(HBO) – Deputy Director for the Hanoi region of the Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) Ngo Quoc Hung presented Hoa Binh province with 100,000 rapid antigen test kits for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 23. The kits, branded Biocredit, are worth nearly 4.6 billion VND (201,300 USD) in total.
Photo: An official of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee receives the test kits from the Sacombank representative.
Appreciating the assistance from Sacombank, Dang Bich Ngoc, Vice President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee, said amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Hoa Binh, the test kits presented by the bank is a practical and meaningful gift helping the province with the pandemic combat.
This is the largest number of test kits Hoa Binh has received from a donor through the provincial VFF Committee so far, she said, expressing her hope that Sacombank will continue standing side by side with the province to surmount these trying times and carry out other programme.
The provincial VFF Committee’s Standing Board pledges to distribute the kits in a timely, open, and appropriate manner, she added.
Sacombank, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, has always paid attention to supporting anti-pandemic efforts. It hasn’t opened a branch in Hoa Binh but still offered practical aid for the province in the COVID-19 fight./.
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.
A delegation from Hoa Binh province, led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, recently had a working session with leaders from Thai Nguyen University’s branch in Ha Giang province.
In order to improve the quality of medical examination, treatment and disease prevention, in recent years, the health sector of Hoa Binh province has always focused on improving the quality of its human resources so as to provide better health care for the people.
On the afternoon of November 22, at Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted, the Hoa Binh Provincial Youth Union held a summary and awarding ceremony for the Second Online English Singing Contest in Hoa Binh Province in 2024 and organized a training session for provincial English volunteer teachers.
