(HBO) – Lac Son district is striving to reduce its rate of poor households to 20.05 percent by the end of 2022. The rate at the end of 2021 was 24.13 percent.
A staff at the Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs section of Quyet Thang commune in Lac Son presents health insurance cards to poor people.
Bui Van Duong, Vice Chairman of the Lac Son People’s Committee, said the implementation of work to realise the goal was approved in December last year, with the committee issuing a related plan in March 2022.
In the early months of this year, 8,387 poor households received Tet gifts, while the district’s chapter of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies provided support and loan settlement worth nearly 16.2 billion VND (698,879 USD) for 255 poor, 162 near-poor families, as well as 23 households who had freshly escaped poverty.
Lac Son has made efforts to boost vocational training for rural labourers. Within March, six classes on husbandry, repair and operation of agricultural machines, and industrial sewing were opened in the local communes of Yen Phu, Huong Nhuong, Tan Lap, Quyet Thang, and Vu Ban township.
Toward the 2022 goal, the district is pressing ahead with a series of tasks, including investing in socio-economic growth in poor locations;,diversifying livelihoods and developing poverty reduction models, and beefing up production and vocational training.
Organising communications campaigns and mobilising social resources are also considered key activities in the time to come./.
In late March, 29 labourers from Da Bac district were sent to work as seasonal farm workers in Buyeo county, Chungcheongnam province, the Republic of Korea (RoK). Upon arrival, they quickly settled into their jobs, enjoying good working conditions and benefits, with wages aligned with the terms of their signed contracts. The programme is now being expanded, with relevant departments and sectors actively seeking additional seasonal employment opportunities in various localities across the RoK.
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.
