(HBO) - From April 29 to May 1, the tornado accompanied by a whirlwind occurred on a large scale in Da Bac district, causing a lot of damage to houses and crops of the people in almost every commune in the district. The total damage has been estimated at over 600 million VND.

Hoa Binh Power Corporation ensures stable electricity supply in hot season

(HBO) - Luong Van Phuong, Deputy Director of the Hoa Binh Power Corporation, said to ensure safe and stable power supply during summer, the corporation has ordered its units to implement Plan No. 700/PCHB-KT on maintaining power supply for holidays and the hot season. At the same time, the company’s district- and city-level units and the management team of high-voltage grid operation conducted an overall inspection of the local grid and build a plan to settle any problems detected.

Hoa Binh strives to develop brand for Thung Khe sticky corn in Mai Chau

(HBO) - The north-western province of Hoa Binh is working to set up, manage and develop brand for Thung Khe sticky corn, a specialty of Mai Chau district, in the 2019-20 period.

Strengthening the traffic safety solutions for holidays

(HBO) - This year, on the vocation of April 30 and May 1 the officials, the civil servants and the employees were entitled to 5 consecutive days off. It was forecasted that the density of people and vehicles participating in traffic would suddenly increase, potentially threatening the traffic congestion and the loss of traffic safety. Therefore, the provincial appropriate authorities have paid particular attention to ensuring the traffic order and safety. 

Yen Thuy district police make effort to serve people

(HBO) - Lieutenant Colonel Tran Anh Tuan, Chief of the Yen Thuy District Police Department, said the department has built an action plan to implement the campaign on "people’s police work to be firm, kind, and dedicated to the people” in line with the Politburo's Directive No. 05 on studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle.

The effect of establishing day schools for Ethnic Minority students in the particularly difficult region

(HBO) - The rate of the dropouts has reduced significantly. Students are allowed to study twice a day, they have been trained the life skill to gain the confidence in living and communication. The quality of education is gradually raised and so on. These are the results of the model of day schools for Ethnic Minority students in the particularly difficult region and are being built by the province.

The necessary and practical solutions to promptly respond to natural disasters and floods

(HBO) - From the beginning of the year until now, there have been heat waves in the province. The total monthly rainfall is less than the average of many years but it is greater than the same period last year. Significantly, since the beginning of April, there have been a number of large-scale rains with really heavy rain accompanied by strong winds. These weather patterns have shown the risk of extremely bad weather events such as thunderstorms, lightning, cyclones, hail, especially during the seasonal transition period from the second half of April to the beginning of May.

Efficiency of revolutionary ideology education for youths, adolescents and children

(HBO) - On March 1, 2016, the provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 17 on the implementation of the project "Strengthening education of revolutionary ideals, morals and lifestyle for youths, adolescents and children" in Hoa Binh province for the 2015 – 2030 period.

Investments focus on infrastructure in ethnic minority regions

(HBO) - Underprivileged areas in Kim Boi district has been getting a gradual facelift thanks to State investments in ethnic minority-inhabited regions.

Donation of 90 wheelchairs to the Disabled

(HBO) - On the afternoon of April 22nd, the provincial Red Cross in cooperation with Lawrence S.Ting Memorial Fund and Phu My Hung Development Co., Ltd. donated 90 wheelchairs with a total value of 148 million dong to the disabled people in the province.

Hoa Binh works to increase quality of administrative procedure control

(HBO) - In early months of 2019, the monitoring of administrative procedures in Hoa Binh was carried out synchronously, with the provincial People's Committee issuing plans and documents guiding the implementation of administrative violation control in the province.

Lac district: Promoting the role of the elderly

HBO - There have been 7,318 members, taking part in 143 associations in Lac Thuy Elderly Association. Through the review of emulation in 2018, fifteen out of the fifteen of the Elderly Association in the district’s communes and town achieved strong and very good Association foundation, 143 associations in the hamlets, the villages, and the residential areas were good and there weren’t any weak associations.

