HBO – The road linking Thien village in Van Son commune and Than village in Mien Doi commune – the two extremely disadvantaged communes of Hoa Binh province’s Lac Son district, has the length of over 5 kilometres. On rainy or hot days, it takes from five to 10 minutes going through this short and beautiful road by motorcycle or a little longer by bicycle for locals who are familiar with transporting agricultural products to the district market. Seeing the road at present, many people will be surprised if they know that this road used to push a lot of locals into a miserable situation several years ago.
Van Son-Mien Doi road proves
effective, contributing to socio-economic development in beneficiary communes.
Some years ago, the provincial People’s Committee approved a Van
Son-Mien Doi
road project with a total investment of 34.2 billion VND, in which
28 billion VND came from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s
credit programme and 6.2 billion VND from the provincial budget. The road was
designed to have the length of over 5km and width of 5m, and covered with
three-layer asphalt, along with the roadsides, and the wastewater drainage and
traffic safety systems. Construction on the road started in 2013, and the road
was open to traffic in late June of 2016, meeting locals’ expectation of an
easy road connecting Mien Doi and Van Son communes with the district centre as
well as linking with the district’s transport system. This is a significant
"gift” to disadvantageous localities like Van Son and Mien Doi communes.
Bui Van Quyet, police chief of Van Son commune, said that, since
it was put into use, the road has contributed to changing the life of local
people. The distance between the two communes and the district centre is
shortened, and rural infrastructure is improved, thus facilitating the travel
of students and locals’ health check-ups and treatment. Notably, the new road
has also made agricultural products be sold easily, without money squeeze,
which makes locals happier and more resolved in investing in agricultural
production so as to boost poverty reduction and economic development./.
In the afternoon of January 15th, at the Industrial Park of the Left Bank of Da River, the Trade Union of the Provincial Industrial Parks organized the program "Reunion Tet – the Spring Being Grateful to the Party” in 2025.
On January 9th, the Department of Education and Training held a conference to summarize the school year of 2024, reviewing the semester I and deploy tasks for 2025, semester II of the 2024-2025 school year. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
In the spirit of mutual support, charitable groups and donors in and outside Hoa Binh province have come together and joined hands with local authorities and organisations to hold meaningful, humanitarian activities for the poor, vulnerable, and those in need, spreading love and kindness from the "golden hearts" in the community.
The "Volunteer Youth" movement is the pride of Vietnamese youth. Along with the spread of the movement in Hoa Binh province, the volunteer youth movement in Lac Son district has many imprints, creating a vibrant emulation atmosphere for the youth, contributing to building a rich and civilised homeland.
Kim Boi district, a revolutionary land rich in cultural heritage, is "awakening” with major opportunities to become a tourism and eco-urban hub in Hoa Binh province and the region as a whole.
Thanks to the support of local authorities, Hoa Binh’s education system continues to achieve significant progress, contributing to meeting comprehensive reform targets and students' learning needs as well as supplying high-quality human resources for the province.
