Senior women in rural and ethnic minority areas are considered an abundant labour workforce, as people in the working age have often worked far away from home in recent years. Therefore, many units, departments, sectors and cooperatives in Hoa Binh have worked with enterprises inside and outside the province to generate jobs for the local women.
Luong Phu agricultural service cooperative in Tan Lac
district sign an order on handicraft making to create jobs for 600 local
labourers.
Nguyen Thi Bay, Director of the Luong Phu agricultural service cooperative,
said the local ethnic female workforce is quite abundant. Most of the women
live by farming. They look for jobs in off-season days. Although they are out
of the working age and can not work far away, they are still capable of
working.
"Our cooperative is seeking orders on handicraft making to create jobs and
incomes for them. Currently, the cooperative is generating jobs for 600
labourers with 90% of whom are ethnic women," Bay said.
Brocade weaving is a traditional profession of local residents of many
generationsin in Mai Chau district. Over the years, brocade weaving
cooperatives have been created jobs for many ethnic women.
Ha Thi Xien, a resident of Chieng Chau commune's Chieng Chau hamlet, shared
that although she is out of the working age but she is still in the pink of
health.
"I have more free time after finishing daily domestic work. Many local
women in the commune like me. I found a job suitable for my health," she
said. Work at the Hoa Ban brocade weaving cooperative in Chieng Chau generates
a stable income for Xien. She expressed her hope that many units and businesses
will have more orders and a variety of products suitable for women in the same
age group with her, thus helping stabilise their lives while preseving the
traditional trade.
In addition to brocade weaving, many trades have been promoted at local
cooperatives such as aloe vera planting, for-export handicraft making and pig
raising, among others, helping generate incomes while stabilising lives for
local senior ethnic women.
The piggy bank campaign has been carried out widely in Cao Phong district for years, showing efficacy in promoting education in the locality.
Lac Son district has made significant progress in promoting gender equality and women's advancement in areas such as politics, economy, labor, health care, and education.
During the two days, October 9 - 10, the Association of the Elderly of Hoa Binh province coordinated with the Help Age International in Vietnam (HAI) to organize a preliminary review and additional training for the club's Board of Directors. Ministries, the Elderly Associations at all levels, and the related parties have a club established in 2024 under the project "Supporting disadvantaged elderly through replicating Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs in Vietnam phase 2 (VIE085)”.
The organising board of the 2024 Hoa Binh technical innovation competition for youngsters and children held a ceremony on October 8 to summarise and honour winners, and launch the competition for 2025.
The local breeds like Ri chickens, black pigs, and other indigenous livestock are being prioritized for the development by many farmers in the province. This is seen as a fitting approach to harnessing the local potential and advantages, and it is bringing the tangible economic benefits.
In recent years, Cao Phong district has made continuous efforts to improve the quality of education and training (E&T), creating the significant highlights in the educational sector. With the synchronized solutions and a focus on resource investment, the district has achieved encouraging results.
