(HBO) - In recent years, Catholic dignitaries and followers in Hop Thanh commune (Hoa Binh city) have always upheld their religion’s tradition, as well as promoted solidarity and exemplary spirit in implementing policies and laws of the Party and State. They have participated actively in movements and activities of the local community.
An official of Hop Thanh commune (Hoa Binh city) is disseminating
policies and laws of the Party and State to Catholic followers in Tan Thanh parish.
Hop Thanh communes is home to the Tan
Thanh parish which comprises 36 households with 152 members, including 22
households with 93 members in Tan Thanh village.
Chairman of the communal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Mau said in recent
years, local Catholics have actively participated in ensuring security and political
stability, and preventing illegal religious propaganda.
They have always pioneered
the implementation of patriotic emulation movements in the locality, especially
in the
movementof "All people unite to buildacultural life”,
building new-style rural areas, and household economic development,
significantly contributing to the village’s achievements.
Catholics in Tan Thanh village livemostly
onfishingand
marineaquaculture,
concentrating in the downstream of Da River. Currently, in addition to fishing
activities, many households are boldly investing in floating-cagefish
breeding for more stable income.
Compared to 2011, the rate
of poor households in the village decreased to 5.7 percent (only one out of the
22 households is in the list of the poor households), with the annual per
capita income reaching over 35 million VND (up 21 million VND).
Catholics have also joined hands in promoting the new-style
rural area building movement in various forms.
To ensure better living conditions for local residents, the local authorities
and Party organisations have given support to improving infrastructure
facilities and ensuring social security.
The communal authorities have
provided construction materials financed from the State budget for building
four road sections to the 100-metre river wharf.
Villagers and Catholics have contributed
working days to constructing the sections, which facilitate their fishing and aquaculture
activities.
Local Catholics also
contributed over 50 million VND to repairing and upgrading the Tan Thanh
parish’s chapel, as the local administration partially financed the work./.
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.
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