​According to the report of the Provincial Management Board of Construction Investment Projects, the 1,500-bed General Hospital project cluster includes 07 component projects: 1,500-bed general hospital; central technical block and funeral home; wastewater treatment station; overall technical infrastructure; hospital equipment; education and training block, dormitory of students and patients' relatives; parking lot, park, green trees, etc.

Mr. Nguyen Vinh Toan - Director of the Provincial Management Board of Construction Investment Projects reports on the implementation of the 1,500-bed general hospital cluster

Up to now, the 1,500-bed General Hospital project has carried out the construction, supply and installation of technical systems at 90.6%; construction, installation of medical gas system equipment and transportation of patient samples at 89%. Construction of the central technical block and the funeral home, the new construction has reached 22%. The wastewater treatment station has been extended to be completed until December 31, 2022. The hospital equipment project is waiting for the review opinion of the Provincial Scientific Council on the configuration and features of the equipment.

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Overview of the 1,500-bed General Hospital

​Reporting more on the construction situation of the Hospital's projects, Construction Corporation No. 1 said that by September 30, 2022, the unit will complete the finishing work. Particularly, the installation of medical gas system equipment is expected to be completed in November 2022.

Regarding capital arrangement for the project, Mr. Trinh Hoang Tuan Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment said that the 1,500-bed General Hospital project is an important project of the province, so capital is always prioritized, the province has fully allocated capital to implement the project.

At the meeting, the units also reported difficulties and obstacles in installing equipment system, purchasing operating room equipment, importing equipment from abroad for installation, etc., leading to delay in progress.

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Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi concludes the meeting

Concluding the meeting, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi requested the investor and the construction unit to focus on implementing the work to speed up the progress of the projects and put the Hospital into operation soon to meet the people's health care needs. Reviewing difficulties and problems in the implementation process to promptly report to the Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee and PPC for comments. Particularly, procedures related to bidding must comply with regulations. If there are difficulties beyond the competence of the province to settle, they should consult the Central Government for solutions. After the project is completed and put into operation, it must be really economical, effective and in accordance with regulations.

After working with the investor and the construction unit, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the leaders of the PPC, Departments and branches went to survey the actual works of the Hospital.​​

 Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi and Vice Chairman of the PPC Nguyen Van Danh visit the operating room and emergency room of the Hospital

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Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi discusses with leaders of the PPC, the investor and the construction unit

 ​Reported by Mai Xuan- Translated by Thanh Tam

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Mr. Quang Van Viet Cuong - Deputy General Director of Becamex IDC receives the honor of "Top 50 Best Listed Companies in 2022"

Being honored in the "Top 50 Best Listed Companies in 2022" is Becamex IDC's continuous efforts in the context of the industrial real estate market in 2022 facing many difficulties and fluctuations due to still being negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Becamex IDC, with its experience in the field of industrial and urban infrastructure development, has not only succeeded in Binh Duong but also contributed greatly to the socio-economic development in many localities across the country under the direction of the Government and the cooperation program between Binh Duong province and other provinces and cities. The core value that makes Becamex IDC brand reputation is the strategy of developing industrial parks associated with urban areas, trade and services, social housing, resettlement areas, surrounded by high-quality transportation, health, culture, sports and education ecosystems, meeting the rigorous needs of all investors. This is a model of comprehensive ecosystem development for the development of industrial parks, which is the difference, creating the best added value for investors and people in the whole region.

As a companion to the Binh Duong Smart City Project and now the Binh Duong Innovation Region Project, these are the projects that have brought great success to Binh Duong not only in Vietnam but also internationally, Becamex IDC has directly contributed to the project with practical and specific projects. After four consecutive times in the Top 21 (Smart 21) and in the Top 7 for the first time in 2021, Binh Duong Smart Region continues to be recognized by ICF as one of the Top 7 communities with smart development strategies in the world in 2022. This is the second time Binh Duong province has entered the Top 7 of ICF, alongside smart cities in the world.

With a methodical business orientation and a scientific operation strategy, it is an important basis for Forbes Vietnam to coordinate with partners to evaluate Becamex IDC in the "Top 50 Best Listed Companies in 2022". This is the result of the continuous process of innovation and creativity to create prosperous and sustainable values of Becamex IDC, affirming the great contributions that this unit has been and will be contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality, region and the whole country.

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​​Reported by Ha Long- Mai Xuan- Translated by Thanh Tam

​Attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Delegation of the National Assembly Deputies; Mr. Nguyen Van Danh - Vice Chairman of PPC and leaders of provincial departments, committees and branches, Trade associations and domestic investment enterprises in the province.

The economy gradually recovers, flexibly adapts

Information on the socio-economic situation of Binh Duong province at the conference showed that in the first 6 months of 2022, the economy gradually recovered positively, GRDP growth in the first quarter was estimated to increase by 5.3%, in the second quarter, increase by 8.35% over the same period. Industry and construction continued to be the driving force, making the main contribution to the overall growth; the service area had many flourishing steps when most of the service and entertainment activities are vibrant again.

Despite many difficulties, manufacturing industries such as: textiles, footwear, wood, electronic components, etc. have actively transformed models, changed strategies, and responded flexibly to ensure sufficient sources of raw materials. Industrial production index in the first 6 months of the year was estimated to increase by 8.35% over the same period in 2021.

