(HBO) – The national great solidarity festival was held in Boi Ca residential area in Nam Thuong commune in Kim Boi district on November 5. This is the first commune in Kim Boi district had hosted the event this year. The festival was attended by leaders of the provincial Fatherland Front Committee, provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the district, and Presidents of the Fatherland Front Committees of 16 communes and towns in Kim Boi.
Local people in Boi Ca residential area in Nam
Thuong commune stage art performance to welcome the national great solidarity
festival.
Boi Ca has 362 families with 1,607 people, 92
percent of whom are Muong ethnic minorities. They have joined hands to
effectively carry out the campaign "The whole people unite to build new-style
rural areas and civilised urban area”. Along with shifting cultivation and
developing services, local people have paid due attention to outlining rational
planning as well as contribute to the construction of 0.9 kilometre of
rural roads and inter-field roads.
This year, local income per capita is estimated
at 40.5 million VND (1,749 USD), while poverty rate is expected to fall to 1.1
percent (four households). Some 81 percent of the households have solid houses.
In addition, all children in the residential area are enabled to go to school,
and there is no students dropping out of school.
Asmany as 292 households achieved the
"cultural family” title, accounting for 80.6 percent of the local families, and
the "sport family” title was bestowed on 58 percent of them.
Significant improvements have been seen in the spiritual
and material lives of local people.
The residential area also set up two
conciliation groups and one security group to promote solidarity and ensure
social order in the locality.
In 2021, the residential area expects over 85
percent of the households achieving the "cultural family” title, and will work
to carry out 27 criteria to build a cultural residential area.
At the festival, organisations, families and individuals
were lauded for their significant contributions to building the residential
area. A commitment to implement an emulation campaign in 2021 was signed as
well.
The district’s Vietnam Fatherland Front and provincial
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) presented houses to two
impoverished families in the residential area./.
Hoa Binh province has shown strong performance in family planning by effectively implementing directions and plans in the field, including Directive No. 12/CT-UBND issued by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee on August 4, 2021 on rolling out measures to maintain the policy of each couple having two children, which is stated in community rules and the regulations of agencies, organisations, and units across the province of Hoa Binh for the 2021 – 2025 period.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a hybrid conference on December 18 to review the culture, sport, and tourism sector’s performance in 2024 and launch key tasks for 2025. Standing Deputy Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong and officials from local departments and sectors also took part in the event.
Hoa Binh’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 18, hosted a conference to present the outcomes of a research study on the traditional costumes of the Muong ethnic group.
Along with the activities of Project 6 - the national target programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021 – 2026 period, efforts to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities in Lac Son district have received additional momentum.
In the context of globalisation and deeper integration, preserving and promoting the national cultural identity is of utmost importance. Aware of their pioneering and proactive role on all fronts, over the years, the youth organisations at all levels in Hoa Binh province have implemented various concrete and practical activities to preserve and promote the cultural identities of ethnic groups in the locality.
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