(HBO) - The Hoa Binh provincial Health Department in collaboration with relevant departments and agencies held a seminar to launch the Result-based Scaling Up Rural Sanitation and Water Supply Programme 2019 that uses the World Bank’s loan. Attending the event were 45 delegates from departments, agencies, mass organisations, the provincial People’s Committee, the women’s unions, and the education and training offices of Lac Son and Kim Boi districts.
Representative from
the provincial Health Department speaks at the event.
Hoa Binh is one of the 21 provinces benefiting from the
programme, which aims to change rural dwellers’ awareness, behavior and
attitude, thus improving personal hygiene and enhancing sustainable public
access to clean water and rural sanitation.
On August 24, 2017, the provincial People’s Committee issued
Plan No.119 on the implementation of the programme for the 2016 – 2020 period. In
2018, the programme was carried out in communal medical stations, schools and
households in Ky Son, Cao Phong and Kim Boi districts. This year, the programme
was conducted in Kim Boi and Lac Son districts with 14 communes.
At the event, delegates was introduced to the programme and listened
to the need to invest in sanitation, approaches to methods to promote hygiene, favourable
conditions to foster rural sanitation, action plans at the communal, district
and provincial levels to carry out the programme.
The programme looks to build or renovate 400 toilets in 21
provinces. It is estimated that 5.3 million people will benefit from sanitation
in communes, 255,000 households benefit from improved water supply, 2,650
schools and medical stations enjoy improved water supply and sanitation, 3,000
officers and people at all levels benefit from capacity improvement. It expects
to mitigate environment pollution, improve living conditions and public health,
and create favourable conditions to fulfill environment targets in new-style rural
area building effort./.
Da Bac district, like many other localities, faces challenges such as unemployment and unstable job opportunities, with an average 900 labourers needing vocational training annually and nearly 1,000 looking for jobs. The district has collaborated with the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, job service centres, and domestic and international recruitment agencies to organise job fairs and consultation sessions every year.
Organ donation has been a humanitarian movement across the nation over the recent past. The deeds by donors and their families have inspired many people to register as future donors and embodying the profound message of giving the gift of life.
As the 2025 Lunar New Year is approaching, workers in Hoa Binh province eagerly anticipate their bonuses, seen as a crucial source of motivation and financial support for a joyful holiday season.
Recognising the importance of environmental criteria in building new-style rural areas, Hoa Binh province’s Party committees and authorities have focused on protecting the rural and craft village environment. These efforts have transformed the rural landscape and gradually improved local living standards.
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 social security system at all levels in Hoa Binh province has been making concerted efforts to ensure benefits of citizens and workers when they participate in social insurance and health insurance.