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Enterprises strive to overcome difficulties to restore production

Industrial parks in the province have leased land and factories with a total area of 196 hectares. The province held a ground-breaking ceremony for the Vietnam - Singapore III Industrial Park; is implementing the adjustment project for Bau Bang and Cay Truong industrial parks.

The province continues to organize the selection of contractors to implement the Binh Duong Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 in accordance with regulations; approves the socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; continues to coordinate with relevant localities and units to study and propose the implementation of investment procedures for Ring Road 3 and Ring Road 4, Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway; promotes investment procedures for a number of key projects, etc.

The results achieved are a combination of many factors, including the contribution of the domestic investment enterprise community and trade associations in the province.

Enterprises need support

At the conference, Associations and enterprises raised difficulties, obstacles, suggestions and recommendations to continue to facilitate the process of restoring production and business of enterprises such as: High petroleum price affects production and export; enterprises find it difficult to access bank capital; land rent stabilization policy; building social houses and kindergartens for workers' children in industrial parks and clusters, etc.

Overview of the conference

Sharing at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Liem - Chairman of Binh Duong Furniture Association said that the situation of wood production and business is being influenced by the world market. Countries tighten credit policies, inflation tends to increase, leading to a sharp decrease in consumer demand and no positive signal for the end of 2022. Key export markets such as the US and Europe saw a decrease in export orders. In addition, the price of production materials and products, the cost of production materials and transportation also increased sharply, leading to many factories having to reduce production and cut labor. Meanwhile, it is difficult for enterprises to access bank capital.

Therefore, he suggested that the Central government and the province have policies to support the reduction of bank interest rates, grace periods, debt rescheduling, not reducing the credit "room" (the bank's loan limit) and support enterprises to borrow inventory; have solutions to stabilize the price of raw materials and transportation. Along with that, strengthening programs for trade promotion, e-commerce development, digital transformation, technology improvement.

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Ms. Phan Le Diem Trang - Chairman of Binh Duong Garment-Textile Association presents the recommendation

Ms. Phan Le Diem Trang - Chairman of Binh Duong Garment-Textile Association added that it is currently difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to apply standards on environment, fire prevention, digital transformation, etc. She wanted enterprises to be "oxygenated" to continue maintaining and developing production. The Garment-Textile Association proposed to the Central and provincial governments to have solutions to support enterprises in accessing loan sources; have a stable land lease policy and support enterprises with land rental costs; specifically notify the list of enterprises that need to be relocated to the industrial park or cluster and the time of relocation so that the enterprises can proactively arrange production and business activities; have a plan to support small and medium-sized enterprises in digital transformation.

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Leaders of Binh Duong Logistics Association speaks

Chairman of Binh Duong Logistics Association Nguyen Quang Sang said that in the past time, in the context of increasing gasoline prices, leading to high logistics costs. According to him, the province's transportation system is relatively good, but there are still traffic jams, especially on arterial roads such as National Highway 13, My Phuoc - Tan Van road. Warehouse system in the province is small and scattered. Therefore, he hoped that the province would continue to have solutions to overcome traffic jams and synchronously plan the transportation system and warehouses for transportation activities, contributing to reducing logistics costs for enterprises.

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Leader of the Department of Transport proposes solutions to prevent traffic jams and invest in key traffic works

Through the opinions of enterprises, leaders of the PPC and departments have satisfactorily answered the recommendations and problems about customs procedures; tax-related policies; solutions to solve traffic jams as well as key traffic investment plans and programs, specialized inspection at enterprises, etc. Regarding supporting enterprises to access capital, a representative of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) - Provincial branch said that the SBV has implemented many solutions and policies to support and remove difficulties for enterprises in accessing capital for production and business, focusing on 5 priority areas: agricultural and rural development; export; small and medium-sized enterprises; supporting industry; high-tech application enterprises. In particular, the Government has just issued Decree No. 31 on May 20, 2022 to support interest rates from the State budget for loans of enterprises, cooperatives and business households. This is an important credit "channel" to help enterprises recover quickly after the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to increase access to bank loans, in addition to solutions from the SBV and credit institutions, enterprises themselves need to restructure their operations, demonstrate their capacity, and create trust so that financial institutions can feel secure to grant credit.

Removing difficulties for enterprises

Speaking at the conference, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi acknowledged the difficulties, problems and recommendations of enterprises. The Secretary asked the PPC and departments to further improve the sense of responsibility, really participate in sharing difficulties, accompanying enterprises, "seeing the difficulties of enterprises as their own difficulties". The PPC consolidates the Working Group to remove difficulties for enterprises in a realistic way, avoiding formalism. Issues within their competence must be resolved and answered immediately, matters beyond their competence should be recorded and reported to their superiors for thorough settlement. The existing policies of the Central Government must be applied and fully exploited to create the most favorable conditions for enterprises. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen dialogue with enterprises to listen to and promptly remove problems and pressing concerns of trade associations and enterprises in order to create a driving force to promote stable production and business in the coming time.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi speaks at the conference

On behalf of the PPC, Mr. Nguyen Van Danh acknowledged and thanked enterprises for accompanying and sharing with the government in implementing measures to prevent and control the pandemic and restore production and business activities. It is the efforts of enterprises and trade associations that have contributed to the province to overcome the pandemic, recover and develop quickly. The PPC seriously accepts the direction of the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and will focus on directing the effective implementation of the recommendations of enterprises. He asked the leaders of departments, branches and localities to continue monitoring and directing during the implementation process for the answered recommendations, and at the same time soon reply and resolve unanswered contents at the conference. The Working group to remove problems and difficulties for enterprises continues to maintain information channels, promptly grasp production and business activities of trade associations in order to create the best conditions for enterprises to maintain and develop production and business activities.

