Building Quy Hop to develop comprehensively and sustainably

Attending the discussion were comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Committee: Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee.

Delegates attending the seminar celebrating the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Quy Hop district. Photo: Phan Giang

Exactly 55 years ago, on April 19, 1963, Quy Hop district was officially established on the basis of separating Quy Chau district into 3 districts: Quy Chau, Que Phong, and Quy Hop.

After 55 years of construction and development, the Party Committee and people of Quy Hop district have achieved many great achievements in all fields. The average income per capita in 2017 reached nearly 26 million VND/person/year. The total production value was 6,055 billion VND, ranking 9th in the province; The average growth rate reached 7.4%/year; Budget revenue reached more than 135 billion VND, ranking 4th in the province. The poverty rate is 15.76%.

Up to now, the whole district has 5 communes recognized as meeting new rural standards and Quy Hop town recognized as meeting urban civilization standards.

Comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee spoke at the seminar celebrating the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Quy Hop district. Photo: Phan Giang

Some outstanding projects include the Mong village reservoir with a total investment of nearly 43 trillion VND; the high-tech pig farm of Masan Group with a capital of over 1,400 billion VND; the entertainment, recreation and commercial service area of ​​Quy Hop town with 30 billion VND and many other key projects...

Notably, since 2001, Quy Hop district has been selected by the Ministry of Culture and Information to pilot the construction of a mountainous and ethnic minority cultural district in the North Central region.

A corner of Quy Hop district today. Photo: Sach Nguyen.

Speaking at the commemorative seminar, comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee, praised and acknowledged the results that the Party Committee and people of Quy Hop district have achieved in the past time. At the same time, he noted that the locality needs to invest in depth in developing industry, services, rural agriculture; Effectively integrate programs and projects to successfully build new rural areas; Focus on training, improve the quality of education, health care and build a strong and clean political system, national security and defense. Gradually bring Quy Hop to develop comprehensively and sustainably, soon becoming one of the best districts in the Western Nghe An region.