HBO – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in collaboration with the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee, held a ceremony to launch a New Year tree planting festival on February 13, in Kem village, Lam Son commune, Luong Son district of Hoa Binh, to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh.
National Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh
and other delegates plant trees in Lam Son commune, Luong Son district.
National Assembly Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and leaders of ministries, sectors, and Hoa Binh present
gifts to local policy beneficiaries.
National
Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan beat the gong to launch the New Year
tree planting festival. Attending the event were representatives from
ministries and sectors, together with member of the Party Central Committee and
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council Tran Dang Ninh,
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s
Committee Nguyen Van Quang, and numerous locals.
Addressing
the event, Quang said that Hoa Binh always considers tree planting as an
important deed during its socio-economic development, environmental protection
and climate change response. The province has fulfilled its targets related to
afforestation, forest protection and management, with the forest coverage
hitting 51 percent. In 2019, local authorizes and people will actively respond
to tree planting and forest protection to bring huge economic benefits and
contribute to environmental protection.
NA
Chairman Ngan stated that green growth and sustainable development have become
a top concern of all nations in the world and also a target that Vietnam is striving
for.
Growing
more trees will help mitigate ravages of disasters, prevent erosion, reduce
floods and improve the living environment, she added.
After
the launching ceremony, the top legislator joined other delegates and locals
planted more than 2,000 trees of different kinds in Lam Son commune.
This
year, the province set a target of growing 5,790 hectares of concentrated
forest and 15,000 scattered trees.
On
this occasion, the NA Chairwoman granted presents to 30 local policy
beneficiaries./.
Ngoc Luong commune in Yen Thuy district is striving to reach the finish line in advanced new-style rural area building in 2024. By promoting the implementation of solutions, the commune has to date completed necessary criteria set for advanced new-style rural communes for the 2021 – 2025 period.
The Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board held a meeting on December 9 to look into some socio-economic development issues. The event was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee.
As a gateway district adjacent to Hanoi and aiming for town status by 2025, Luong Son district has always paid attention to administrative procedure reform, focusing on cutting the number of procedures, reducing processing times, and lowering costs for citizens and businesses when carrying out administrative procedures.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee, visited and extended his congratulations to the staff at the Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh on the occasion of the 42nd Vietnam Teachers’ Day (November 20, 1982-2024).
As part of the second Da River fish and shrimp festival in Hoa Binh province, the provincial People's Committee on November 15 held a fish worship ceremony and released lanterns on Da River.
The vibrant "Ruou Can (a kind of wine stored in a big jar and drunk with long bamboo straws) Festive Night”, was held on November 18 as part of the Hoa Binh Province Culture- Tourism Week 2024, attracting a large number of locals and visitors.