Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh visits the community tourism model at Lac 2 Village, Chieng Chau commune

In the first half of this year, Mai Chau district Party Committee focused its leadership on the implementation of political tasks of the provincial Party organisation, achieving remarkable results.

Along with popularizing and implementing the 12th Party Central Committee' s Resolution 04 on Party building and revamping in association with the Politburo’s Directive 05-CT/TW on the study and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example, the district also paid attention to political and ideological education for Party members and residents.

At the same time, the district carried out well the planning of management personnel for the 2020-2025 tenure.

Mai Chau Party Committee also focused on ensuring internal political stability, personnel training and developing Party members, while strengthening the effectiveness of inspection and monitoring, and improving mass mobilisation work.

The district’s production value reached 850.9 billion VND, and 253.2 hectares of new forests were planted. The district has three communes recognised as new-styled rural areas, along with 659 small industry and handicraft production facilities that create jobs for 2,389 labourers.

It is currently home to 146 tourist accommodation facilities, seven community tourism sites which are operating effectively, together with 22 investment projects with a combined 575.7 trillion VND in registered capital.

At the same time, socio-cultural  situation was improved, and security-defence was maintained.

The standing board of Mai Chau Party Committee also pointed to difficulties and weaknesses of the district, while defining 16 major tasks for the remaining 6 months of the year.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh presents gifts to children in Lac 1 Village on the occasion of the International Children’s Day on June 1.

Concluding the working session, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh emphasised a number of key tasks for the coming time, including choosing key plant and animal varieties for farming and breeding sectors, developing organic agriculture and expanding markets for local products.

It is necessary to extend the area for temperate trees and medicinal trees, while developing the breeding of fish in Hoa Binh lake, he said, and instructed that farming land producing low yield should be transformed into land for cattle breeding.

At the same time, tourism should be made a key sector, the official said, urging building a project on tourism development in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes.

Provincial departments and agencies should help the district study the development and planning of tourism services, particularly community tourism, devise tourism management policies, establish local travel agencies, and building tourist destinations in order to increase budget collection.

Mr. Tinh suggested building tours that link different locations in the province and the province with its neighbours, establishing a district tourism management board, and setting up cooperatives on tourism and transport, among others.

He called on more investment in transport infrastructure, including building a new road connecting National Highway 6 and National Highway 15, while considering the expansion of Mai Chau district to turn it into an urban area of Class 4 in 2020, he said.

The official stressed environment and forest protection as a key task for the district, particularly the need to handle water pollution caused by Van Mai paper plant and illegal tree logging in the Hang Kia – Pa Co natural reserve.

He asked the district to improve the organisation of the administration, especially the militia force in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes, pay attention to personnel planning and human resources training, and tackle unlawful use of land for farming and living in line with the law and local security conditions.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh plants a tree inside the Lac 1 Village Cultural House

Previously, the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee toured community-based tourism models in Lac 1 and Lac 2 villages in Chieng Chau commune.  He also  planted a tree inside the Lac 1 Village Cultural House and presented gifts for children of the two villages on the occasion of the International Children’s Day.

                                                                               Duc Phuong