Ensuring traffic safety, order during upcoming South Liberation-May Day holiday

HBO – The Hoa Binh People’s Committee on April 10 issued Dispatch No. 2086/VPUBND-CNXD on the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Dispatch No. 402/CD-TTg dated April 10, 2019, which focuses on measures to meet travel demand of the people and ensure traffic order and safety during the long holiday on the occasion of the Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1).

LOTTE Mart, Good Neighbors cooperate to improve clean water supply in Mai Chau district

(HBO) – LOTTE Mart and the international humanitarian and development non-governmental organisation Good Neighbors (GNI) have signed a cooperation agreement to improve the supply of clean water in Mai Chau district in the northwestern province of Hoa Binh.

Management and treatment of non-infectious diseases

(HBO) - According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam is now facing a serious hike in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is estimated that 7 out of every 10 people die of NCDs, mainly cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The question is how health screening should be done to help avoid creating an economic burden for families and society?

Vietnam Ancestral Global Day to be celebrated in three continents

On the occasion of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, which falls on April 14 this year (the 10th day of the third month in lunar calendar), the second "Vietnam Ancestral Global Day” (VAGD) is slated to take place in Asia, North America and Europe.

Da Nang looks to become exemplary eco-smart city in Asia

The central coastal city of Da Nang is making strides towards turning itself into an eco-smart urban area, a hub for startups and innovation, and one of the most liveable cities in Asia by 2045 under its smart city development project announced at a conference on April 10.

A woman who initiates deeds following moral example of late President Ho

(HBO) – In 2016, Do Thi Nhung, head of the women’s union of Zone 6, Muong Khen town (Tan Lac), was honoured to receive the Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit for her achievements in studying and following the moral example of late President Ho Chi Minh in the 2011-2015 period, contributing to the cause of national building and defence.

Lao students in Thua Thien-Hue celebrate Bunpimay festival

Some 500 Laos students, who are studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, gathered on April 7 to celebrate their traditional New Year festival of Bunpimay.

Vietnam celebrates World Health Day 2019

The Ly Thai To Statue Square in downtown Hanoi was bustling with activities marking World Health Day 2019 on April 7.

Hung Tien commune has been improving the quality of the movement of building the cultural families

HBO - Mr. Bui Van Tinh, the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Tien Commune (Kim Boi) says in order to improve the quality of the movement of building the cultural families, the Steering Committee of the movement "All people unite to build the cultural life” of the commune has implemented in accordance with the order and procedures specified, from the organization of registration to review, recognition and issuing the certification for the families meeting the cultural family standards.

The pillar in the social security system

HBO – The two policies, the social insurance and the health insurance have been playing an important role in the country's social security system. The Party and the State have been always paying attention to these two policies and have been considering them as a goal and a driving force for the sustainable development of the country, as well as demonstrating the good nature of the socialism. 

Increasing the quality of human resources through vocational training activities

HBO - Up to March 2019, there have been 39 vocational education institutions in the province, the scale of training is from 15 to 16 thousand employees each year. In the period from 2013-2018, the vocational education institutions and other educational establishments with vocational education activities have provided vocational training for nearly 85 thousand laborers at different levels (2,092 students at the college level, 9,407 students at the intermediate ones, labor 29,361 laborers at the primary level and 43,731 workers at the under-three-month level).

Achievements of emulation movement to build lifelong learning society

HBO - As a result of Hoa Binh’s emulation movement to a build lifelong learning society, nearly 68 percent of rural workers have learned knowledge and skills, and technology transfer at community learning centres. Meanwhile, 93 percent of the workers have engaged in vocational training, and more than 75 of them belong to the highly skilled workforce of the province’s spearhead economic sectors.

“For the Safety of Women and Children” programme 2019 carried out

HBO - The Women’s Union of Hoa Binh city recently held an event to kickstart a coordination programme themed "For the Safety of Women and Children” for 2019.