Close coordination and effective advice to promote comprehensive development of border areas

On December 27, a working delegation of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, led by Ton Ngoc Hanh, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Council, conducted a working session and surveyed several border areas of Dong Nai province to support provincial planning efforts.

Ton Ngoc Hanh, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Council, delivers remarks during a survey at the Hoa Lu International Border Gate. Photo: Nguyet Ha

Joining the working delegation were Provincial Party Committee member and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Ho Van Ha, along with representatives of provincial departments, sectors and mass organizations, and members of the Provincial Party Committee Working Group assigned to survey border areas for provincial planning purposes (Working Group 142).

Colonel Nguyen Anh Duc, Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Commander of the Dong Nai Provincial Border Guard Command, reports on several survey findings in the area of the Hoa Lu International Border Gate. Photo: Nguyet Ha

During the working program, the delegation surveyed several locations at border guard posts and Hoang Dieu Border Gate in Hung Phuoc commune; an adjacent residential area and a border militia outpost in group 10, hamlet 3, Thien Hung commune; border areas in Tan Tien commune; Hoa Lu International Border Gate in Loc Thanh commune; Area X16 in Loc Tan commune; and Loc Thinh Border Guard Post in Loc Thanh commune.

The delegation conducts a field survey at the Hoa Lu International Border Gate. Photo: Nguyet Ha

At the same time, the working delegation collected and synthesized data related to natural conditions, socio-economic development, national defense and security, external relations, and transport infrastructure to serve adjustments to the Dong Nai Provincial Master Plan for the 2021–2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

The delegation works at Hoang Dieu Border Gate area. Photo: Nguyet Ha

Through the survey, the delegation assessed the current situation, potential, advantages, as well as difficulties and obstacles; studied and proposed recommendations to the Provincial Party Standing Committee and the Provincial People’s Committee regarding development of the northern border area of the province, particularly the Hoa Lu International Border Gate Economic Zone. The delegation also listened to reports from the provincial Border Guard Force and relevant agencies on issues related to planning, in order to facilitate adjustments aimed at sustainable provincial development.

The delegation surveys the adjacent residential area in group 10, hamlet 3, Thien Hung commune. Photo: Nguyet Ha

The delegation works at the Loc Thinh Border Gate Station area. Photo: Nguyet Ha

During the working session, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Ho Van Ha noted that coordination among relevant agencies and units in conducting surveys is also aimed at accurately assessing the current state of socio-economic development space in border areas, and that border area planning must take local livelihoods into account to ensure sustainable development.

The survey delegation works in several locations according to the program plan. Photo: Nguyet Ha

After conducting on-site surveys in the areas, Ton Ngoc Hanh, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council, acknowledged and highly appreciated the close coordination of departments, sectors, and members of Working Group 142 in carrying out the survey mission. She also emphasized the importance of practical field surveys in border areas so that leaders of departments, sectors, and local authorities not only report on realities but also proactively provide policy advice and proposals, especially on tasks that need to be implemented immediately, enabling the Provincial Party Standing Committee to issue guidelines and orientations for socio-economic development and national defense and security in Dong Nai’s border areas, and to adjust and supplement the Dong Nai Provincial Master Plan for the 2021–2030 period with a vision to 2050.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee urged relevant agencies to continue close coordination and advise the provincial People’s Committee on addressing obstacles and difficulties, while proactively proposing effective solutions and sets of solutions to support provincial planning in line with the set objectives and requirements.

For areas related to national defense or affected by ongoing road projects, provincial departments and local authorities were requested to closely coordinate with the Provincial Border Guard Command and functional forces to prepare advisory documents for submission to the Provincial People’s Committee, which would then be forwarded to the Border Guard High Command and the Ministry of National Defense for approval. This approach aims to create favorable conditions and strong support for the sustainable development of border areas.

By Nguyet Ha – Translated by Dang Huyen, Thu Ha