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.
A delegation of leaders from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hoa Binh province led by Nguyen Van Toan, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, visited and extended Christmas greetings to the Bishop's Palace of the Diocese of Phat Diem in Ninh Binh province.
Authorities and schools in Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province have paid great attention to educating revolutionary traditions to the younger generation, contributing to shaping their revolutionary ideals and nurturing their national pride.
As Christmas is nearing, a delegation led by President of the Hoa Binh provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee Bui Van Luyen visited and offered greetings to Di Dan Parish in Hang Tram town (Yen Thuy district), along with Vu Ban Parish in Vu Ban town and Muong Cat Parish in Van Nghia commune (Lac Son district).
The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) was born from the people, serves the people, and is ready to fight and sacrifice "for independence and freedom of the Fatherland, for socialism, and for happiness of the people”.
"Our Party is a ruling party. Each Party member and cadre must be truly imbued with revolutionary ethics, truly diligent, thrifty, incorruptible, upright, public-spirited, and selfless. Each must keep the Party truly clean, and deserve to be a leader and a servant loyal to the people.” The teaching of President Ho Chi Minh in his testament remains meaningful and particularly significant to each cadre and Party member today. Learning from the late leader’s spirit that "each cadre and Party member is a loyal servant of the people”, cadres, Party members, civil servants, and public employees of Hoa Binh province have been working hard on reform and creativity to improve the quality and effectiveness of their duty performance.
One of the precious legacies President Ho Chi Minh left for following generations is a collection of four articles titled "Diligence, thrift, integrity, uprightness” using pen-name Le Quyet Thang on the May 30, May 31, June 1, and June 2, 1949 issues of the Cuu Quoc newspaper. Infused with the late leader’s teachings, the youth of Hoa Binh province have been exerting efforts to make self-improvement to contribute to the development of their hometown and the Fatherland.
