Economic development has contributed to improving the quality of life of residents in Khuoc hamlet. From a hamlet with an absolute poverty rate of 100%, Khuoc now has only nine poor households out of the total number of 50, with an average income per capita of about 35 million VND (1,420 USD) a year. The hamlet is also making positive contributions to building a new life, and new-style rural areas in Cao Son commune.
Youth union members of Luong Son district disseminate and
guide people in Khuoc hamlet to install and use online public services.
According to Bui Van Diep, Secretary of the Cao Son commune
Party Committee, Khuoc hamlet used to be an isolated area with no roads. There
was a time when the only way to get to the hamlet was to walk along a mountain
trail. In 2019, it was still the most difficult hamlet in the district and one
of the 36 most underprivileged in the province.
Bui Van Tuong, head of Khuoc hamlet, recalled that before
2020, there was no road to the hamlet, more than 50 households with more than
220 members, mainly belonging to the Muong and Dao ethnic groups, did not know
how to grow corn and cassava, or raise any animals.
Since the State supported investment in building a concrete
road from the commune centre to the hamlet in 2020, the hamlet has been given a
facelift, and its people's lives have also changed in a positive way. The
hamlet has now basically eliminated temporary and dilapidated houses.
To achieve these results, Tuong said, it is thanks to the
effective support and assistance of all levels, sectors, the drastic direction
of the commune, and the close participation of the Party cell and the hamlet
management board in encouraging and supporting people to change crop structure
and production thinking, and use new crops and varieties with high productivity
and value. As a result, corn and cassava fields have gradually been replaced by
orange and grapefruit orchards. Thanks to orange and grapefruit trees, many
households have an annual income of up to hundreds of millions of VND.
According to the Secretary of the Cao Son commune Party
Committee, local people have also focused on raising livestock and poultry,
thus earning higher economic efficiency. As a result, many households with
difficult starting points have gradually risen out of poverty.
On September 11th, 2024, the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Hoa Binh Province issued an appeal for donations to support the people affected by natural disasters. The call was directed at the party committees, authorities, agencies, organizations, businesses, entrepreneurs, officials, party members, and the general public.
Implementing Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW dated May 19, 2008 of the Politburo on women's work in the period of accelerating industrialisation and modernisation of the country, local Party committees, authorities, agencies, and units in the provincial Party organisation have concretised the documents of the Party Central Committee and the province on female personnel work through setting out specific targets in the work of planning, training, fostering, arranging, recommending candidates, and appointing personnel to ensure the proportion of women in accordance with regulations.
The piggy bank campaign has been carried out widely in Cao Phong district for years, showing efficacy in promoting education in the locality.
Lac Son district has made significant progress in promoting gender equality and women's advancement in areas such as politics, economy, labor, health care, and education.
During the two days, October 9 - 10, the Association of the Elderly of Hoa Binh province coordinated with the Help Age International in Vietnam (HAI) to organize a preliminary review and additional training for the club's Board of Directors. Ministries, the Elderly Associations at all levels, and the related parties have a club established in 2024 under the project "Supporting disadvantaged elderly through replicating Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs in Vietnam phase 2 (VIE085)”.
The organising board of the 2024 Hoa Binh technical innovation competition for youngsters and children held a ceremony on October 8 to summarise and honour winners, and launch the competition for 2025.