(HBO) - Officials and people of Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province, were happy with their district’s accomplishment of the "dual goals” on new-style rural building and urban development. In 2019, the Hoa Binh provincial appraisal council assessed that Luong Son met all new-style rural building criteria and submitted related paperwork for the recognition.
Also in the year, the Ministry of
Construction recognized Luong Son town and expanded areas as having met the
criteria for the fourth-grade urban area.
Rural roads in Cu Yen commune, Luong Son district, were built according
to new-style rural building criteria.
Bui Van Dau, Secretary of the Luong Son
district Party Committee said the implementation of the new-style rural
building programme is the result of matching the Party’s goal and local
people’s wish and it has created a profound change in the mindset and actions
of the district’s administration as well as the socio-economic facelift of the
locality.
He added that the involvement of the entire political system has enabled the
district to gain crucial goals in building new-style rural areas. Thousands of
billions of VND have been mobilized into developing infrastructure as well as
production, and agricultural restructuring in combination with the new-style
rural building.
Investment in to the upgrade of urban infrastructure, transport, irrigation,
culture, and education have helped the district meet its local people’s needs
to develop production and improve their living conditions.
So far, all communes have accomplished the building of new-style rural areas
with all households having connected with the national electricity grid, the
healthcare, cultural and educational systems meeting all required criteria.
Twenty-five out of38 schools met the national standard, reaching 65.8 percent
while all health clinics reached the required criteria.
As the new-style rural building has been carried out in combination with
agriculture restructuring, the district has initially formed commercial
production areas to meet market demands. The Luong Son mountainous goat brand
of the district has been certified by the Intellectual Property Department of
the Ministry of Science and Technology. In addition to that, Tuyet Nhi Celastrus hindsii (Xa Den) jelly, Dong Suong organic Asian spinach, Tan
Thanh grapefruit, Thuat Phat chicken, and Viba bananas have been certified as One
Commune One Products (OCOP).
Along with that, the district has focused on generating jobs, restructuring
rural labor force, and improving the local people’s living condition. Only 3.91
percent of the district’s households remain poor.
With the goal of developing the urban area
in the district’s inner location, Luong Son has taken measures to improve the
business environment, rally all resources, and implement solutions planning and
managing the planning of infrastructure, industry, trade and service sectors.
Industrial zones in the district have housed business and production projects,
contributing to raising the export value for the district as well as making a
job shift into the industrial sector for farming labourers. The district is
making the planning for projects to develop industrial clusters in the
locality, like Tan Vinh, Hoa Son and Cao Duong, in a bid to draw more
investment into industry.
Though harvesting such outstanding accomplishments, the Party Committee and
people of Luong Son district remain committed to maintaining and improving the
quality of new-style rural building criteria, looking forward to turning the
locality into a worth-living rural area, and an economic centre of Hoa Binh
province./.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