​​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam​

Accordingly, it is proposed that departments, committees, branches, mass organizations and People's Committees of districts, towns and cities cooperate to promote information and communication on the effects and effectiveness of vaccines; focus on communication and vaccination for target groups, especially children from 5 to under 12 years old, paying attention to high-risk children, children living in areas with low vaccine coverage; organize teams to propagate and mobilize vaccination to each residential area; publicize vaccination sites in the locality (address, person in charge, contact information) so that people know and get vaccinated promptly.

The Department of Education and Training directs to increase the speed of vaccination for preschool children and students, with special priority given to children from 5 to under 12 years old and children at high risk; quickly complete the 3^rd and 4^th doses for officials, public employees and workers in the industry under the guidance of the Ministry of Health; strengthen communication and advice to students, parents or legal guardians of children and students about the effects and benefits of vaccination, possible reactions after vaccination and the responsibility to ensure the right to be vaccinated.

Departments, committees, branches and mass organizations further accelerate vaccination for officials, civil servants, public employees, workers, military personnel and soldiers in the whole industry to ensure the completion of vaccination for all subjects.

According to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, injecting the 3^rd dose for people over 18 years old, three months after the 2^nd dose; People who have been infected with Covid-19 should be vaccinated immediately after recovering from the disease. People from 12 to under 18 years old, inject immediately 5 months after the 2^nd dose; People who have been infected with Covid-19 should be vaccinated immediately after recovering from the disease for three months.

Injecting the 4^th dose immediately four months after the 3^rd dose; People who have been infected with Covid-19 should be vaccinated immediately after recovering from the disease for three months.

Children from 5 to under 12 years old who have been infected with Covid-19 should be vaccinated immediately after recovering from the disease for three months.

​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam​

​The delegation visited the Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi Lanh, 96 years old in Tan Phu quarter, Tan Hiep Ward. Here, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi presented gifts, graciously inquired about health and daily life of the Mother and her family, and encouraged her and her family to continue to uphold the tradition of revolutionary heroes, being a bright and exemplary example for generations to follow.

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Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visits and presents gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi Lanh

The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee said that for many years now, taking care of and supporting the Vietnamese Heroic Mother has always been paid special attention by all levels, branches, agencies and units in the province, considering it a sacred responsibility, expressing deep gratitude for the loss of the families and relatives of heroes and martyrs who have sacrificed for the cause of struggle for national independence and defense of the Fatherland.

Visiting the family of Mr. Huynh Van Tu, a war invalid of category 2/4 in Ba Tri Quarter, Tan Hiep Ward, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee presented gifts, inquired and wished him good health. The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee stated that the Party, State and people always remember the merits and sacrifices of heroes, martyrs, war invalids and sick soldiers, families under preferential treatment policy and always pay attention to and take care of the material and spiritual life of the families under preferential treatment policy.

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Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visits and presents gifts to the war invalid of category 2/4, Huynh Van Tu

The Secretary hoped that families under preferential treatment policy, war invalids and sick soldiers would continue to promote the revolutionary tradition, stick to local movements and be exemplary in life, in order to build the homeland and family to be more and more prosperous and happy.

​​​Reported by Mai Xuan- Translated by Thanh Tam

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Delegates attend the meeting

At the ceremony, Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC gave a speech to review the heroic tradition of the nation, showing the respect and gratitude of the Party Committee, the government and the people of Binh Duong province for great contributions of heroes and martyrs, war invalids, sick soldiers, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and family of people who have contributed to the revolution for the cause of national liberation, construction and defense of the Fatherland. Upholding the tradition of "When drinking water, think of its source", Party committees, authorities, mass organizations, enterprises and all classes of people in Binh Duong province have made great efforts in the work of "Gratitude", taking care of policy beneficiaries, ensuring that all families under preferential treatment policy have a standard of living equal to or better than the average standard of living compared to the people in their place of residence on the basis of combining 3 resources: The State, the community and the individual beneficiaries of the policy to rise up on their own.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Deputies' Delegation; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC; Mr. Nguyen Van Loc - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Head of Commission for Mass Mobilization of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front present flowers to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers

Achieving that result, along with the attention and care of all branches and levels, is mainly thanks to the try and efforts of war invalids, sick soldiers and martyrs' relatives who have overcome pain and loss, overcome illnesses caused by recurrent wounds, are still optimistic, love life, do not endure poverty, rise to build a life for themselves. Many people who have become good producers and entrepreneurs continue to devote their energies to enriching the homeland and the country, actively participate in the work of "gratitude", reducing poverty, creating jobs for local workers, worthy of being a model citizen, an exemplary revolutionary family, a typical example for the young generation to follow.

Practically celebrating the 75^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day, Chairman of the PPC requested all levels, branches, agencies, units, enterprises and people in the province to continue to strongly promote the tradition of when drinking water, think of its source, and gratitude; step up the care of life for the families of martyrs, war invalids, families under preferential treatment policy, people with both material and spiritual merits by the most practical and specific activities, worthy of Uncle Ho's advice: "War invalids, sick soldiers, military families, and martyrs' families are those with meritorious services to the Fatherland and people. Consequently, we owe a duty of gratitude, love, and care to them". That is the deep gratitude of the compatriots, soldiers and people for the great merits of heroes, martyrs, war invalids and people with meritorious services to the revolution.

