(HBO) - Quy Hoa commune in Lac Son district is home to about 2,760 hectares of forest, including over 1,290 hectares of protection forest, stretching across the Thuong Tien Nature Reserve. The nature reserve is renowned for magnificent natural scenery, flora and fauna biodiversity, and various rare forestry products.
Over recent years, Quy Hoa commune has focused its effort on raising public
awareness of forest protection and intensifying forest management and
surveillance to maintain forest coverage and prevent acts harmful to forest.
A forest protection team in Thung
1 village, Quy Hoa commune (Lac Son) maintain regular patrols to promptly
discover violators of forest protection rules.
Chairman of the Quy Hoa People’s Committee Bui Van Dat said the commune has
coordinated with the local forest ranger force to ramp up inspection and
monitoring of the forests and neighbouring areas to prevent deforestation and
illegal exploitation of other forest resources. The commune has also
accelerated communication campaigns to increase aware of the importance of
forests to climate, water resources and fulfilment of socio-economic
development goals among local residents.
Located inside the Thuong Tien Nature Reserve, the villages of Thung 1, Thung 2
and Theu have the largest forest areas in the commune. Blessed with
breath-taking nature and tranquil atmosphere, they are also favourite
destinations for tourists. thanks to effective awareness campaigns, no illegal
logging has been found in the villages for years.
For nearly 2,000 hectares of production forest, the commune annually sends its
staff to instruct villagers in how to properly practice slash-and-burn farming
without causing forest fire. It also organises tree planting campaigns annually
to revive damaged forest areas and increase local forest coverage.
Bui Van Nhat, head of Thung 1 village said forest protection and maintenance of
green and clean living space have been regularly discussed at the village’s
meetings and broadcast on local radio. Strict punishments have been handed out
to violators, he noted, adding that each people has become aware of their
responsibility in protecting the forest and promptly reported about violations.
Twelve forest protection teams, including 3 – 5 members each, have been
established across the commune. There is also a mobile forest protection team,
comprising 20 members from local police and militia forces, which conducts
regular patrols to detect violations. They have kept day-and-night watch over
the forest and maintained regular exchange of information with officials from
neighbouring areas during the driest months of the year. These teams have
proved effective in preventing forest fire during summer and dry season.
Thanks to such efforts, the commune’s forest coverage has reached 80 percent.
Quy Hoa commune is endowed with a number of tourist attractions. Among them is
Mu Cave in Cao village full of beautiful stalactites and stalagmites
well-preserved by local government and people. The 20-hectare Kha Lake in Kha
village is blessed with abundant aquatic resources. Many hot springs with water
temperature ranging from 40 – 50 Celsius degree have been discovered around Doi
village, which have great potential for the development of mineral water
production and tourism./.
Kim Boi district is drafting 23 planning projects which are expected to help boost the local socio-economic development, attract investors, and mobilise resources for development, said Vice chairman of the district People’s Committee Tran Tuan Son.
They include the one on Bo urban area development until 2045, 20 zoning, and 12 on rural residential areas in communes.
This year, Hoa Binh province strives to have eight communes recognised as meeting new-style rural area standards and five communes satisfying exemplary new-style rural area standards. Since the beginning of the year, the provincial People's Committee has drastically directed the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural area building to fulfil the set target.
Cao Phong district achieved positive socio-economic development results last year as drastic comprehensive measures were implemented with high determination of its whole political system, said the Secretary of the district Party Committee Ha Van Di.
Lac Son district boasts a vast area and large population, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas, and hence the lowest level of urbanisation in the province. The district has issued a resolution on urban development, plans and projects for urban development along with a roadmap, aiming to achieve an urbanisation rate of 15% by 2025 and 25% by 2030 by developing urban areas in the towns of Vu Ban, Muong Vo, and Muong Khoi according to urban levels.
Doan Ket, a remote commune of Yen Thuy district, has more than 98% of its population being people from ethnic minority groups, mainly Muong. Over the past years, local residents have upheld the tradition of solidarity as well as their trust in the leadership of the local Party committee and administration to make joint efforts to develop their hometown and meet new-style countryside criteria.
Over recent times, the implementation of the single-window mechanism for administrative procedure settlement in electronic environments at various units and localities has seen positive changes.
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