(HBO) - According to the provincial branch of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the total capital of banks and credit institutions in Hoa Binh topped 42 trillion VND (1.78 billion USD) as of May 31 this year, an increase of 5.6% from December 31 last year. Of the sum, the money mobilised from economic organisations and individuals approximated 31.4 trillion VND.

The club connecting benevolent hearts

(HBO) - Gathering and connecting volunteering hearts, Nhan Ai club in Tan Lac District has been empowering the poor and fortunate to have the will to rise up and spread the action for a good community.

Multiplying the kindness

(HBO) - Responding to Humanitarian Month in 2023 launched by the Provincial Red Cross with the theme "joining hands to build a compassionate community”, the Red Cross at all levels in the area and the businesses and appropriate authorities, the philanthropist have organized many practical, humane and meaningful activities for the poor and the disadvantaged in the society, creating a strong effect in the community.

The imprint in the ethnic education

(HBO) - More than 20 years ago, not long after the establishment of Cao Phong district, the Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities in Cao Phong district (now it is Cao Phong Boarding High & Secondary School fro ethnic minorities) was established. In the first school year of 2003 - 2004, the school recruited a grade 6 and a grade 7 with a total of 60 students. However, there was class at the school, they had to study Bac Phong Secondary School. The teacher Pham Hung - the first principal of the school clearly remembers every difficulty that both of the teachers and students have overcome together, and then creating the first bricks for the education of the district.

Promoting the children's participating right

(HBO) - In order to well perform the work of children protection, care and education, all the levels, branches and the localities in the province have always paid attention to well implementing the provisions of the law, making efforts to ensure the implementation of children's rights according to regulations, including the children's right participating in the related issues over the past years.

Delegation of Hoa Binh literature & arts association visits Laos's Houaphanh province

(HBO) - A working delegation of the Literature and Arts Association of Hoa Binh province has paid a visit to Houaphanh province of Laos in accordance with the approval of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Committee and the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the provincial People’s Committee.

Companies share experience in sending labourers to work abroad

(HBO) – The provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP)'s Branch in Hoa Binh province held a meeting on May 29 with enterprises that send local labourers to work abroad under contracts.

Hoa Binh province launches Action Month for Children 2023

(HBO) – The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony on May 27 to launch the Action Month for Children 2023, themed "joining hands to minimise harm to children”. The event was attended by Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the province’s steering committee for implementing the child protection programme; officials of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, departments, sectors, organisations, and localities; representatives of the ChildFund and World Vision organisations, agencies, and businesses; along with 200 outstanding children of Hoa Binh.

Every day at school is a happy day

(HBO) - Bac Son Kindergarten in Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi) is considered as the second home for the children by the people here. Participating in the contest named "Building a Green - Safe - Effective Kindergarten”, the school's staff and teachers have made great efforts and enthusiastically implemented the tasks and mobilized all the resources for implementation. However, the most important thing is that they all want children to be happy at school every day so that the parents are assured to work.

Promoting use of chip-based citizen ID cards in place of paper health insurance cards

(HBO) - The use of chip-based citizen ID cards to replace paper health insurance cards in medical facilities in Hoa Binh is expected to be the start of a roadmap for the gradual replacement of paperwork in health care procedures, thus reducing the waste of time and money of local residents.

Hoa Binh identifies key tasks in child care, protection, gender equality

(HBO) – Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee on May 18 held a conference to introduce key tasks of child protection and care, gender equality, and the advancement of women in 2023. Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Child Protection Programme, and Head of the Committee for the Advancement of Women in the province, chaired the conference.

Giving love to the disabled people

(HBO) - The Provincial Center for Social Work and Children’s Protection Fund is currently nurturing and taking care of more than 200 social protection beneficiaries, mainly the disabled people with heavy mobility and neuropsychiatry. Living under the same roof, the disaled people in particular, the disadvantaged community in general, receive the care, sharing and love from the officials and employees working at the center and the organizations and individuals with a good and benevolent heart.

