(HBO) – As a gateway of Hoa Binh province, Luong Son district is proud of revolutionary traditions that were built up during the wars against French and US forces. The district Party Committee, authorities and people have carried forward the traditions to surpass difficulties and contribute to the development of Hoa Binh, deserving its role as the province’s driving force region.
Luong Son district has been given a
facelift. Photo taken in Rong Can commune, Lam Son district
During the resistance wars, residents in Luong Son
joined hands with people nationwide to win the historic victory on April 30,
1975. A total of 7,452 young people in Luong Son joined the military. The
locality provided 12,300 tonnes of food and foodstuff for the battlefields. Its
military units and people also took part in the "Dien Bien Phu in the air”
campaign.
After the wars, despite a range of hardships,
all-level Party Committees, authorities and people in Luong Son have made
efforts to give a facelift to the district. In the 2015-2020 tenure, Luong Son
achieved many hallmark achievements.
Bui Quang Toan, Secretary of the district Party
Committee, said over the past five years, Luong Son completed 15 out of 18
targets set in the resolution of the 25th congress of the district's Party
organisation.
The locality posted high economic growth while
economic restructuring is on the right track. Luong Son has invested in
socio-economic infrastructure, helping to raise people’s living standards.
Its production value grew 13.86 percent during the
period and the scale of economic sectors expanded nearly 2.2 times.
In 2019, Luong Son district was recognised as a
new-style rural area, and Luong Son town and its expanded area won the
fourth-tier urban area status, one year ahead of schedule.
The district has continued to stay firm amid
difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Local residents are
resolved to fulfilled the dual goal of pandemic prevention and control, and
production.
Luong Son has actively and flexibly taken preventive
measures at all levels to minimize losses.
A highlight of the pandemic combat in Luong Son is
the "Zero dong” shop model launched by the district’s youth union and labour
federation to mobilise donations from organisations and individuals in support
of needy people./.
With the motto of "polite, dedicated, professional, and lawful,” over the years, Phu Cuong commune in Tan Lac district has gradually improved the quality of processing administrative procedures, winning high satisfaction from local people and businesses.
Stretching over 300 meters, valued at hundreds of million dong and built to the new-style rural standards, a concrete road in De hamlet, Bac Phong commune, Cao Phong district, was completed by the end of 2023 thanks to the collective contributions of armed forces at provincial and district levels coupled with the active participation of military units stationed throughout the district.
Over the years, the People’s Committee of Lac Thuy district has issued many plans and programmes to speed up the administrative reform, aiming to better serve local people and businesses.
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.