(HBO) – In 2019, joining efforts by the whole country, Hoa Binh province worked hard to overcome many difficulties and challenges to carry out political tasks effectively. The following are the 10 outstanding events and achievements of the province last year:
1. The province’s great unity bloc was fortified. The
political system was streamlined in a lean, efficient and effective manner.
Meanwhile, local authorities also stepped up the re-organisation of district-
and communal-level administrative units, as well as the merger of hamlets and
residential quarters. In 2019, Hoa Binh merged 221 hamlets and residential
quarters, thus reducing the number of the entities by 110. Meanwhile, the
National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution 830/NQ-UBTVQH14 on
December 17, 2019 on the re-organisation of district- and communal-level
administrative units in Hoa Binh. Implementing this resolution, the province
cut 59 communes and one district.
2. The local economy posted many significant
outcomes. Hoa Binh recorded an economic growth rate of some 9.05 percent. The
industry-construction sector contributed 45.67 percent to the gross regional
domestic product (GRDP), services 29.58 percent, agriculture-forestry-fisheries
19.8 percent, and tax on goods 4.95 percent. Exports brought home about 791.9
million USD while imports were estimated at 635 million USD, respectively
rising 24.48 percent and 29.52 percent year on year. About 4 trillion VND
(172.8 million USD) was collected to the State budget, 30 percent higher than
the target set for the province by the Prime Minister.
3. The new-style rural area building proved
fruitful. By the end of 2019, 88 percent of the 191 communes across the
province or 46.07 percent of the total had finished building new-style rural
areas, with 25 recognised in 2019. Last year, Hoa Binh city and Luong Son
district also earned the recognition.
4. Investment promotion was strengthened,
attracting many potential investors. Besides, Hoa Binh effectively implemented
solutions to improve the business climate and address difficulties facing
enterprises and investors. In 2019, it approved and granted investment
registration certificates to 59 projects while revoking licenses of 42 others.
About 400 new businesses were established with a combined registered capital of
8.5 trillion VND. During the year, the province successfully organised the Hoa
Binh Citrus Tree Festival; the Agricultural and OCOP Products Fair of northern
region; the week introducing Hoa Binh’s high-quality citrus fruits,
agricultural and aquatic products at the Big C Thang Long supermarket in Hanoi;
and the agricultural product and food week at the Saigon Co.op retail system in
Hanoi.
5. Social security and welfare attracted attention.
By the end of 2019, jobs had been created for about 16,700 labourers in Hoa
Binh, 6.4 percent higher than the year’s target. They included 1,586 people
gaining jobs through the National Employment Fund, equivalent to 101 percent of
the year’s target; and 340 working abroad under fixed-term contracts,
equivalent to 113 percent of the plan. The household poverty rate had been
brought down by 3.1 percent from 2018 to some 11.64 percent.
6.
Due attention was paid to socio-economic infrastructure. Urbanisation rate last
year 2019 was estimated at 23.01 percent. Hoa Binh authorities showed effective
transport management, giving priority to works of importance, namely the
opening of Hoa Binh 3 Bridge, the construction of Hoa Binh 2 Bridge, and the
completion of nine storeys of the internal medicine and anti-infection
departments at the province’s general hospital.
7.
Positive changes were recorded in cultural activities. The province
successfully organised the 2019 Hoa Binh Culture-Tourism Week with a mixture of
activities such as a beauty contest of the Muong Land and a cuisine festival
comprising of traditional dishes. In the year, as many as 63 festivals were
held, in connection with the conservation and development of ethnic groups’
cultural identity, historical-cultural sites and tourism in the province.
8.
The sport sector also earned remarkable achievements. Hoa Binh was the host of
the national youth mountain biking and national mountain biking championships
and the national long-distance cycling tourney. For the first time, cycling
coaches and athletes of the province joined the national sport delegation
competing at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30), and Hoa Binh-born
cyclist Dinh Thi Nhu Quynh brought home a gold medal in the women’s cross-country
mountain biking.
9.
Tourism development received due attention. The Hoa Binh smart tourism portal
and a historical site in the school for southern ethnic minority cadres in Lac
Thuy district were launched in the year. Local historical sites received
investment in line with tourism development.
10.
Incidents in the province were promptly handled, including the wastewater
discharge by the Northeastern Hapaco company and the dumping of oil in Dam Bai
lake area which caused water pollution at the Da River water company. The
province also carried out inspections and supervisions and imposed disciplinary
measures against Party members and civil servants for their violations in a bid
to ensure transparency, parity, and accuracy./.
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.
