Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan on January 23 called for greater efforts to accelerate the establishment of Luong Son township.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan
speaks at the conference.
Chairing a meeting of the
steering committee for perfecting standards to establish Luong Sown township,
the official noted that a master plan for the township should be completed soon
and submitted to the Ministry of Construction and other ministries and
agencies, and then to the Government for approval.
Toan, who is also head of the committee, asked
its members to raise proposals, especially those regarding land use fees and
water supply.
Luong Son district, which is scheduled to earn
the township status by 2025, has satisfied two out of the five criteria set,
relating to population scale and natural area, according to a report presented
at the meeting. The participants looked into solutions to help
the locality remove obstacles regarding land planning, technology
infrastructure, and the progress of some key projects in the district.
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.