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Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC gives a speech to review the heroic tradition of the nation

It is known that the whole province of Binh Duong currently has more than 64,000 people with meritorious services, including 2,219 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers (currently 30 mothers are still alive), 16,833 martyrs, 6,208 war invalids and sick soldiers of all grades, and 864 resistance activists imprisoned by the enemy, etc. Monthly, the province pays benefits to 7,447 subjects with an average budget of over 13.3 billion VND/month. In addition to the policies prescribed by the Central Government, Binh D​uong has issued a number of additional support policies for people with meritorious services to the revolution from the provincial budget, such as: Resolution 08/2018/NQ-HDND dated July 20, 2018 on additional support for some people with meritorious services; Resolution no. 09/2018/NQ-HDND dated July 20, 2018 on support for mourning for some subjects in the province; Resolution no. 17/2020/NQ-HDND providing housing for people with meritorious services to the revolution in the province, contributing to taking care of the lives of those who have made meritorious services to the revolution. Every year, the province organizes visits and gives gifts to beneficiaries of social welfare during the traditional Tet holiday of the nation, celebrates the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27) with a budget of hundreds of billions VND; provides free treatment for the Vietnamese heroic mother, war invalids and seriously sick soldiers when they are sick or when their injuries recur according to the middle and high regime; mobilizes organizations and individuals to receive life-long support of 100% of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers who are still alive; organize general health check-ups for all subjects who are people with meritorious services to the revolution; gives gifts to Vietnamese heroic mothers, seriously war invalids and sick soldiers from socialization sources; regularly pays attention to the construction and repair of gratitude houses for policy beneficiaries with housing difficulties, ensuring that 100% of policy beneficiaries have permanent houses. Besides, Binh Duong always considers the search and gathering of martyrs' remains an important and regular task, so it has focused on directing, investing funds and hundreds of thousands of labor days; continuously organizes the search for martyrs' remains; regularly embellishes, upgrades and repairs the system of martyrs' cemeteries in the province to be solid, civilized, clean and beautiful, worthy of being revolutionary traditional cultural works of high educational value.

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​Many meaningful activities to thank the great merits of heroes, martyrs, war invalids, sick soldiers and Vietnamese Heroic Mothers

​On this occasion, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs presented Certificates of Merit to 13 collectives and 16 individuals; the PPC awarded Certificates of Merit to 34 collectives and 78 individuals who made great contributions to war invalids and martyrs' work and the "Gratitude" movement in Binh Duong province over the past time.

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Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs to collectives and individuals who have made great contributions to war invalids and martyrs' work and the "Gratitude" movement

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Awarding Certificates of Merit from the PPC to collectives and individuals who have made great contributions to war invalids and martyrs' work and the "Gratitude" movement​

​​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam​​​

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Attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Deputies' Delegation; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Mr. Nguyen Van Loc - Member of  Provincial Standing Party Committee, Head of Commission for Mass Mobilization of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; and leaders of departments, committees, branches, mass organizations, provincial armed forces, Thu Dau Mot city, Thuan An city.

In the solemn and emotional atmosphere of the ceremony, the delegates offered flowers, incense, respectfully bowed in memory of the great merits of the great President Ho Chi Minh, the dedication and sacrifices of the heroes, martyrs and compatriots who fell for the Fatherland, for the national independence and reunification. Continuing the heroic historical tradition of the nation, the Party Committee, authorities and people of Binh Duong province have been striving to exceed socio-economic targets, building the province to develop more and more; continue to take care of the spiritual and material life of beneficiaries of social welfare in the province.

In the general atmosphere of the whole country to implement the July of gratitude, Binh Duong province has organized many practical activities to take care of families under preferential treatment policy such as: Visiting and giving gifts to people with typical meritorious services, sickness or difficulties, giving houses of gratitude; meeting to review the nation's tradition of when drinking water, think of its source; providing reward and gratitude to people with outstanding merits; mobilizing enterprises and benefactors to take care of and give gifts to war invalids, seriously sick soldiers, Vietnamese heroic mothers and people with meritorious services to the revolution still facing difficulties; organizing health check-ups for people with meritorious services to the revolution, etc.

Here are some pictures from the visitation ceremony:

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Delegates attend the ceremony to pay respects and offer incense at the Provincial Martyrs Cemetery

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Provincial leaders and delegations offer flowers at the Martyrs Monument

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Provincial leaders burn incense at the Martyrs Monument
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The delegates commemorate the great merits of the great President Ho Chi Minh, the dedication and sacrifices of heroes, martyrs and compatriots who fell for the Fatherland

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Provincial leaders burn incense at the graves of heroes and martyrs
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Provincial leaders burn incense at the graves of heroes and martyrs
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Officials, civil servants, public employees, armed forces and youth union members burn incense at graves of heroes and martyrs

​​Reported by Yen Nhi- Translated by Thanh Tam​

​Here, the delegation visited and gave 15 gifts to beneficiaries of social welfare and people with meritorious services, each gift worth 3 million VND. On behalf of the Delegation, Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh inquired and encouraged beneficiaries of social welfare who had merit to try to recover, continue to live healthy, live happily with their children and grandchildren and promote the revolutionary tradition, being a leading example in the implementation of guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and State. Binh Duong Party Committee, government and people will forever be grateful for the contributions and sacrifices of heroes and martyrs, families under preferential treatment policy, and people with meritorious services to the nation's revolutionary cause.

