Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc chaired the 4th meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region, held in Hoa Binh city, the northern province of Hoa Binh, on December 18.
Member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of
Transport Tran Hong Minh; representatives from the council's standing bodies –
the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; as well as leaders from the provincial
Party Committees and People's Committees of the 14 provinces in the region
attended the event.
The conference also saw the participation of
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh
provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Standing Deputy Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council Bui
Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of
the provincial People's Committee Bui Van Khanh, along with other provincial
officials.
Delegates at the event.
The meeting aimed to assess the region's
socio-economic development situation in 2024, review the council's activities
during the year, and outline plans for 2025. It also looked into key investment
projects in the region and listened to opinions from ministries, sectors, and
localities regarding common issues in the region.
In his opening remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Ho
Duc Phoc, who is also Chairman of the council, said that during this meeting,
the council reassessed the regional master plan and regional connectivity set
forth at the 3rd meeting.
Participants focused on discussing solutions to
promote the implementation of the plan and the goals under the Politburo's
Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW on directions for socio-economic development and
national defence - security safeguarding in the region by 2030, with a vision
to 2045; as well as localities' proposals regarding regional development and
connectivity.
Phoc emphasised that the region still has the
highest rate of poor and near-poor households in the country while its its
economy is small, and the percentage of communes that meet new-style
countryside criteria remains low.
He asked participants in the meeting to suggest
solutions to accelerate economic growth, strengthen development, and achieve
the goals set forth in Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW of the Politburo.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc
Phoc, Chairman of the Coordinating Council for the Northern Midland and
Mountainous Region, speaks at the meeting.
At the meeting, Nguyen Phi Long, alternate
member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial
Party Committee, presented a speech on sustainable tourism development in
harmony with economic growth, cultural preservation, environmental protection
and infrastructure development in the region.
The Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation of Hoa Binh province convened a meeting on March 11 to deploy key tasks.
Lac Son district is reorganising and streamlining its organisational apparatus and the contingent of officials, civil servants and public employees in line with Resolution 18 issued by the 12th Party Central Committee.
The provincial Department of Public Security has reorganised its structure to enhance operational efficiency and meet the evolving demands of the new era. In line with the Resolution No. 25 of the Central Public Security Party Committee, the move aims to streamline personnel, standardise leadership roles, and strengthen the police force’s capacity while creating better conditions for modernising equipment.
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.
