(HBO) – Bui Thi Thiep, a resident in Chieng hamlet of Vinh Dong commune, Kim Boi district, has been recognised as a prestigious person in the local community since 2014. She has encouraged locals to shift their crop and livestock farming structures, thus helping many families improve their income.
Bui
Thi Thiep (first, left), a prestigious person in Chieng hamlet of Vinh Dong
commune (Kim Boi district), encourages local residents to donate land to expand
roads.
Bui Thi Chinh, another prestigious individual in
Suoi Con hamlet of Kim Boi commune, has persuaded local residents to donate
1.8ha of land to build a reservoir serving agricultural production and a house
for community activities, along with 890 sq.m of land to build roads. She has
also encouraged low-income families to mobilise more financial support from Programme
135 and other policies targeting ethnic minorities to buy breeding buffaloes
and cows.
Meanwhile, Bui Trong Khuyen, a resident in Bo Bo
hamlet of Thuong Bi commune, has persuaded others to donate 1,000 sq.m of land
to build a secondary school, another 5,000 sq.m to expand roads, and 33 million
VND (1,400 USD) to construct a community house. He has also actively taken part
in reconciliation activities.
Prestigious persons in local ethnic minority
communities are the role models in the patriotic emulation movements. They have
taken the lead in participating in campaigns, especially encouraging other
people to implement programmes, projects and policies of the Party and State,
and develop independent livelihoods to raise their income, thereby helping the
locality meet the criteria of the national target programme on sustainable
poverty reduction and the new-style rural area building programme.
There are 187 prestigious individuals in 195
hamlets across Kim Boi district at present. In 2017, Bui Thi Thiep was granted
with a certificate of merit by the Prime Minister at the first national
ceremony honouring exemplary prestigious persons, intellectuals and
entrepreneurs from ethnic minorities./.
The people in Hoa Binh province are aware of the need to build and preserve the cultural traditions and unique customs of their communities, especially those related to ethnic identities and family values which serve as foundation for a vibrant, tradition-rich Hoa Binh, enriching community life. In recent years, the province’s Party Committee, authorities, and residents have paid heed to building and developing family values and fostering human standards in the new era.
The festival of great national solidarity and culture in 2024 was held at the communal house of Da Bac district on November 5. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan and leaders of departments and sectors attended the event.
The Labor Federation of Da Bac district has focused on protecting workers' rights while actively participating in patriotic emulation movements to enhance the creativity and productivity of the local workforces across agencies, organisations and enterprises.
In recent years, the Women's Union of Yen Thuy district has actively contributed to the implementation of the National Target Program on building new the rural areas. The Union's activities not only help raise awareness of environmental protection for the members, the women, and the people but they also contribute to improving the appearance of rural areas and improving the quality of life.
The model of intergenerational self-help club (ISC) has been expanded in Mai Chau district over recent times, contributing to sharing and motivating the disadvantaged people, especially the elderly, to improve their lives.
Following President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings that emulation is patriotism, patriotism requires emulation, the trade union at all levels in Hoa Binh has effectively implemented patriotism emulation movements, especially the "effective, creative working” movement. Responding to the movement, local workers, public servants, and officials have proposed many creative and applicable ideas, helping spread the movement to all agencies, units, and businesses.
