The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Office of the Government Steering Committee on Human Rights, and the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh jointly organised a training conference in Hoa Binh city on December 7 on external information regarding human rights.
The event drew Le Hai Binh, alternate member of the Party
Central Committee, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for
Information and Education and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for
External Information Affairs; Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh
People’s Committee; and 280 delegates engaging in external information on human
rights from 26 northern cities and provinces.
An overview of the conference.
Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen
Van Chuong underlined that along with socio-economic development, human rights
work in Hoa Binh has received great attention, especially policies regarding
security-defence, ethnic-religious affairs, and social welfare, thus ensuring
the life and rights of local residents, including those from ethnic minority
groups. At the same time, Hoa Binh has also focused on preserving and promoting
the cultural values of the locality.
At the conference, Le Hai Binh, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s
Commission for Information and Education, briefed participants on Conclusion
No.57-KL/TW issued by the Politburo on continuing to enhance the quality and
efficiency of external information in the new situation, which clarifies
requirements for communications and external information on human rights.
He updated delegates on major achievements of Vietnam in ensuring and promoting
human rights, as well as some sabotage activities by hostile forces, while
sumarising the contents of a model conference on the mechanism to provide
information to the press on human rights work and periodic external information
releases. Binh also highlighted the major contents of the fifth national report
on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
At the event, participants discussed the situation of taking advantage of
religious issues in the country recently and experience in instructing the
media in the field. They also shared experience and sought ways to settle
difficulties in implementing Decision No. 1079/QD-TTg approving a project on
human rights communications in Vietnam.
The conference provided participants with professional capacity in external
information on human rights, enhancing their role and responsibility in
speaking and providing press information at the local level, thus contributing
to fighting and refuting hostile forces’ wrongful viewpoints and abuse of
democratic human rights issues to harm Vietnam.
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.
