Yen Thuy is aiming to become a new-style rural district by 2025. To achieve this goal, the district has been mobilising the entire political system and local people to early fulfil required criteria.
Yen Thuy district has a Dien grapefruit production area planned to serve domestic and export markets. (Photo taken at Dai Dong Agricultural Cooperative, Ngoc Luong commune).
The district set a goal for the period 2021 - 2025 of all 10 communes meeting new-style rural area standards, including three recognised as advanced new-style rural areas and two as model new-style rural ones. It also strives to build 30 model rural residential areas and 400 model gardens, support standardisation of eight OCOP (one commune one product) products, and assist Hang Tram town in meeting civilised urban standards. The district continues to promote dissemination and effectively carry out the emulation movement "Yen Thuy district joins hands to build new-style rural areas" associated with the campaign "All people stay united to build new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas".
Yen Thuy also focuses resources on communes that are nearly completing the required criteria, and those that have been new-style rural areas and are able to become advanced and model ones with a total allocated capital of 3.65 trillion VND (146.9 million USD).
To date, Yen Thuy has yet to meet four out of the nine criteria, including: No. 2 on traffic, No. 5 on health - culture – education, No. 6 on economy, and No. 7 on the environment. In 2024, the district strives to complete criteria No. 2 and No. 5.
Bui Van Hai, Chairman of the district People's Committee, said that implementing the new-style rural area building programme, the district has by now seen a lot of improvements, with its economic structure shifting in the right direction, and the average per capita income reaching about 52 million VND a year. The district has zoned off areas for producing medicinal herbs and fruit trees, formed many new cooperative models associated with the value chain, applied production processes in accordance with VietGAP standards, and signed production cooperation and product sale contracts with businesses. In 2024, the district strives to help Lac Sy become a new-style rural commune, Ngoc Luong complete criterion No. 19 on security and defence, and Huu Loi achieve criterion No. 10 on income and criterion No. 11 on multidimensional poverty.
In a recent working session with the provincial People's Committee, the district proposed the province continue to pay attention to and attract investment to the Lac Thinh industrial park to improve infrastructure and production activities; and build concentrated domestic wastewater treatment works.
In late March, 29 labourers from Da Bac district were sent to work as seasonal farm workers in Buyeo county, Chungcheongnam province, the Republic of Korea (RoK). Upon arrival, they quickly settled into their jobs, enjoying good working conditions and benefits, with wages aligned with the terms of their signed contracts. The programme is now being expanded, with relevant departments and sectors actively seeking additional seasonal employment opportunities in various localities across the RoK.
Luong Son Industrial Park has invested in standardised wastewater and emissions treatment systems, enforced tight emission controls, reduced noise, dust, and solid waste, and expanded green spaces, contributing to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
Hoa Binh police are collecting public feedback on amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the national identification app VNeID. This innovative approach marks a giant leap towards modernising grassroots democracy and enhancing transparency in public consultation.
A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