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Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Head of Propaganda and Training Commission of Provincial Party Committee, gives gifts to Ms. Nguyen Thi Chuyen (child of a martyr) who is being treated at the Department of General Internal Medicine.

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Provincial leaders visit, encourage and give gifts to the family of Mr. Le Van Dot (father of a martyr) in Tan Hiep ward, Tan Uyen town, who is being treated at the Department of Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Provincial leaders also thanked the officials, doctors, and nurses of the Provincial General Hospital over the past time, who wholeheartedly took care of and treated families under preferential treatment policy and people with meritorious services. At the same time, they wished that officials, doctors, nurses and hospital staff continue to study and improve their professional qualifications; uphold the responsibility, show the spirit of attitude, professionalism, constantly improve the quality of treatment and care for people with meritorious services, contributing to the good work of "Gratitude".

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Leaders of the province, departments, committees and branches encourage beneficiaries of social welfare and people with meritorious services to try to recover, continue to live healthy and live happily

​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam

​​Receiving the delegation were Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC), and comrades in the Provincial Standing Party Committee, leaders of provincial departments and branches.

At the meeting, the two sides shared experiences in planning, investment attraction, digital transformation, etc.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Ngo Dong Hai thanked the leaders of Binh Duong province for the warm welcome. He emphasized, Binh Duong is a model in socio-economic development, attracting investment from the whole country, many provinces and cities, including Thai Binh province, want to learn from Binh Duong's experience.

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Mr. Ngo Dong Hai - Secretary of Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee speaks at the meeting

Through the field visit and the sincere sharing of experiences of the Binh Duong provincial leaders, the Delegation has learned many valuable lessons in directing and managing economic development, attracting investment, budget revenue of Binh Duong province. He hoped that, in the coming time, leaders of Binh Duong province would support, help and connect enterprises in Binh Duong province to invest in key projects in Thai Binh province.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi speaks at the meeting

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi thanked the feelings of Thai Binh provincial leaders and appreciated the political determination and desire for development of the Party Committee and the provincial government. The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee assigned the PPC to coordinate with Becamex IDC Corp to pay attention and consider the investment invitation proposal of Thai Binh province in the coming time. The Secretary wanted the two provinces to strengthen exchanges and share experiences in economic, cultural and social development in the coming time.

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Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of the PPC discusses with Thai Binh Provincial Delegation

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Leaders of Becamex IDC Corp shares experience in investing in projects with the Delegation

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Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi presents a souvenir to the delegation of Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee

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The delegation of Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee presents a souvenir to Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee

​​​Reported by Yen Nhi- Translated by Thanh Tam

At Binh Duong bridge point, there were leaders of the provincial Department of Information and Communications (DIC) and representatives of press agencies in the province.

Viet Solutions is a contest co-organized by the MIC and the Military-run Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel). This is the 3^rd year, the contest is organized to gather issues, problems of digital transformation in Vietnam, search for and share solutions for digital transformation in industries, fields, localities and enterprises. Participants in Viet Solutions are all domestic and foreign organizations and individuals who have problems and solutions suitable for the purpose of the Contest. The contest is organized into 3 rounds, including: Preliminary round, semi-final round and final round. Viet Solutions 2022 will have 09 prizes with each prize worth 200 million VND. The total value of the prizes is 1.8 billion VND.

Immediately after its launch, the contest received 30 participating problems revolving around topics such as ATM digital transformation, business, digital communication, etc.

To register to participate in Viet Solutions 2022, agencies, organizations and individuals can access the contest portal at https://vietsolutions.net.vn/.

​​Reported by Mai Xuan- Translated by Thanh Tam

​Attending the ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Mr. Nguyen Van Dong - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Secretary of Thu Dau Mot City Party Committee and leaders of departments, committees, branches, Thu Dau Mot city.

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Vice Chairman of the PPC Nguyen Loc Ha (2^nd from the left) presents a congratulatory flower stand to the locality and the Presbyterian board of Tan An Communal House

Tan An communal house was established in 1820 and was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) as a National architectural and artistic monument in 2014. On January 12, 2022, "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house" continued to be included in the list of NICH by the MCST. This is the State's recognition and respect for this festival, and at the same time affirms the valuable tangible and intangible cultural heritage values of Tan An communal house, expressing the cultural identity of the locality, reflecting the cultural diversity and creativity of people and being inherited through many generations.

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Vice Chairman of PPC Nguyen Loc Ha (left cover) awards the certificate of "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house" included in the list of NICH to representatives of leaders of Thu Dau Mot City, Tan An Ward and the Presbyterian board of Tan An Communal House

Every year, "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house" is held in lunar November. This is an opportunity for local people to express their gratitude to their ancestors, demonstrating the Vietnamese people's morals "When drinking water, think of its source", "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls"; showing typical cultural activities of residents of agricultural origin, praying for favorable weather, lush land, and bountiful crops.

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The ceremony of Sac Than procession - an important ritual in the "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house", is performed at the announcement ceremony

Speaking at the announcement ceremony, Vice Chairman of the PPC Nguyen Loc Ha praised the spirit of creativity, preservation, enhancement and transmission of cultural heritage values in Tan An communal house through many generations. He highly appreciated the efforts of the DCST in compiling a scientific dossier to put "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house" into the list of NICH.

