Bac Ninh Province: International and Development

In the first 5 months of 2021, the northern province of Bac Ninh attracted 75 new investment projects inside and outside the industrial park, the Provincial Department of Planning and Investment has reported.

As of the end of June 10, Bac Ninh had completed administering 150,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the third phase, earlier than planned.

Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Dao Hong Lan on June 14 received Mr. Park Noh-wan, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam.

The northern province of Bac Ninh eased social distancing measures in several areas, starting from 0am on June 13.

On May 27, Bac Ninh Province launched a donation campaign to support the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19, collecting over VND75.5 billion from 56 agencies, units, organizations, businesses and more than 500 individuals.

On May 27, workers in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, which is a current hotspot of COVID-19, began receiving vaccinations.

Authorities in northern Bac Ninh province has decided to set up establish two more hospitals that together are capable of accommodating 700 beds to treat COVID-19 infected people.

All eight Vietnamese students joining the 2021 Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) have won prizes.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Ninh province has recently organized an exhibition themed “75 years of the National Assembly of Vietnam - Impression, beliefs and hopes" at the Museum of the province.

A delegation led by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and Chairman of the Party Central Committee Theoretical Council, on April 15 worked with Bac Ninh on its implementation of Party Congresses at all levels.

The Document No. 841/UBND-VX has been issued by the Office of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee on implementing free congenital heart disease screening program for children across the province.

(CPV) - So far, preparations for the election of deputies of National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels in Bac Ninh have been ensured in terms of contents and time, said Mr. Nguyen Trong Tan, Director of the provincial Department of Home Affairs.

In early 2020, as soon as the first two cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam were announced, on the afternoon of the final day of the lunar year, Chairwoman of Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huong Giang issued an express document on the pandemic prevention.

Mr. Nguyen Nhan Chinh, Deputy Director of Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, was appointed as the Director of this Department from January 1, 2021.

More than VND762 billion was disbursed as preferential loans to more than 22,000 poor households, near-poor households and other policy beneficiaries in Bac Ninh province in 2020.

The 19th session of the 18th Bac Ninh People’s Council elected Mr. Ngo Tan Phuong, Director of the Bac Ninh Department of Finance, as Deputy Chairman of the 18th provincial People’s Committee (term 2016-2021) with 39 out of 41 votes.

The Bac Ninh Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee on December 2 has collected more than 13 billion VND from collectives and individuals across the province to support people in Central provinces to overcome consequences of the natural calamities after over a month of launching a fundraising campaign.

The opening ceremony of the Bac Ninh Trade Village - Culinary Tourism Festival in 2020 was held by the province Department of Planning and Investment at the Provincial Library on November 18.

General To Lam, member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security (MPS), and the National Assembly (NA) delegation of Bac Ninh province on November 18 had a meeting with voters in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Tien Du district.

On November 17, in Bac Ninh city, Deputy Secretary of Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huong Giang received a delegation from Malaysia Embassy led by Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato’ Shariffah Norhana Syed Mustaffa.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and Head of the Ho Chi Minh City delegation of National Assembly (NA) deputies, paid a working visit to Bac Ninh province on November 14.

An exhibition on Bac Ninh and Ly Dynasty has opened at the Bac Ninh provincial Museum in celebration of the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi (1010-2020) and towards the 13th National Party Congress.

The Institute of Economic Training, Consulting and Development, Club of Vietnamese Industry and Trade People and the Bac Ninh Young Entrepreneurs Association recently organized the program "75 years of Vietnamese Industry and Trade sector following Uncle Ho’s teachings: For the cause of the national interests".

The congress of the Party organisation of Bac Ninh province approved a resolution on socio-economic development for 2020-2025 on September 26, which sets a target of turning the northern province of Bac Ninh into a centrally-run city, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The 20th Bac Ninh Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term will take place from September 24 to 26 at the Kinh Bac Cultural Centre. Throughout the province, especially on all streets leading to Bac Ninh city, - where the great event takes place, large and colorful banners and panels are savailableeen, creating a jubilant and excited atmosphere among the people toward the congress.

On September 21, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the People’s Committee of Bac Ninh province, and Samsung Electronics Vietnam, to support Vietnamese businesses operating in the northern province.

The Department of Science and Technology has coordinated with the Yen Phong district People’s Committee to issue certificates of intellectual property protection for agricultural products and craft villages in the district.

An Thinh Garlic is the first product of the northern province of Bac Ninh, and one of just 84 products in Vietnam, to be granted geographical indication protection.

The Steering Committee for the One Commune, One Product (OCOP) program in Bac Ninh province has organized a conference to evaluate and classify products of the program.

(CPV) – In spite of facing many difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Bac Ninh’s export turnover reached more than USD20.63 billion, up 1.1% in the Jan- Aug period of 2020.