(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./.
The 17th-tenure People’s Council of Hoa Binh province, for the 2021-2026 term, convened its 24th session on January 7, during which Bui Duc Hinh was elected Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee for the tenure.
The Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board recently held a meeting under the chair of Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, to look into some important socio-economic development issues.
During the implementation of the Politburo’s Directive 06-CT/TW, dated November 7, 2006, on organising the movement of "studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example”; Directive 03-CT/TW, dated May 14, 2011, on the continued enhancement of studying and following the late leader’s moral example; Directive 05-CT/TW, dated May 15, 2016 on the promotion of studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, moral example, and style; and Conclusion 01-KL/TW, dated May 18, 2021, on the continued implementation of Directive 05-CT/TW, it is a fact in Hoa Binh province that all people, from farmers to intellectuals, as well as from senior citizens to the young, any people can study and follow Uncle Ho’s example in a voluntary and natural manner anytime, anywhere, and in everything.
As soon as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) was founded, to protect and consolidate the revolution’s achievements, under the Party’s leadership, the provisional Government led by President Ho Chi Minh issued a series of decrees to manage and construct the country.
The Party Organisation of Lam Son commune, Luong Son distict has paid much attention to Party building in association with isnpection and supervision, which helps enhance the leadership capacity in fulfilling local political tasks.
The People's Committee of Hoa Binh province has held a conference to review the implementation of its foreign non-governmental aid mobilisation programme in 2024. Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Chuong attended and delivered a keynote address at the event.
