With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.
The safe vegetable cultivation model in
Doc Loc commune has created stable jobs for local ethnic minority residents.
The investment portfolio has catalysed
significant infrastructure improvements, with such projects as water systems in
Song and Mui hamlets of Doc Lap commune, housing support for impoverished
families, rural transportation development, and wet market repair.
Besides, the money has been used to support the
development of free-range chicken farming, safe vegetable production, and
upgrade of warehouses and vocational training facilities.
Three years into implementation, the programme
has demonstrated tangible impacts, boosting socio-economic development and
improving local material and spiritual lives. The poverty rate among
ethnic minority communities has reduced by 1.74% annually, while average annual
income has climbed to 63 million VND per person by the end of 2024. Besides,
infrastructure development has achieved remarkable milestones, with 100% of
communes having concretised roads and all ethnic minority residents accessing
electricity and clean water.
Along with relocating ethnic minority households
in areas prone to flash floods and landslides, the city has paid due attention
to doing away with temporary and dilapidated houses for poor ethnic minority
communities and households.
Furthermore, it has maintained universal
preschool education for five-year-olds and a 98% health insurance coverage rate
among ethnic minority populations.
According to deputy head of the city’s board for
ethnic affairs Nguyen Xuan Thang, the national target programme has delivered
benefits to ethnic minority communities, modernising rural infrastructure and
expanding successful production models. It has contributed greatly to improving
living conditions as well as ensuring social order and safety in ethnic
minority regions.
Luong Son Industrial Park has invested in standardised wastewater and emissions treatment systems, enforced tight emission controls, reduced noise, dust, and solid waste, and expanded green spaces, contributing to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
Hoa Binh police are collecting public feedback on amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the national identification app VNeID. This innovative approach marks a giant leap towards modernising grassroots democracy and enhancing transparency in public consultation.
A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
On May 4 (the seventh day of the fourth lunar month), the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter of Hoa Binh province held a ceremony to mark the Day of Vesak 2025 (Buddhist Calendar 2569) at Hoa Binh Phat Quang Pagoda. Bui Thi Minh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council, presents congratulatory flowers on behalf of the provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.
