(HBO) – The Hoa Binh Learning Promotion Association recently held a conference to review the 3-year implementation of Project 281/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on promoting the lifelong learning in families, clans and communities from 2016 – 2018.
The event also reviewed results of
the programme to promote education, talents and a learning society among administration
officials in the province from 2012 – 2018 and of the local learning promotion
works this year.
Present at the conference were
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Cuu, leaders of the
Vietnam Learning Promotion Association and the Vietnam General Confederation of
Labour.
Under the project, the province
has seen notable progress in the quantity and quality of its learning models.
This year, there are close to 125,000 learning families, 914 clans, over 1,200
village-based communities and 562 units across the province. These models have
helped improve people’s educational background and human resources training to
boost socio-economic development.
Over the past five years, all
administration officials at the provincial and district levels have received further
training to meet new standards; over 90 percent of workers at local industrial
parks are high school graduates or have obtained equivalent diplomas; about 40
percent of civil servants have attained Grade-2 foreign language proficiency
degrees and 20 percent have Grade-3 degrees.
Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Cuu awards certificates
of merit to organisations and individuals in recognition for their outstanding
work in local learning promotion.
Regarding the education, talent
and learning society promotion in 2018, so far all the villages, hamlets and
residential zones in the province have had a promotion unit. Hoa Binh now has
over 1,500 promotion committees and over 7,270 new members this year, bringing
the rate among the local population to nearly 24.2 percent.
The province has also maintained
great focus on developing the fund for learning promotion which now totaled
25.39 billion VND.
This year, the province’s
Association has awarded scholarships totaling more than 9 billion VND to
impoverished students.
Representatives of the association,
the provincial People’s Committee and the provincial Confederation of Labour
took the occasion to present certificates of merit to organisations and
individuals in recognition for their outstanding contribution to local
education and talent promotion works. The association also honoured creative
workers in 2018./.
Over recent years, the Farmers' Union of Mai Chau district has implemented numerous specific programmes and activities to support its members in developing products under the One Commune One (OCOP) programme. These efforts have contributed to enhancing local agricultural branding, increasing goods value, and improving incomes and living standards for residents.
Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
Hoa Binh allocated over 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.18 billion USD) to develop infrastructure systems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2019 - 2024. Priority was given to transport and irrigation infrastructure; markets; schools; medical stations; communal houses; and power grid, telecommunication, radio, and television systems.
The Hoa Binh provincial organising committee for anniversary activities on December 17 held a ceremony to unveil a ceramic mural on the local military-civilian ties and release a book on the Party and political work of the provincial armed forces during 1947 – 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
As a mountainous district still facing numerous challenges, Da Bac has made notable progress in advancing administrative reforms across various areas. The district has prioritised reorganising and streamlining its administrative apparatus, operating "one-stop-shop” units, and applying information technology (IT) in the handling of administrative procedures. Efforts have also been directed toward upgrading infrastructure and equipment to enhance service quality for residents and businesses.