(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./.
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.
