(HBO) – In accordance with Resolution No.21-NQ/TW on October 25, 2017 by 12th Party Central Committee about population works in the new situation, the province’s population works in recent years have been promoted, gradually changing policy focus from population and family planning (P-FP) to population and development. Provincial population quality has been improved. Family size of two children is increasingly acceptable to most couples, natural population growth rate decreased by almost 1%, gender ratio at birth cut down to 116.6 males/100 females.
Officials from the Provincial Sub-Department of PFP
provided consultation, collected blood samples for thalassemia screening in Tan
Lac.
With the objectives of continuing the declining birthrate, reducing
third child birth rate, while at the same time improving population quality, the
relevant authorities have focused on deploying activities such as: Expanding family planning and consultations, health examinations
before marriage, screenings for thalassemia, prenatal screenings, infant
screenings, and healthcare for the elderly…, gradually improving population
quality, average life expectancy reaching 72.7 years. Family planning services
providing systems were reinforced and developed; contraception rates among
couples of child-bearing ages reached 75.4%. Communication and mobilization
were regularly conducted with diverse forms to help change awareness and
practices for the majority of cadres, party members and people, fulfilling
objectives and plans even during COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
The coordination between levels, sectors and agencies in
incorporating P-FP works in the units’ professional activities, the support and
active participation of the mass people played a central role in
socializing population works, said Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, Head of Provincial
Sub-Department of P-FP. The agency has actively advised Provincial Party
Committee and People’s Committee to introduce directives on population works,
especially on resolving the gender disparity at birth in the province,
promoting 2 children family size in residential areas community conventions…,
simultaneously strengthening propaganda, promoting social marketing about
non-clinical contraception methods./.
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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