Over the past years, people-to-people diplomacy has been carried out in tandem with Party and State diplomacy, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the friendship between people of Hoa Binh province and foreign countries. The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations has significantly contributed to raising the quality of people-to-people diplomacy in the new situation.
Leaders of departments and agencies
extend congratulations to Laos on its 48th anniversary (December 2, 1975-2023)
at the Hoa Binh Technical and Economic College.
Statistics show that nearly 2,730 residents of
Hoa Binh are living, working and studying in Thailand, Laos, China, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China) and some European countries.
Hoa Binh has made efforts to put in place
documents on overseas Vietnamese affairs in the new situation, and promote its
land and culture, as well as its development policies, helping enhance its
position and reputation in the eyes of international friends.
Photo: Non-governmental programmes and projects
have contributed to local socio-economic development. In photo: A library
invested by the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organisation at the Thai
Thinh semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities in Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh
city.
The province has paid attention to directing the
implementation of relevant directives and resolutions issued by the Party
Central Committee, the provincial Party Committee, and the provincial People's
Committee on people-to-people diplomacy, and stepped up the communications work
through different means.
The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations
convened its second congress for the 2022-2027 tenure on December 27, 2022. It
now comprises the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association, the Vietnam-Thailand
Friendship Association and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association, with a
total of more than 300 members. It is working for the formation of the
Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) association and others.
Last year, the provincial People's Committee
admitted 14 foreign non-governmental programmes and projects with commitments
worth up to over 3 million USD. To date, 43 programmes, projects and
non-project aid programmes have been implemented in Hoa Binh with over 32.9
million USD from 16 non-governmental organisations, agencies and donors.
To complete people-to-people diplomacy tasks set
for 2024, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong,
who is also President of the union, asked departments, agencies, units and
localities to raise awareness of the work, set out specific programmes and
plans for events and activities, reform their operations, and consolidate and
expand the networks of international friends and partners.
The 4th Congress of Ethnic Minority Groups of Hoa Binh province was successfully held on November 15 at the provincial Culture Centre.
In line with the Politburo’s Directive No. 05-CT/TW on promoting the study of and adherence to President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and lifestyle, the Party Organisation of Kim Boi district has been focusing on developing practical models that align with the roles and realities of local agencies and communities involved. Through this initiative, numerous officials and Party members have emerged as exemplary figures, leading by example in learning from and following the late leader.
Hoa Binh province has paid due attention to developing Party membership in non-state enterprises, helping improve the role of the Party committees, organisations and members in the firms.
A delegation from the National Assembly (NA), led by Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, on November 10 visited and presented gifts to poor households and policy beneficiary families in Yen Tri commune, Yen Thuy district of Hoa Binh.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong attended the ceremony to mark the 60th founding anniversary of Yen Thuy district, Hoa Binh province, on November 10.
The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee has issued a conclusion reviewing the three years implementing its resolution on preserving and promoting cultural values in Hoa Binh province for 2021 – 2025 with a vision towards 2030.