(HBO) – The Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on August 25 held a meeting on the investment plan and commitment to allocate budget for the project of expanding Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh road.
Nguyen Phi Long,
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial
Party Committee, speaks at the meeting.
At the meeting, Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and chairman of the provincial People's Council, introduced a
proposal by the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee on the
expansion of the Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh road project under a Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) contract.
The project has a total investment of nearly 9.4 trillion VND
(389 million USD) to build a 23.4-km road including a 6.37-km section in Hanoi
and a 16.67-km one in Hoa Binh province. The province has chosen to invest in the construction of a 6-lane expressway
with a design speed of 100km per hour.
Participants in the meeting agreed that the investment project
to build the Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh road is an important work that has great impact
on the socio-economic development of the locality and the northwestern region.
It will open up traffic and create a new economic corridor in the region. The provincial Party Committee agreed on the scale and contract
form of the project as well the funding plan for it.
Concluding the meeting, alternate member of the Central Committee of the Party
and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long spoke highly of
the support and determination of the provincial Party Committee to implement
the project.
He agreed that the project has strategic significance in
connecting trade between the province and key economic regions and Hanoi,
contributing to attracting investment and promoting the socio-economic
development of the province and the region.
The provincial People's Committee, its departments, and relevant agencies were
asked to work with ministries and central agencies to ask competent agencies
for permission to implement the project according to regulations.
In recent years, Mai Ha commune in Mai Chau district has been making efforts to restructure its crops and livestock to improve production efficiency, enhance the quality of life, and increase income for local residents. Notably, the cultivation of watermelon in line with Vietnamese Goods Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) standards has helped local people escape poverty.
Hoa Binh province scored 43.5493 points in the 2023 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), ranking 20th out of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, up 23 places compared to the 2022 list. The results show people's satisfaction with the effectiveness of implementing State policies and laws, local governance, and providing public services by authorities at all levels in the province.
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.