(HBO) - Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, on June 21 hosted a delegation of Ireland led by Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Health.
Bui
Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee and Chairman of the
provincial People's Committee, receives Anne Rabbitte, Irish Minister of State
at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and
the Department of Health.
During the meeting, Khanh briefed the guest on
active results of projects funded by the Irish government in Hoa Binh, saying
that those have contributed to promoting socio-economic development and
sustainable poverty reduction, and ensuring social security in the locality.
He thanked the Irish government for its assistance
to Hoa Binh, showing his hope that the Irish government will continue to
support the province in promoting socio-economic development and improving
livelihoods and incomes for residents in disadvantaged and remote areas.
For her part, Rabbitte congratulated Hoa Binh on its
achievements in implementing poverty reduction programmes and projects in
recent years, especially during the time of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said that her visit to Hoa Binh aims to further
enhance cooperation with the locality, towards realising the target of poverty
reduction of Hoa Binh, especially in ethnic minority areas.
On the occasion, the Irish delegation made field
trips to a number of places in Da Bac district.
Hoa Binh received 79.3 billion VND (over 3.4 million
USD) in aids from the Irish government in the 2017 – 2020 period. The money was
used to invest in 66 transport works, four irrigation projects and one school
in the districts of Kim Boi, Da Bac, Lac Son, Yen Thuy, Tan Lac and Mai Chau,
benefiting 10,000 local households.
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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