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A photo of Tan An communal house

In order to continue to well implement the conservation and promotion of the festival values, Vice Chairman of the PPC Nguyen Loc Ha suggested the Culture, Sports and Tourism branch, Thu Dau Mot City, Tan An Ward and the Presbyterian board of Tan An Communal House continues to promote propaganda and education in order to raise awareness and responsibility of the whole society, especially the young generation in preserving and promoting the value of "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house" in particular and province's intangible cultural heritage in general; the DCST soon advises on building a project to protect and promote the province's cultural heritages that have been included in the list of NICH. At the same time, it is recommended that media agencies develop programs, special pages and columns to introduce and promote cultural heritage, diversify forms of implementation to bring traditional cultural heritage to a large number of people inside and outside the province, etc.

Vice Chairman of PPC Nguyen Loc Ha (left cover) and Secretary of Thu Dau Mot City Party Committee Nguyen Van Dong (right cover) award certificates of merit from the PPC to collectives and individuals

On this occasion, 03 collectives and 06 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the PPC; 02 groups, 08 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the DCST for their outstanding achievements in preserving and promoting the value of the NICH "Ky Yen Festival at Tan An communal house".

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Leaders of the DCST award Certificates of merit of the department to collectives and individuals

​Reported by Doan Trang- Translated by Thanh Tam

​Attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Loc - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Head of Commission for Mass Mobilization of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Head of Propaganda and Training Commission of Provincial Party Committee; together with leaders of departments, committees and branches.

Receiving and working with the delegation were Mr. Bui Thanh Nhan - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Secretary of the Di An City Party Committee and comrades in the City Standing Party Committee, leaders of the City People's Committee.

According to the report, in the first 6 months of 2022, despite facing many difficulties and challenges due to the pandemic, the high price of petroleum had a negative impact on production and business activities of enterprises and directly affected people's lives, however, with the direction of the province and the efforts of the entire political system, the proposed work has achieved quite good results in all aspects.

Industrial production value was estimated at 72,500 billion VND, reaching 56.91% of the year plan, up 15.33% over the same period in 2021. Total retail sales of goods and services was estimated at 47,162 billion VND, equaling 32.05% of the year plan, up 20.43% over the same period. Total budget revenue was over 2,347 billion VND, reaching 74.82% of the estimate assigned by the PPC, up 10.68% over the same period.

The city has fully and promptly implemented regimes and policies for people with meritorious services and disadvantaged people in the area.

However, besides the achieved results, the disbursement rate of the city's public investment capital only reached 9.91% of the plan. A number of people's recommendations on granting land use right certificates in housing areas, residential areas, and resettlement areas have not been thoroughly resolved, etc.

Secretary of the Di An City Party Committee Bui Thanh Nhan speaks at the meeting

From now until the end of the year, the city will continue to focus on implementing action programs, breakthrough programs and targets of the Resolution of the City Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure. In which, focusing on mobilizing revenue for the budget, strictly managing and saving expenses; developing traffic infrastructure towards urbanization, building smart city; developing high-quality service industries. Especially focusing on directing the work of compensation and clearance, land recovery, handling late construction, disbursement of investment capital; completing and submitting the project proposal for recognition of grade-II urban area.

At the meeting, Di An City proposed that the PPC and relevant departments soon consider appraising and approving land prices so that the City People's Committee has a basis to organize compensation, support, resettlement, land recovery to implement projects and disburse public investment capital according to the plan; work with Ho Chi Minh City on an agreement to connect the extended My Phuoc - Tan Van road, the East-West main axis, the 30/4 road to the Hanoi Highway and upgrade and expand the An Binh road connected to Pham Van Dong Street (Ho Chi Minh City). For the Ring Road 3 project, Di An city proposed to the province to urge the consulting unit to hand over the field clearance landmarks for the locality to take steps in order, and at the same time guide to solve problems about the higher compensation unit price for agricultural land in Binh Duong than Ho Chi Minh City, etc.

Chairman of the PPC Vo Van Minh concludes the meeting

Through the opinions of the departments and branches, Mr. Vo Van Minh highly appreciated the Di An city's implementation results of socio-economic development tasks in the first 6 months of 2022. The Chairman of the PPC agreed with the direction and tasks in the coming time, and at the same time noted that the locality should focus on solutions to overcome limitations on public investment, security and order situation, and traffic accidents. For specific local recommendations, he suggested that the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Finance coordinate with the People's Committee of Di An City to review and unify the land unit price for each specific project in the city to speed up the progress of compensation and site clearance. The Department of Transport continues to promote the connection of roads of Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province on the basis of the policy agreed between the two localities. The Department of Construction guides the locality on the plan for appraisal and embellishment of subdivisions for spontaneous sale of plots to grant land use right certificates to people.

In the coming time, Di An city needs to have studies to update appropriate planning, promote advantages, exploit potentials, focus on developing potentials in logistics, transportation, building science and technology parks, high quality commercial services, etc. in order to increase the growth value. In particular, it is necessary to build resettlement areas for clearance and compensation for public investment projects. In addition, the city needs to pay more attention to the issued digital transformation implementation plan. Strengthening state management of construction order, meeting requirements on urban development orientation. The Chairman of the PPC highly appreciated the spirit of support, contribution of ideas and funds of Thai Binh Group to Di An City for the construction of a level 1 hospital and the Di An New City project. Thereby, he requested all levels, branches and localities to coordinate in implementation.

