(HBO) - In the afternoon of June 3, the Department of Health held a conference to implement the program "Expanding the scale of the rural clean water and sanitation based on the output” with the loans from the World Bank.

The delegates are discussing at
the conference.
The program is implemented in 21
provinces in the Northern mountainous region, the Central Highlands and the
Southern Central region, including Hoa Binh province. The programm was
conducted in the period of 2016 - 2020, however, it has been allowed to last
until the end of December 2022 by the Governemnt due to the impact of Covid-19
pandemics. The program focuses on providing the communication activities to
change the behavior, developing the sanitation market and building the
infrastructure to support the behavior change, support the sustainable service
development and build the institutional capacity for the service delivery. In
Hoa Binh province, the program has been implemented since 2018, with the goal
of 60 communes achieving the commune-wide sanitation, 30 communes achieving the
sustainable commune-wide sanitation, 85 water works and communal health
stations' latrines being renovated and newly built. Up btill now, 85 water
works and the medical sanitary latrines have been built and renovated; 32 out
of the 60 communes have achieved the commune-wide sanitation, 11 out of the 30
communes have achieved the sustainable commune-wide sanitation.
The conference has focused on
discussing and analyzing the difficulties and obstacles in the actual
implementation process in the locality, especially in the remote and
mountainous communes and areas with difficult economic conditions in Kim Boi,
Da Bac, Cao Phong districts, which have the low rate of hygienic latrines for
the households. Thereby, it has been contributing to the completion of the plan
and roadmap so that all households have and use the hygienic latrines by 2030
according to the Government's commitment to the international community.
The People's Committee of Hoa Binh city, in collaboration with ZaiZai Media, organised an art performance programme themed ‘Dong song anh sang Vol 2' (River of Light Vol 2) at a stage in the Da Giang pedestrian street on February 22 evening. The programme was attended by representatives from local agencies and organisations, and crowds of local residents.
These days, alongside the national healthcare sector, the staff, doctors and nurses of Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital are engaging in the meaningful activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 – February 27, 2025).
Dang Long village of the Dao ethnic people in Hung Son commune of Kim Boi district has seen remarkable changes. Solid concrete roads now connect the area, flanked by lush pomelo orchards. The lives of the Dao people have significantly improved.
Following the 2024 Land Law coming into effect, Hoa Binh province has made significant progress in enforcing the law in day-to-day practices. With close oversight and strong coordination across local agencies, the implementation of the law has become more methodological, leading to noticeable improvements in land management.
As one of the units with a large number of union members and employees, Lac Son District’s Labor Union has implemented many meaningful and humane activities and programs to bring a warm and full spring to the employees, the civil servants and the laborers. Thereby, it aims to encourage and motivate the union members and laborers to try to compete in labor production, successfully completing the tasks at the agencies, units and enterprises.