HBO - According to the Department of Construction of the northwestern province of Hoa Binh, the urbanisation rate of the province stood at 14.53 percent in 2015. The figure in the three subsequent years from 2016 to 2018 hit 16.95 percent, 18.96 percent and 21 percent, respectively. The growth of urbanisation rate of the province was higher than the country’s average.
However, Hoa Binh province’s urbanisation
rate currently accounts for only 54.69 percent of the national average, which
was 38.4 percent in 2018.
Director of the provincial department Ngo
Ngoc Duc said it is possible for the province to achieve the target of raising
the urbanisation rate to 25 percent in 2020 proposed in the Resolution of the
provincial Party Committee’s Congress.
The construction department has submitted a
plan to seek approval of the provincial People’s Committee on an urban
development programme and another to implement the programme, which set the
target of bringing the urbanisation rate to 25 percent in 2020.
Based on the programme and the province’s
urban development plan, the Hoa Binh People’s Committee assigned tasks for each
sector and locality to improve the rate of urbanisation. The Departments of
Home Affairs and Construction have worked with districts to review urban
development plans for respective urban areas to promptly supplement contents of
urban development, ensuring consistency in the implementation of a project to
re-arrange and re-organise administrative units in the province in 2020.
The plan aims to have 50,000 people live in
urban areas, raising the number of residents in urban areas to 201,668 out of
the 960,480 residents as regulated.
Hoa Binh city mobilizes financial sources to invest in
infrastructure to realise the target of becoming a second-tiered urban area in
2020.
Competent agencies have provided
consultation for the province to implement measures on urban development,
including those to improve planning quality and urban planning management;
those to mobilise finance in urban infrastructure and attract investment in
major urban development projects and programmes related to Hanoi capital city.
Agencies also focus on new urban
development projects which are in line with current infrastructure and public
works, as well as launch mechanisms and policies encouraging investment in
urban infrastructure and public-private partnership projects.
The province has prioritised in specific
tasks to bolster investment and development in three core urban areas of Hoa
Binh city, Luong Son and Mai Chau districts./.
Speaking at a meeting with businesses, investors, and cooperatives on the occasion of the lunar new year, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Bui Van Khanh affirmed that with the motto of the administration accompanying businesses, Hoa Binh always determines that the success of businesses is also that of the province; and their difficulties and problems are the responsibility of the Party Committees and authorities at all levels. That motto has created a landmark in the development process of the province as well as the local business community.
The Government Office has just issued Notice No. 179/TB-VPCP, dated April 23, 2024, on the conclusions of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at his meeting with the Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee on April 13.
Cao Phong district has witnessed signs of economic improvement over the recent past thanks to efforts by local authorities to promote agricultural, industrial, and handicraft development.
On April 26th, the Steering Committee for completing the standards to establish Luong Son town of the province held a conference to evaluate the progress of implementing the standards to establish Luong Son town. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Steering Committee chaired the conference.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and other officials of the province and Lac Son district on April 25 visited and presented gifts to local soldiers and pioneering youths who directly engaged in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
A delegation from the Fund for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces Phan Trong Binh Social Work Fund on April 22 had a working session with leaders of Hoa Binh province.