Efforts made to ensure stable electricity supply in hot season

(HBO) – Electricity demand often surges in the hot season, posing the risk of grid overload. To ensure stable power supply in the hot season, the Hoa Binh Power Company (PC Hoa Binh) has taken various measures, including encouraging efficient electricity use.

Over 24.4 billion VND poured into ethnic minority-inhabited areas

(HBO) – In the 2021-2023 period, Lac Thuy district has received 24.42 billon VND (1.04 million USD) from the national target programme on promoting socio-economic development in the mountainous and minority-inhabited areas, including 13.58 billion VND of development investment capital.

Relocating businesses to rural areas helps create jobs for local workers

(HBO) – Over the past time, many manufacturing businesses have moved to rural areas of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to seek labourers. As a result, several projects have proved highly effective, helping create jobs and transform economic structure in many areas of the province.

Mai Chau district records fruitful results in studying, following President Ho’s example

(HBO) – As Hoa Binh suffers from a shortage of teachers for all educational levels, 50 teachers in Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province, had to teach classes in several different schools in 2022. Lai Thi Minh Hue is a biology teacher at the Mai Chau township Junior High School, but from Monday to Thursday every week, she travelled 30km to teach at the Noong Luong Boarding Primary and Junior High School for Ethnic Minority Students in Thanh Son commune.

Luong Son district: Ensuring food safety - for the public health

(HBO) - At this time, together with other localities in the province, Luong Son district has been organizing many specific and practical activities to respond to the action month for the food safety.

Hoa Binh marks 20th anniversary of Great National Solildarity Day

(HBO) – A conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great National Solidarity Day has been held in Hoa Binh city by the Hoa Binh’s Standing Board of the Fatherland Front Committee.

The youth of Lac Son district act for the community, ensuring the social security

(HBO) - In harmony with the exciting emulation spirit of the youth throughout the whole province and the whole country, the Youth Union at all levels of Lac Son district has upheld the spirit of enthusiasm, volunteerism and creativity of the youth, carrying out many practical and meaningful activities for the community, joining hands to ensure the social security in the locality.

Hoa Binh works hard on child care, protection

(HBO) - In recent years, authotities of Hoa Binh province have paid special attention to protecting, caring and educating children, and building a safe, healthy and friendly living environment for all children in the locality.

Hoa Binh health sector improves service quality

(HBO) - Over the past time, Hoa Binh province’s health sector has been paying much attention to improving the quality of services through improving infrastructure and equipment, providing advanced technical services in examination and treatment, building a civilised and friendly serving style, and applying information technology in medical treatment and examination management.

The Youth Communist Union of Hoa Binh City commends 6 students who have recovered the money and returned it to the person who lost it

(HBO) - To timely record the good action, picking up the dropped and returning the lost person of 6 students from Ly Tu Trong Primary School (Hoa Binh city), in the morning of April 24, The Youth Communist Union of Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh City’s Council awarded the certificates of merit and commended 6 students with achievements in the movement "Thousand good deeds”.

Agriculture, community tourism helps improve local residents' living standards in Van Son commune

(HBO) - The life of people in Van Son commune (Tan Lac district) are changing day by day thanks to all-out efforts of the local authority and greater investment in infrastructure, agricultural development and community-based tourism.

"Lifebuoy” for workers in difficult times

(HBO) – Unemployment insurance is viewed as a "lifebuoy” to help workers in a difficult time, especially when they are seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It does not only offset a part of their income loss but also supports the workers in vocational training and finding a job. The number of applications for unemployment insurance submitted at the provincial Employment Service Centre was on the rise in the first quarter of this year.

Lac Son district: Opening the way to get rid of poverty from the vocational training program for the laborers

(HBO) Implementing Resolution No. 03-NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Committee on the leadership of socio-economic development in the araes of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in the period of 2021 - 2030, the Party Committee and Lac Son district’s administration has effectively implemented the key tasks and solutions to improve the lives of people in the areas of etnic minorities and mountainous areas in recent years. In particular, vocational training and job creation have been identified as an essential solution to help people stabilize their lives.