(HBO) - Efforts have been made to call for donations from agencies, organisations, individuals, and firms in both Hoa Binh and other localities for the "For the Poor” fund of the province. More than 14.29 billion VND (618,000 USD) has been raised.
Thanks to the fund,
396 great solidarity houses with a total cost of 11 billion VND were built, and
61 houses of 587 million VND repaired for poor and near-poor and disadvantaged
families.
In addition, the
province helped 253 people with various activities from production and medical
checkups, and provided aid to poor students with a budget worth 364 million
VND.
The provincial
Fatherland Front handed over 29,265 relief aid sets for impoverished households
ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
One steel-reinforced
concrete bridge was built at a cost of 2.5 billion VND in Nghia village of Cuoi
Ha commune (Kim Boi district). The fund also joined hands with the Hoa Binh
petrol and oil branch to build classrooms and boarding houses for the Thung Nai
elementary and secondary semi-boarding school for ethnic students (Cao Phong
district) with a budget of 3 billion VND; and Everfam company to install 315
water purifiers costing 3 billion VND for 66 schools of 31,515 students./.
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.