​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam

​The delegation visited and gave gifts to Ms. Le Thi Nao (99 years old), who had revolutionary merits in Tan Binh ward and disadvantaged beneficiaries under preferential treatment policy in Binh Thang ward, including: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kieu (84 years old), mother of martyr Le Tan Cong; Mr. Nguyen Van Thien (92 years old), a resistance activist who was imprisoned and exiled by the enemy; Mr. Phan Xuan Ky (87 years old), a victim of toxic chemicals;  Mr. Nguyen Trong Dam (85 years old), 4/4 rank war invalid and Mr. Huynh Thanh Son (72 years old), 1/4 rank war invalid.

Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC visits and gives gifts to Mrs. Le Thi Nao's family in Tan Binh ward

At the places visited, Mr. Vo Van Minh graciously inquired the health and living conditions of the families; listened, shared and expressed his deep gratitude for the losses and sacrifices of war invalids, sick soldiers and families under preferential treatment policy during the resistance wars for national independence. At the same time, he encouraged family members to promote the revolutionary tradition, strive to overcome difficulties and diseases to stabilize their lives, actively participate in emulation movements for socio-economic development, building cultural life in residential areas.

The Chairman of the PPC asked the local Party Committees, authorities and mass organizations to continue to do well in the work of gratitude, caring and helping, taking care of the material and spiritual life of beneficiaries under preferential treatment policy and people with meritorious services in the area.

Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC burns incense at the altar of martyr Le Tan Cong

Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC visits and gives gifts to Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kieu (Mother of martyr Le Tan Cong) in Binh Thang ward

Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC visits and gives gifts to Mr. Nguyen Van Thien (the resistance activist was imprisoned and exiled by the enemy) in Binh Thang ward

​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam

​Accelerating public investment

Chairman of the PPC said that by June 30, 2022, the disbursement rate of public investment capital reached 30.4% of the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council, higher than the same period in the last 5 years, on average about 20% (the same period in 2017 reached 22.7%, 2018 reached 24.1%, in 2019 reached 20.9%, in 2020 reached 18%, in 2021 reached 19.3%), this is a positive and optimistic sign.

However, the Chairman of the PPC assessed that the above results were still low compared to the assigned plan due to a number of reasons: investment preparation; coordination between departments, branches, localities and investors is not good; human resources and capacity for public investment-related works are limited.

To accelerate the disbursement of public investment plans in the coming time, the PPC has directed to focus on implementing a number of key solutions. In which, priority is given to removing difficulties in compensation and site clearance; implementing timely and reasonable land price appraisal; directing and coordinating the relocation of infrastructure items (electricity, water, telecommunications, etc.); adopting policies and regimes for the labor force working in the Center for Land Fund Development at all levels. Actively building resettlement areas for compensation and clearance work. Amending and supplementing Decisions: No. 51/2014/QD-UBND dated December 18, 2014 stipulating policies, order and procedures for compensation, support and resettlement when the State recovers land and Decision No. 38/2019/QD-UBND dated December 20, 2019 stipulating the unit price of compensation and property support when the State recovers land in the province.

At the same time, adjusting the medium-term public investment capital plan for the 2021-2025 period and the public investment plan in 2022 in line with the actual situation. Coordinating and consulting the Central Government soon to guide the extension of time for implementation and disbursement of decentralized capital according to the criteria of the district and commune level. Continuing to work with each investor, especially 04 project management units of the province to direct and solve difficulties and problems in order to speed up the disbursement of the allocated capital.

Accompanying enterprises

Chairman of the PPC Vo Van Minh said that in the first 6 months of 2022, when the Covid-19 pandemic was under control, most enterprises in the province actively transformed models, changed strategies, and responded flexibly, boldly implemented digital transformation, quickly stabilized production and business activities, signed orders, expanded domestic and exported goods markets. However, currently, enterprises still face certain difficulties.

The PPC required branches and levels to focus on supporting enterprises, research, and have many positive and specific solutions for each stage (from raw materials, production, consumption, etc.) with the spirit of sharing, regularly grasp the situation, remove difficulties and obstacles for enterprises to recover and develop; continue to simplify administrative procedures; timely and fully deploy support packages for enterprises and employees to have a stronger impact on the process of production and business recovery after the pandemic; support enterprises in digital transformation; implement policies on reducing and supporting loan interest rates (2%/year), debt restructuring, keeping the old debt group unchanged; increase new loans to remove difficulties and facilitate capital for enterprises; limit inspection and testing is not really necessary as well as regularly organizing contact activities with enterprise associations and trade associations.

In addition, the province will also direct branches and localities to review and classify the operation of enterprises in order to have solutions to support each group and type of enterprise, to make the market healthy; contributing to ensuring the local economic security situation, improving the business environment and developing enterprises.

Inspecting and checking a number of projects in urban areas and residential areas

For outstanding problems in urban areas and residential areas, leading to complaints, large gatherings of people causing insecurity and disorder, Mr. Vo Van Minh said that the Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee and the PPC assigned the Department of Construction to coordinate with localities to review legal documents and handle complaints, denunciations and other related contents in complex and crowded real estate projects. Through the review, it has basically determined the causes leading to conflicts and disputes in the projects is due to obstacles in the clearance and compensation which slow down the project schedule; some projects have violations in capital mobilization or capital appropriation;  carrying out the transfer when the conditions are not met; people have made transactions without legal guarantee; investor must pay a land use fee much higher than the price at the time of signing the previous capital contribution or transfer contract; besides, there are also some individuals who are worried about illegal behavior, causing public disorder. Besides, there are also some individuals who are worried, so they have illegal behavior, causing public disorder.

