(HBO) - On November 16th, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to implement project 8, "Implementing the gender equality and solving the urgent problems for women and children” at the provincial level in 2022There were representatives of leaders from the provincial Women's Union and 80 delegates from 10 districts and the city attending the conference.

The conference scene.
Project 8 is chaired and
implemented by the Vietnamese Women's Union under the National Target Program
for the socio-economic development in the areas of ethnic minority and
mountainous ones in the period of 2021-2030, phase I: from 2021- 2025 has been
approved by the Prime Minister in Decision 1719, dated October 14, 2022. The
target audience of the project is women and girls in extremely difficult
communes. The project's objective is to raise the awareness and change the
gender stereotypes; taking care and solving some urgent problems for women and
children.
In Hoa Binh, the Provincial
Women's Union has directed the project implementation in 4 districts: Da Bac,
Lac Son, Cao Phong, Yen Thuy. In which, each district selects 2 suitable
communes to focus the resources and comprehensively intervene in the project's
models. The districts have been allocated funds to stimulate the demand for the
activities; at the same time, it is actively integrated it into the national
target programs, the other programs, schemes and projects of the localities and
the units and they have coordinated with appropriate departments and agencies
to build the models and support women and children. They have clearly defined
their roles and responsibilities and mobilized the resources among the members
and women to promote their potential and internal resources in implementing the
project activities.
At the conference, the delegates
have been guided to implement the project's activities; deploying and directing
the project's intervention models and activities; sharing and updating the
problems in the local implementation; discussing solutions to coordinate the
project implementation; exchanging and answering the project issues, gender
analysis and gender mainstreaming in the policy formulation.
(HBO) – Hoa Binh city is now home to 19 associations for promoting education in communes and wards, with 214 smaller associations in residential areas and nine education promotion committees with nearly 34,000 members. Over the years, the city has seen great achievements in the life-long learning movement, contributing to improving the literacy of the local community, nurturing talents and developing the education-training activities.
(HBO) – After a merger, Thanh Son commune in Mai Chau district covers a large area and houses a large population, mainly ethnic minorities. With the local economic life remaining in difficulty, security risks are latent, especially in terms of drug-related crimes and illegal exploitation of forest and mineral products.
(HBO) - On January 7, in Cao Son commune (Da Bac), the Provincial People's Committee and the Humanitarian Television Center coordinated to organize the program "The People’s Tet in 2023”. From the Central side, there was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Hai Anh, the Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Red Cross; Mr. Dinh Dac Vinh, the Deputy General Director, the Chairman of the Trade Union of Vietnam Television; the representatives of a number of central committees, ministries and branches. From the provincial side, there was the attendance of Mr. Bui Duc Hinh, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ms. Nguyen Thi Cam Phuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Bui Tien Luc, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization, the Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of the province; Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Head of the Local Organizing Committee.
(HBO) – Khuoc hamlet in Cao Son commune, Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province, was once isolated from the outside world. There was only a trail leading to the locality.
(HBO) – Bui Thi Thom from a poor household in Sao Bay commune, Kim Boi district, is very happy with her new house that was built with support from the district’s Fatherland Front, local authorities, her relatives, and neighbours.
(HBO) - Credit incentives together with other policies of the Party and State have provided timely support to the implementation of sustainable poverty reduction in Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
By the end of 2021, there were 290 poor households in the commune, accounting for 13.3% while households living near the poverty line were 196, making up 8.99% of the locality’s population.