The Business Association of Hoa Binh province on January 25 organised a conference summing up its activities in 2023 and putting forward tasks for this year. Attending the event were Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Bui Duc Hinh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Council; and Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, among others.
Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Bui Van Khanh at the conference.
Currently, the association has 16 member organisations in all districts and Hoa Binh city, with over 700 members. It has effectively played its role as a bridge connecting businesses in the province, and transmitting documents on guidelines, policies and laws to businesses in a timely manner, thus contributing to raising enterprises’ awareness and consciousness of complying with the guidelines, policies, and laws of the State and the province.
During the year, the association gathered and listened to its members' feedback and recommendations about difficulties in production and business to propose to relevant authorities and provincial leaders; effectively improved the Department and District Competitiveness Index (DDCI); coordinated in the implementation of investment attraction activities and programmes to improve provincial competitiveness index; and actively participated in important foreign affairs and socio-economic development activities of the province.
In addition, the business community proactively joined social and charitable activities such as aiding the fund for the poor and study encouragement funds, building charity houses, and giving Tet gifts to the poor.
In 2024, the association sets goals of continuing to closely grasp the production and business situation of enterprises; coordinating in organising dialogue programmes to create conditions for businessmen to meet and discuss with State management agencies to help solve difficulties; and promoting linkages between businesses in the locality, and between those in the same industry.
Speaking at the event, Khanh acknowledged, praised, and appreciated the operation results of the provincial Business Association and its members in the past year. He asked the association to continue making efforts to overcome difficulties in production and business, promoting its role and responsibility in supporting the business community to seize new opportunities, and implementing charitable and social welfare activities, thus contributing to the successful implementation of the province's socio-economic development goals and tasks in 2024.
Local businesses gave gifts to the poor on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) with a total of over 3.37 billion VND (138,000 USD).
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.
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