The province's viewpoint is to support and create maximum conditions for investors and people living and working in the province; in which there are investors and people buying and living in residential and housing development projects. In order to radically and completely solve the above situation, the PPC has agreed this July to set up teams to inspect and exam a number of projects in urban areas and residential areas that during the review process, some backlogs were discovered, causing frustration among the people, leading to complaints and denunciations from many people.

The results of the inspection and examination will be the basis for the province to handle the next steps, handle the right work and the right people; including the case of transferring to the police investigation agency for violating individuals and organizations (if necessary). Thereby, the province will discuss solutions for each specific project.

In case the project lasts many years and has not been implemented, affecting the lives of people who have land in the project, the PPC assigned the Department of Construction, the Department of Planning and Investment, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and the district-level People's Committee to review, inspect, examine and advise on the withdrawal of project guidelines for investors who are unable to implement the project, have not yet established land procedures, and are slow to implement. On July 13, 2022, the Government Office also issued Document No. 4358/VPCP-CN requesting localities to overcome the situation of "hanging planning" and "hanging projects", the PPC will urgently implement this directive.

Issuing certificates of land use rights and house ownership to people soon

To solve the situation in some cases where people have not been granted a certificate of land use right and house ownership because the investor has not completed a number of procedures and has not yet ensured the prescribed procedures, Mr. Vo Van Minh said, the PPC has asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Construction and District-level People's Committee to actively review and guide investors to complete construction and land procedures, and soon complete the issuance of certificates of land use rights and house ownership for people.

For matters related to land, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has advised the PPC to direct and strengthen the responsibility of land management in the current situation, focusing on some specific content such as: Reform of administrative procedures and application of information technology in the state management of land; formulation of the Provincial Planning for the 2021 – 2030 period, with a vision to 2050 and a plan for land allocation and zoning; Five-year land use plan (2021 – 2025) of the province; District-level land use planning and plans; inspecting and handling illegal land use purpose change and project implementation delay; dealing with existing housing development projects; auctioning land use rights and speeding up the determination of specific land prices to collect financial obligations for projects where land allocation or lease decisions have been made.

Expeditiously disburse social security packages and increasing regional minimum wages

Implementing Decision No. 08/2022/QD-TTg dated March 28, 2022 of the Prime Minister, the PPC has authorized the District People's Committee to approve the list and funding for housing rental support for employees. The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has established a Working group to implement policies on housing rental support for employees. Up to now, localities have approved for 1,127 enterprises (more than 18,000 employees), with a total amount of 95 billion VND, disbursed 21 billion VND.

The PPC asked localities to urgently review, make and receive lists of workers asking for support, and at the same time implement many solutions to support early rent payments to employees.

At the same time, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs quickly organizes propaganda, popularizes and guides employers and employees in the area to implement Decree No. 38/2022/ND-CP of the Government regulating the minimum wage for employees; propagates the provisions of the labor law in general and the regulations on salary in particular; proactively grasps the situation of labor relations in enterprises; inspects and examines enterprises for the implementation of the provisions of the labor law, as well as the observance of the regulations on the application of the minimum salary, contributing to protecting the rights and interests of the parties in the labor relations. It is suggested that the owners of workers and employees' boarding houses and houses pay attention to share with tenants, reduce and keep the rent unchanged to help employees stabilize their lives.

Digital transformation to create breakthroughs for development

Chairman of the PPC Vo Van Minh emphasized with the view that digital transformation is a development trend, creating a breakthrough in socio-economic development; immediately after the Resolution of the Provincial Standing Party Committee on digital transformation to 2025, orientation to 2030 was issued, the PPC held an online conference with departments and localities to thoroughly grasp the content of the Resolution, and implement the Plan on Digital Transformation in the province in 2022 associated with a number of provincial tasks in the project on developing the application of data on population, identification and electronic authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022 – 2025 period, with a vision to 2030.

Up to now, the digital transformation in the province has achieved some important results such as: Establishing the Provincial Intelligent Operation Center (IOC), towards connecting and forming district-level IOCs; The provincial public service portal continues to be upgraded with functions, features, and additional non-cash payment services when handling administrative procedures; integrating, sharing national databases, etc. At the end of 2022, the province will continue to evaluate the results of digital transformation in the area to serve as a basis for promulgating content plans for the following years in line with the Central Government's orientation and following the actual situation in the province.

​​Reported by Yen Nhi- Translated by Thanh Tam

​Accordingly, the deputies voted unanimously to dismiss Mr. Le Minh Quoc Cuong from the position of the PPC Member - former Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and Mr. Mai Ba Truoc - former Director of Department of Planning and Investment due to another job transfer.

Deputies vote to additionally elect members of the PPC

The meeting also additionally elected the position of the PPC Members for Mr. Bui Duy Hien - Provincial Chief Inspector and Mr. Pham Trong Nhan - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment. As a result, with the number of votes reaching 63/63 deputies present at the meeting, accounting for 90% of the total number of deputies to the Provincial People's Council (70 deputies), Mr. Bui Duy Hien and Mr. Pham Trong Nhan were elected as members of the 10^th PPC, 2021-2026 tenure.

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Mr. Vo Van Minh (right cover) - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC and Mr. Pham Van Chanh (2^nd from left) - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council present flowers to comrades who are dismissed and elected as members of the 10^th PPC, 2021-2026 tenure

 ​Reported by Phuong Chi- Translated by Thanh Tam​