(HBO) - The standing board of the provincial Party Committee on August 29 issued Directive 36-CT/TU on strengthening the Party’s leadership of foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) affairs in Hoa Binh (Directive 36). The implementation of the document has helped enhance the awareness and knowledge of officials and Party members as well as locals in the province on the viewpoint and policy of the Party, and laws of the State on the issue.
ChildFund organization holds training
courses on rattan weaving for communes in Kim Boi district covered by its
project.
Over the
years, the mobilization of assistance from foreign NGOs in the province has
been implemented in line with the law and directing documents of the Party and
Government.
In the
2015-2019 period, the province launched 134 programmes and projects funded by
50 foreign NGOs and international cooperation agencies, with total committed
investment of over 28.5 million USD. They comprised 117 programmes and projects
funded by NGOs worth 28.2 million USD, and 17 non-project aid packages valued
at 386,235 USD.
Among the
134 programmes and projects, 102 were under the management of the provincial
People’s Committee, and 32 others by central agencies. Total disbursement in
the 2014-2019 period reached 14.3 million USD, including 14.1 million USD for
foreign NGO-funded projects.
Although the
value of foreign NGO-funded projects is not high, the projects have proved high
efficiency in enhancing the living conditions of locals in localities with
difficult socio-economic conditions thanks to their direct approach to the
people and essential sectors such as education, health care, clean water,
environmental sanitation, livelihood, gender equality and children’s rights, as
well as social matters.
Foreign
NGOs have operated in line with orientations. The province has issued
publications and programmes to provide information on foreign NGOs’ operation
in the locality, as well as the province’s needs and prioritized sectors, thus
helping foreign NGO update themselves during the process of surveying, designing
and making project’s documents as well as during the projects’ implementation, thus
improving the living conditions of locals in project sites, while contributing
to strengthening and expanding the friendship and cooperation between the
province and foreign friends./.
The emulation movement "Hoa Binh joining hands to build new-style rural areas” has been widely spreading, becoming a driving force that motivates the localities to renew rural landscapes and improve the material and spiritual lives of the residents. In this movement, the people play a central role-both as the main implementers and direct beneficiaries of its outcomes.
In response to the global digital revolution, Hoa Binh Newspaper is transforming itself into a modern and multi-platform media hub, blending cutting-edge technology with a restructured newsroom and a new generation of tech-savvy journalists.
Hoa Binh province’s Association of the Elderly recently held a conference to review the project on expanding the inter-generation self-help club model until 2025.
In a move to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, issued on December 22, 2024 by the Politburo, which targets breakthroughs in science-technology development, innovation, and digital transformation, the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Health has issued a plan to roll out the "Digital Literacy for All” campaign within the local health sector.
An Nghia Commune (Lạc Sơn District) is one of the communes that achieved the tha standard of the national new rural area in 2018. Entering a new development phase, the commune is now trying to meet the criteria for the advanced new rural development. With the strong political will and the public consensus, the commune is gradually overcoming the challenges to reach this goal, aiming for the sustainable development.