Yen Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has paid attention to mobilising resources to implement programmes, projects and policies for ethnic minorities to improve people's livelihoods and strengthen the great national unity bloc. The district currently has a total of 17,310 households, of them over 12,000 are ethnic minority families.
A corner of Nghia hamlet, Lac Sy commune, Yen Thuy district.
Lac Sy is the most remote and disadvantaged commune of Yen Thuy district with 99% of its population being Muong ethnic minority people. Vice Chairman of the Lac Sy People’s Committee Bui Van Chung said over the last few years, the commune has received investment to improve infrastructure and production. Now, it has 7 km of asphalted and concreted inter-commune roads, and 53.6% of its intra-village roads are consolidated. Irrigation works serve 85.2% of agricultural production areas. All households in the commune have access to electricity supply.
The commune’s kindergarten meets national standards, and its boarding primary and secondary schools for ethnic minority children are striving to meet national standards by the end of 2024. For years, the district has always paid attention to socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas. Programmes, projects, and policies for ethnic minority people have been effectively implemented by Party Committees and authorities at all levels.
Under the National Target Programme on Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas, from 2022-2024, the district received over 150 billion VND, of which over 82.5 billion USD was spent on infrastructure construction. In 2024, the district was allocated nearly 68 billion VND to implement 27 projects to improve local people’s living conditions, particularly those for ethnic minorities.
Programmes, projects and policies for ethnic minorities have been implemented and achieved important results in the district. Many rural infrastructure works have been built and upgraded, gradually meeting the needs of local people, especially those in disadvantaged ethnic minority areas. Many production models are generating positive results, helping to reduce the number of poor households in the locality.
Moreover, the cultural and spiritual lives of local people have been constantly improved, and the political security, social order and safety have been maintained.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.
Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has thoroughly implemented and adhered to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on restructuring the organisational apparatus of the political system towards a streamlined, efficient, and effective direction, ensuring no disruption of work.
By mid-February, Da Bac district completed a plan to streamline its organisational apparatus and personnel work, marking a milestone in efforts to promote restructuring towards a leaner, more efficient organisational system, closely following directives from the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, and Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee and Conclusion No. 1103-KL/TU by the provincial Party Organisation’s standing board.
Imbued with President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "The Party cell are the Party’s grassroots foundations. A strong Party cell ensures the effective implementation of the Party’s policies and continuous progress in all tasks," the Party Committee of Kim Boi commune, Kim Boi District, has rolled out the "four-good Party cell" model. The initiative has created a positive change, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting spirit of Party organisations and their members.
The Standing Committee of the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee convened on February 27 to discuss key socio-economic development plans, with Party Secretary Nguyen Phi Long chairing the meeting.
The first meeting of the Party committee of Hoa Binh Party agencies for the 2020-2025 period was held on February 26.alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long attended the event.
