(HBO) - The National Steering Committee for National Target Programmes for 2016-2020 held a conference in Hoa Binh province to review new-style rural area building work in the northern mountainous area in the past decade and set out tasks for the post-2020 period.
The conference was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and head
of the committee Vuong Dinh Hue. Hoa Binh’s leaders attending the event
included Bui Van Tinh, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of
the provincial Party Committee; and Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
The conference, the first regional-level of its kind,
featured One Commune-One Product (OCOP) stalls run by different provinces.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh
Hue, representatives of ministries and sectors and leaders of Hoa Binh province
at the event.
As of the end of June, northern mountainous provinces had
603 out of its total 2,280 communes, or 26.4 percent, meeting the new-style
rural standard. By the end of 2019, the figure is expected to hit 28 percent, fulfilling
the goal one year ahead of schedule as set in the Prime Minister’s Decision No
1600/QD-TTg issued on August 16, 2016.
Currently, the entire region has no communes meeting less
than five criteria of the standard. Each local commune meets 12.28 criteria on
average, lower than the national average of 15.26 criteria per commune.
Meanwhile, six local districts have so far been accredited by the PM as
new-style rural areas.
In the 2021-2025 period, the region sets to have at least
one province completing its new-style rural building mission, and each province
having one district meeting the standard.
Speaking at the conference, Bui Van Tinh shared Hoa Binh’s
experiences and methods in building new-style rural areas. The province has to
date had 71 out of 191 communes completing the work one year ahead of schedule.
The figure is expected to reach 77 by the end of 2019.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue suggested localities involved focus
on implementing the OCOP programme, adding that attention should also be paid
to preserving traditional cultural identities and protecting the environment./.
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.