Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
New medical centre in Haa Binh enhances healthcare services in the locality.
According to Nguyen Van Thuy, Deputy Director of the provincial Project Management Board for Civil and Industrial Construction Projects, the medical centre of Hoa Binh city will have seven stories with a total floor area of over 3,300 square meters. The construction costs are estimated at 25.1 billion VND (986,000 USD), with 4.5 billion VND to be spent on medical equipment. By mid-November, the building was nearly 90% completed, with most systems in place.
Pham Ngoc Khanh, Deputy Director of the Hoa Binh city medical centre, said the public has high expectations for the new facility, which will replace the current two medical centres serving city residents, which are small and old with outdated equipment.
Meanwhile, the medical centres of Yen Thuy and Lac Son districts will have a new five-story building each, along with modern medical equipment.
All the three projects have a total investment of 144 billion VND, and are expected to be completed and operational within December 2024.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.
The General Hospital of Hoa Binh province is applying modern technologies and advanced medical techniques to enhance the quality of medical examination and treatment, aiming to deliver more accurate diagnoses and improved care for patients.
In October, Nguyen Van Thuy, a primary school teacher at Hung Son Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son town, Luong Son district, was one of three Vietnamese representatives to receive the Inspiring Teacher Award at the Asia-Pacific Cha-Ching Financial Accreditation (CCFA) Teacher Conference for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Women’s Union of Hoa Binh province has carried out various measures to promote gender equality over the recent past, seeing it as the key to eliminating violence against women and girls.