(HBO) – From March 23 to April 15, a large number of collectives and individuals made donations to the fight against COVID-19 in response to the appeal by the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial VFF Committee.
The provincial VFF Committee receives the donation to the COVID-19 fight
from the Business Association of Hoa Binh province.
As of 4pm of April 15, the province had raised
more than 959.66 million VND (40,900 USD) in cash and goods worth 853.17
million VND.
At the provincial level, 53 collectives and
individuals contributed a total of over 534 million VND in cash, while five
businesses supported the disease prevention and control efforts with 56,000
face masks and 90 boxes of instant noodle. The total assistance was valued at
565 million VND.
At the district level, philanthropists donated
425.65 million VND in cash and 288.17 million VND in kind. Outstanding localities
in the support mobilisation drive include Hoa Binh city and Luong Son and Yen
Thuy districts.
Thanks to the assistance, authorities have
distributed 45,500 face masks to the forces engaging in the pandemic combat, 20
million VND to the provincial General Hospital and 40 boxes of instant noodle
to the province’s military school.
Under Document 414/MTTQ-BTT issued on April 10
by the provincial VFF Committee’s Standing Board, the donation campaign will
last through May 15. Therefore, the committee hopes to receive more
contributions from agencies, collectives and individuals in both Hoa Binh and
other provinces./.
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.