(HBO) -A store offering groceries free of charge was set up in Hoa Binh city, the northern province of the same name, on April 20.
Selling everything for zero dong, Sieu
Thi Hanh Phuc (Happiness
Supermarket)was launched by the provincial People’s Committee, People’s Council together
with local chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union,
provincial Department of Trade and Industry and APEC Group.
Locals
choose products at the "Happiness Supermarket” selling products for zero dong.
The store is open for one month from April 20 to May 20. It will provide necessities for poor and near-poor households and policy beneficiaries,
along with freelance labourers impacted by COVID-19.
The store allows
customers to choose five
products such as rice, sugar, nuts,
spices, salt and cooking oil,
at a total cost of less than
100,000 VND (4.20 USD). Each shopper can come to the store twice a month.
At the store, customers
are requied to wear face
masks, have their temperature taken, wash their hands, stand two metres apart, and
closely follow preventive measures.
A leader of the Hoa Binh city
People’s Committee said with the spirit of taking some if you are in need – savingfor others if you are able to get by – donating if you can, the
committee has called on local firms, organisations and
individuals to donate essential goods at free distribution
points during the social distancing period, with an aim of leaving no one behind in the fight
against the COVID-19 pandemic./.
In recent years, under the leadership of the provincial Party Committee and People’s Council, and through the concerted efforts of local Party organisations, authorities, and ethnic communities, Hoa Binh province has achieved significant progress in implementing ethnic affairs and policies. These efforts have brought a new face-lift to ethnic-minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, according to Ha Van Di, Head of the Ethnic Affairs Board of Hoa Binh province.
Hoa Binh province's association of education promotion on November 7 held a conference to review its month-long programme and present the "Hoc khong bao gio cung (endless learning)" scholarships for 2024. Key attendees included Nguyen Phi Long, alternate Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Le Manh Hung, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE); and Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
At HANOI JVC Training Center (Hanoi), the Farmers’s Support Center, the Provincial Farmers' Union and VTC1 International Development joint Stock Company recently held a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement to link consulting and create the labor resources working abroad for a limited period of time.
In recent years, the education career in Yen Thuy district has changed positively. The school facilities have newly been built and the quality of education has improved.
The Board for Women's Advancement of Hoa Binh province on November 11 officially launched the Action Month for Gender Equality, focusing on preventing and addressing gender-based violence. As part of the event, a special talk was held on the theme of sharing household work for a happy family. The event drew 300 delegates, including Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the provincial Board for Women's Advancement.
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.
