In order to ensure a warm Lunar New Year (Tet) festival for all, the Hoa Binh Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs implemented a social welfare plan and advised relevant agencies to care for policy beneficiaries, poor and near-poor households as well as people subject to social support and workers in businesses during Tet.
Leaders of the Hoa Binh Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs present Tet gifts to children from poor families in Toan Son commune of Da Bac district.
The department advised the provincial People’s Committee to send a delegation to the Truong Son and Road 9 national martyrs’ cemeteries in the central province of Quang Tri and other works commemorating martyrs in central localities.
It also proposed the presenting of Tet gifts to wounded and injured soliders who are receiving services at nursing centres for people who rendered services to the nation in other provinces.
Meanwhile, the department's offcials also prepared gifts and joined leaders of the province to visit wounded and injured vetarans and heroic Vietnamese mothers in the province. The department also directed the Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Divisions in districts and Hoa Binh city to present gifts from the State President and the province to 23,855 people with a total value of nearly 7.49 billion VND (304.29 USD).
During the Tet festival, Hoa Binh spent nearly 23.62 billion VND supporting poor and near-poor households, along with 292.3 million VND for people subject to social support, 4.44 billion VND for the elderly, and 794.68 million VND for needy children.
A survey on local businesses showed that the average wage of local workers in 2023 rose 6.1% year on year to 6.4 million VND per month. Meanwhile, the average Tet 2024 bonus was 3.42 million VND each, down 5.2% from 2023.
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.
