(HBO) - On February 19, the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee held a meeting with representatives of local press agencies, artists and journalists; and presented the third Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Awards 2018. Attending the event were member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh and permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Tran Dang Ninh.

Photo: Provincial leaders, artists and journalists at the
event
In 2018, local press
agencies properly performed their functions and duties, complied with principles,
purposes and the Press Law, fulfilled political tasks and closely followed local
orientations. They provided timely, truthful and comprehensive information about
political, socio-economic, national defence –security tasks of the country and
the locality. They served as a truly reliable forum of the people and a crucial
mass media for social life, thus making important contributions to successfully
performing political and socio-economic development tasks, ensuring national
defence-security, and serving external affairs of the local Party committee, authorities
and members of ethnic groups.
Cultural and arts
activities were more diverse, contributing to serving political tasks. A number
of achievements were made in regional exhibitions and festivals in almost fields.
Composition camps offered real-life experience to members and vividly reflected
local lives. Several members made their names at domestic cultural-art forums. The
Hoa Binh arts newspaper upheld its role of discovering young talents, serving as
a forum for artists and contributing to promoting the development of
culture-arts in the new period.
On the occasion, the
organising board of the third Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Awards 2018 presented
awards to winning authors and entries.
At the event, member of
the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui
Van Tinh lauded the great contributions of press agencies, journalists and
artists to performing local political tasks. He affirmed that the local Party
units, authorities and people always expect the role and position of press and
culture-arts agencies in reform, national construction and defence. In
particular, many entries with high value in ideology and arts vividly and fully
reflected the performance of the tasks of building the Party and political
system, boosting socio-economic development, ensuring national defence-security
and promoting external relations during renovation and development process./.
The Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee held its monthly meeting on March 26 to review the progress of key projects, assess budget revenue and public investment disbursement, provide feedback on draft documents for submission to the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board, and discuss other important matters related to the committee's governance activities.
Playing a key role in Hoa Binh province’s economic development, Luong Son district has been focusing on science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation.
Identifying the application of online public services as a key step in administrative procedure reform and e-government building, Kim Boi district has proactively provided services and supported residents and businesses in accessing and utilising full-process online public services promptly and efficiently. The locality aims to lift the rate of end-to-end online public services to over 90%, with all officials and civil servants handling tasks in the digital environment.
Nguyen Anh Tuyet, hailing from a family steeped in the ancient art of herbal medicine, is transforming local medicinal herbs into high-value concentrated extracts, elevating their worth and healing potential.
Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and head of the steering committee for the province's key projects, chaired a conference on March 25 to discuss measures for implementing the project on constructing the Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh road and upgrading the Xuan Mai - Hoa Binh section of National Highway 6 under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Administrative reform has been identified as a key priority in enhancing state governance, improving the business environment, and facilitating services for citizens and enterprises.