(HBO) - The association of former youth volunteers of Hoa Binh province organised a ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam Youth Volunteer Force (July 15, 1950-2020) and the 15th founding anniversary of the provincial association of former youth volunteers (September 23, 2005-2020).
Vice
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ngo Van Tuan presents flowers to
representatives of the provincial association of former youth volunteers.
At
the ceremony, participants recalled the 70-year glorious tradition of the Vietnam
Youth VolunteerForce.
At present, Hoa Binh has nine district-level youth volunteers’associations, 103 at
the communal, ward and town level, and 90 chapters of the provincial association with a total of 3,588
members. Of this, 4,000 members are entitled to social benefits and relevant
policies.
In the first six months of 2020, the association
built four new houses totaling billions VND. It also presented savings books to
its poor members.
Speaking
at the ceremony, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee Ngo Van Tuan expressed his deep gratitude and
respect to the Vietnam Youth VolunteerForce in general and the locality’s youth volunteerforces in
particular for their great contributions during the nation’s resistance wars.
He praised and congratulated the provincial association of former youth volunteers on its significant achievementsin promoting socio-economic
development in the locality.
He suggested the local Party organisations, authorities and relevant
agencies pay special attention to addressing issues related to the support policy
for former youth volunteers,
especially those with difficult circumstances and living with diseases.
Local youth
volunteerorganisations at all levels were asked to
promote unity and creativeness to further enhance their role and reputation, towards further promoting the association’s
strength and contributing to the locality’s development.
On the occasion, the central
committee of the Vietnam Youth VolunteerForce awarded the Former Youth Volunteer
badges to 10 individuals, while the provincial People's Committee presented certificates
of merit to 14 organisations and individuals in recognition of their excellent
achievements in the association’s movements.
The
provincial association
of former youth volunteers gave 15 savings
books worth 3 million VND each, and 28 gift packages to its disadvantaged members,
and 10 gift packages to former female youth volunteers.
The provincial association of former youth volunteers also took the occasion to
introduce a book on the history of the formation and development of local youth
volunteer force during 1951-1990./.
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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.
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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.
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