In addition to their efforts to encourage
residents to dutifully implement the Party's directives and resolutions and the
State's policies and laws, venerable figures of the local communities are
actively contributing to the effective execution of public order and security
initiatives at the grassroots level.

Elder Sung A Denh of Thung Man
village, Hang Kia commune, Mai Chau district, successfully persuades long-time
drug addict Kha A Vang to undergo a rehabilitation process.
Despite his advanced age, Sung A Denh, living in
Thung Man village, Hang Kia commune, Mai Chau district, consistently participates
in disseminating information and mobilising his descendants and fellow
community members to comply with the Party and State’s directions, policies,
and laws. His notable efforts include motivating drug addicts to voluntarily
seek rehabilitation and encouraging fugitives to surrender.
The reputable elderly, together with the heads
of various clans in the commune, personally visited each household to encourage
drug addicts to voluntarily undergo rehabilitation, succeeding in the
persuasion of 23 individuals.
According to Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Minh, head of
the provincial police’s internal security department, between 2010 and now, old
people representing the H'Mong ethnic community in Mai Chau’s Hang Kia and Pa
Co communes have successfully persuaded 16 drug-related fugitives to surrender.
Meanwhile, the reputable's group of the Dao ethnic community has engaged in
communications works targeting dozens of cases involving illegal immigration to
China for undocumented labour, urging them to return to their localities. In Da
Bac district, venerable people have mobilised 60 Dao ethnic people in Doan Ket
commune, who were involved in illegal logging in the local Pu Canh Nature
Reserve, to comply with the police’s requirements, facilitating related
investigation and law enforcement activities.
Statistics indicate that there are 283 venerable
people in Hoa Binh joining in the nationwide movement for the homeland's
security protection. Minh said they have clearly demonstrated their role,
responsibilities, and significance as a crucial pillar of the party committee
and government in implementing democratic regulations at the grassroots level.
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.