The provincial People’s Committee on September 10 reviewed local socio-economic development in the January-September period, and gave feedback to draft reports to be presented to the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee and the People’s Council. Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh presided over the meeting.
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee
and Chairman of the People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh speaks at the meeting.
According to a report presented at the meeting,
Hoa Binh’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the reviewed period
expanded by 8% year-on-year, and its export turnover was estimated at 1.47
million USD, up 20.7% year-on-year. The province welcomed some 3.6 million
tourists, a rise of 7.9% from the same period last year.
Its state budget revenue stood at some 4.8
trillion VND (195.67 million USD), surpassing the Government’s target by 19%,
and fulfilling 83% of the plan set by the provincial People’s Council.
As of the end of July, the province’s capital
disbursement reached 1.16 trillion VND, fulfilling 34% of the target set by the
Government, and 31% of the plan worked out by the People’s Committee.
Progress has also been made in socio-economic
affairs, and national defence-security.
Participants also opined on reports on the
progress of key projects, and pointed to obstacles to local socio-economic
development, notably sluggish land clearance, land crunch, and low
disbursement.
In his remarks, Khanh asked departments,
agencies, and localities to step up coordination in pushing ahead with
investment and land clearance, and pay more heed to disbursement.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Chuong held a working session with the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (ThaiCham) on the sidelines of the "Meet Thailand" event co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Thai Embassy, and the People's Committee of Lao Cai province on August 28 in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
Despite impacts from the complicated developments in the region and the world, Hoa Binh saw good signals in import-export activities in the first half of 2024.
Promoting the application of digital technology in new-style rural area building is an important criterion, contributing to the development of agricultural and rural economy, improving people's lives, and gradually narrowing the gap in service quality between rural and urban areas.
Determining industrial development as a driving force for socio-economic development, Lac Thuy district has stepped up the dissemination work to raise awareness of officials, party members, and people of the policy of forming and developing industrial clusters, while developing resolutions and action programmes, and including them in the local socio-economic development planning on promoting the development of these clusters.
With funding from the National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, localities in of Hoa Binh province have invested in essential infrastructure which helps improve local people's lives.
Hoa Binh city has allocated 654 million VND (nearly 26.200 USD) for supporting the protection and sustainable development of 507ha of natural forest to carry out Project 3 on sustainably developing agricultural and forestry production to tap into the potential and advantages of regions to produce goods in value chains.