Hoa Binh province currently has 1,275 reputable people, who are village elders, village heads, family leaders, and dignitaries of religious groups, living in ethnic-inhabited areas. Over the recent past, the provincial Department of Public Security has focused on promoting the role of 289 prestigious people in the "All people protect nation security” movement. These are all typical people, with many contributions in various patriotic emulation movements, helping ensure political security and social order and safety.
Grassroots police force enlist the
support of reputable people in Thung Man village, Hang Kia commune (Mai Chau),
to encourage locals to obey law.
Sung A Denh, a prestigious man in Thung Man
village, Hang Kia commune (Mai Chau), said: "With the position and
responsibility of a village elder, the head of the family, and a reputable
person, I have encouraged my family, children and grandchildren to strictly
comply with the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's policies and
laws. In the village, there are several households participating in illegal
religions. I have encouraged them to comply well with the laws on belief and
religion, and preserve the traditions of the Mong ethnic people.”
As a reputable person, respected by local
people, Ban Van Than in Duong village, Vay Nua commune (Da Bac), and other
reputable people in ethnic minority groups have persuaded descendants in the
family and people in the hamlet to voluntarily surrender their weapons to the
commune police. Along with the involvement of the local Party committee and
authorities, and Than's dissemination and advocacy efforts, for many years in
Vay Nua commune, no Dao people have been involved in social evils; and law
violations are prevented and solved right at the grassroots.
For the police force, promoting the role
and responsibility of prestigious people, village elders, and village heads in
ethnic minority areas is extremely necessary. Lieutenant Colonel Ha Van Minh,
Head of the Security Team, Mai Chau district Police, said that reputable people
have promoted their role, position, and influence on the community, helping the
police force closely follow the grassroots, as well as the security and order
situation in the area, especially in remote villages. They also actively
coordinate with Party Committees, local authorities and the armed forces to
grasp the situation, and encourage people to comply with the Party's guidelines
and policies and the State’s laws, participate in the work of ensuring social
security and order, and unite to help each other get rid of poverty and develop
local socio-economic development.
Over the past five years (2018 - 2023),
reputable people in the province have provided nearly 1,000 information pieces
related to security and order, thereby contributing to stabilising 231 complex
cases related to rural security and social security and order at the grassroots
level.
On November the first, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting for the reports on the progress of preparations to hold the Ceremony to receive the Certificate of the special national relic ranking for Trai Cave, the Stone Roof of Vanh village (Lac Son district) and the Opening Ceremony of the Culture - Tourism Week of Hoa Binh province in 2024. Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Organizing Committee of Culture - Tourism Week chaired the meeting.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 30 had a working session with the Party Committee of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment on the sector's implementation of political tasks in the past 10 months, and key tasks for the last months of 2024 and in the coming time.
In recent years, the People's Committee of Lac Thuy district has directed units and mass organisations to promote the popularisation of the Party's policies and resolutions and the State's laws, as well as issued guiding documents on local religious affairs.
The Hoa Binh Steering Committee for the organisation of the fourth provincial congress of ethnic minority groups held a meeting on October 29 to discuss the progress of preparations for the congress. Dinh Cong Su, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee chaired the event. The congress is slated for November 14-15 at the provincial Cultural Palace, expecting 250 official delegates.
Despite a low starting point, the mountainous district of Mai Chau has effectively implemented the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, resulting in significant improvements in people’s life and rural look.
Over the past years, Hoa Binh has systematically implemented the one-stop-shop and interconnected one-stop-shop mechanisms in processing administrative procedures, contributing to improving the efficiency of the work while promoting online public services.