Yen Thuy is aiming to become a new-style rural district by 2025. To achieve this goal, the district has been mobilising the entire political system and local people to early fulfil required criteria.
Yen Thuy district has a Dien grapefruit production area planned to serve domestic and export markets. (Photo taken at Dai Dong Agricultural Cooperative, Ngoc Luong commune).
The district set a goal for the period 2021 - 2025 of all 10 communes meeting new-style rural area standards, including three recognised as advanced new-style rural areas and two as model new-style rural ones. It also strives to build 30 model rural residential areas and 400 model gardens, support standardisation of eight OCOP (one commune one product) products, and assist Hang Tram town in meeting civilised urban standards. The district continues to promote dissemination and effectively carry out the emulation movement "Yen Thuy district joins hands to build new-style rural areas" associated with the campaign "All people stay united to build new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas".
Yen Thuy also focuses resources on communes that are nearly completing the required criteria, and those that have been new-style rural areas and are able to become advanced and model ones with a total allocated capital of 3.65 trillion VND (146.9 million USD).
To date, Yen Thuy has yet to meet four out of the nine criteria, including: No. 2 on traffic, No. 5 on health - culture – education, No. 6 on economy, and No. 7 on the environment. In 2024, the district strives to complete criteria No. 2 and No. 5.
Bui Van Hai, Chairman of the district People's Committee, said that implementing the new-style rural area building programme, the district has by now seen a lot of improvements, with its economic structure shifting in the right direction, and the average per capita income reaching about 52 million VND a year. The district has zoned off areas for producing medicinal herbs and fruit trees, formed many new cooperative models associated with the value chain, applied production processes in accordance with VietGAP standards, and signed production cooperation and product sale contracts with businesses. In 2024, the district strives to help Lac Sy become a new-style rural commune, Ngoc Luong complete criterion No. 19 on security and defence, and Huu Loi achieve criterion No. 10 on income and criterion No. 11 on multidimensional poverty.
In a recent working session with the provincial People's Committee, the district proposed the province continue to pay attention to and attract investment to the Lac Thinh industrial park to improve infrastructure and production activities; and build concentrated domestic wastewater treatment works.
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.
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.
