxay Somvane and other provincial leaders.
Vice Chairman of Hoa Binh People’s Committee
Nguyen Van Chuong presents gift to leaders of Laos’ Houaphanh province.
At the
working session, Vice Chairman of Hoa Binh People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong
extended New Year greetings to leaders and people of Houaphanh province, on
behalf of Hoa Binh authorities. He also briefed his host on the socio-economic
development of Hoa Binh.
The two
sides discussed a plan on human resources training for Houaphanh province in
the coming time.
For his
part, Deputy Governor of Houaphanh Phanthong Phetxay Somvane thanked Hoa Binh
authorities for paying heed to Houaphanh’s development, especially during this
year’s Bunpimay festival.
He voiced
his hope that the two provinces will continue to tighten the bilateral
friendship and the Vietnamese locality will further support Houaphanh province
in the future.
After the
meeting, the Hoa Binh delegation and Houaphanh leaders joined a celebration in
Xam Neua city, in which participantssplashed
water and tied threads on each other’s wrist, part of traditional rituals of
Bunpimay, to wish for peace and a happy New Year./.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and other officials on April 8 examined some key transport projects, namely the road connecting Tran Hung Dao Road and Dan Chu ward with National Highway 6, the regional connectivity road linking Hoa Binh and Hanoi with Son La Expressway (Hoa Binh - Moc Chau), and the first phase of a road from Luong Son township of Hoa Binh to Xuan Mai township of Hanoi.
Hoa Binh province recorded nearly 20 cases of religion-related wrongdoings in 2023 and the first two months of 2024. However, thanks to their active and effective engagement, relevant agencies and religious organisations have helped the provincial and district-level People’s Committees deal with those cases in a timely manner and in line with legal regulations, thus ensuring religious freedom.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee held its monthly conference in virtual form on April 2 to review draft documents to be submitted to the standing board of the provincial Party Committee and others under its management along with some other important issues. Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh chaired the event, which was connected with the people's committees of districts and cities in Hoa Binh.
Smokeless 'Hoang Cam' kitchen was a small yet extremely significant initiative of a soldier chef named Hoang Cam in the Hoa Binh campaign in 1951 – 1952. This legendary stove, later named after him, accompanied the nation in the 1954 Dien Bien Phu Campaign, and during the resistance war against the US.
The 15th meeting of Hoa Binh province’s 17th-tenure Party organisation was held on March 26. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council Bui Duc Hinh, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh co-chaired the event.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, chaired a meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board on March 21 to review the leadership over the implementation of tasks in the first quarter, identify focal tasks and solutions for the second quarter, and discuss some important draft reports.
