A supervisory delegation of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) led by Deputy Minister Le Van Thanh examined the implementation of the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021 - 2025 period in Hoa Binh province on December 18.
MoLISA Deputy Minister Le Van Thanh and the
supervisory delegation examine the bridge leading to the Tan Minh semi-boarding
junior high school for ethnic minority students. The bridge, invested with 5
billion VND (205,500 USD), was completed in July 2023.
MoLISA Deputy
Minister Le Van Thanh talks about issues needing attention during the
implementation of the national target programme on sustainable poverty
reduction.
Local officials reported that in 2023, Hoa Binh
has accelerated implementing the tasks identified by the Prime Minister and the
central steering committee for the national target programmes in the 2021 -
2025 period.
So far, the province has basically adhered to
central agencies’ regulations and guidance documents while applying a creative
and suitable approach to the programme implementation.
Of the over 447.2 billion VND (nearly 18.4
million USD) in total capital for this programme during 2021 - 2023, the
funding for 2023 is 326.67 billion VND. Hoa Binh had disbursed more than 184.3
billion VND as of mid-December, lower than the nationwide average.
The household poverty rate in the province has
been brought down by 3.09% to 9.2% as of late 2023, equivalent to 123.6% of the
target. In particular, the rate in Da Bac district has fallen 9.17% to 25.77%,
representing 146.72% of the target.
Projects, sub-projects, and activities of the
programme have been carried out actively, officials added.
At a working session the same day,
representatives of district-level People’s Committees informed participants of
the results as well as problems and difficulties facing their localities during
the implementation of the national target programme on sustainable poverty
reduction.
Deputy Minister Thanh recognised Hoa Binh’s
efforts in carrying out the programme, especially in surpassing the household
poverty reduction target.
He asked it to speed up capital disbursement for
the sub-projects with a low disbursement rate, adding that the supervisory
delegation will submit the province’s proposals to the Government and the
National Assembly.
On behalf of the local leaders, Vice Chairman of
the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan said that for the completed
facilities and projects, Hoa Binh will quickly finish payment dossiers to
ensure the disbursement progress.
Conclusions made by the supervisory delegation
will be reported to the chairperson of the provincial People’s Committee, he
noted, adding that the local steering board will convene a meeting in the time ahead
to assign tasks to related agencies and address obstacles to the programme
implementation.
Also on December 18, the MoLISA delegation
inspected the programme implementation in Da Bac district, some livelihood
models in Mit hamlet of Tan Minh commune, the upgrade and repair of Provincial
Road DH34 from Tan Minh to Yen Hoa commune, and the bridge and road leading to
Tan Minh semi-boarding junior high school for ethnic minority students.
With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.
The social security system at all levels in Hoa Binh province has been making concerted efforts to ensure benefits of citizens and workers when they participate in social insurance and health insurance.
With the motto "for the interests of the union members and employees”, in 2024, Tan Lac District’sLabor Federation has implemented many activities towards the grassroots. They have been paying attention and protecting the legitimate and the legal rights of the union members, employees, the civil servants, and laborers, which has been contributing to motivating and encouraging the spirit of the union members and the laborers to enthusiastically compete in labor production, actively contributing to the development of the agencies, units and enterprises.
On December 23, the Department of Education and Training held a meeting to encourage the selected team participating in the national high school excellent student competition for the school year of 2024-2025. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
