(HBO) - Senior officials of the Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on April 18 had a working session with a visiting delegation of the Hanoi People's Committee led by Tran Sy Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, and Chairman of the municipal People's Committee.
Tran Sy Thanh, member of the Party Central
Committee, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, and Chairman of
the municipal People's Committee, hands over a donation worth 15 billion VND to
Hoa Binh to help the locality build 300 "great unity” houses.
Attending the working session were alternate
member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee, Nguyen Phi Long; Permanent 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; and representatives of the provincial
People’s Committee, the provincial Fatherland Front Committee, departments and
sectors, the Hoa Binh city People’s Committee, and Luong Son district.
Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem delivered a report on
socio-economic development results of the province and the cooperation between
Hoa Binh and Hanoi.
In recent years, the two localities have
regularly engaged in exchange activities and investment promotion; organised
survey programmes and experience sharing; supported the provision of investment
information; shared iformation, mechanisms, and policies to support
enterprises; and supported trade promotion, introduction of safe products;
developed agricultural supply chains, labeling over 8 million traceability
stamps for Hoa Binh’s products.
So far, many local products such as oranges, red
pomelos, Da River fish, and organic vegetables are consumed in the Hanoi
market.
Regarding investment and construction,
aproximately 200 businesses in Hanoi have invested in projects in Hoa Binh.
Authorised agencies of the two localities have collaborated to handle
administrative procedures for three projects: the Huong Binh cable line; a
project to build urban chainwater supply system Son Tay-Hoa
Lac-Xuan Mai-Mieu Mon-Hanoi-Ha
Dong; a construction investment project of Xuan Mai water supply system.
Hoa Binh and Hanoi have closely collaborated in
completing procedures, and constructing and upgrading National Highway 6 - Xuan
Mai - Hoa Binh section, an investment project to expand Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh
road, investing in building Ring Road 5.
In the cultural and tourism sector, the two
localities have actively supported tourism associations in signing and
implementing collaborative activities, and building several regional-linked
tourism products.
Delegates have discussed and proposed several
measures to promote cooperation between the two localities in the fields of
investment promotion and attraction, trade, agriculture, culture, sports and
tourism; transportation, healthcare, education-training, environment, ensuring
social security and order.
Long said that cooperation programmes between
Hoa Binh and Hanoi in recent years have contributed to promoting socio-economic
development, ensuring social security and order. He expressed his hope that
Hanoi will continue to create favourable conditions and support Hoa Binh to
develop its advantageous sectors.
For his part, Thanh acknowledged and highly
valued coordination between the two localities, especially in developing
transportation infrastructure, spiritual culture, tourism and service. He also
thanked the provincial Party Committee, authority and people of Hoa Binh for
their support for Hanoi.
He stressed the need to strengthen coordination
in transportation, construction and transportation infrastructure development
to increase regional connectivity, saying that Hanoi commits to closely
coordinate with Hoa Binh to implement collaborative initiatives.
On this occasion, Thanh handed over a donation
worth 15 billion VND (nearly 590,000 USD) to Hoa Binh to help the locality to
build 300 houses as part of the campaign to eliminate "temporary houses and
dilapidated houses" in the locality.