Despite facing a host of difficulties caused by heavy rains and floods, businesses in Hoa Binh province have still supported locals hit by the natural disasters through various activities.
Employees of Hoang Son Supermarket are delivering relief supplies at a collection point in Dong Tien ward, Hoa Binh city.
Hoa Binh was one of the localities hardest hit by Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath, with its infrastructure and crops severely damaged, and production disrupted.
Pham Thi Hoan, 35, who is running online business, said she and some other entrepreneurs have presented gifts to residents in Yen Bai and Thai Nguyen provinces, and in Tan Thanh commune, Hoa Binh’s Mai Chau district, with the total funding amounting to hundreds of millions of Vietnam dong.
Many enterprises in Hoa Binh have also organised charity programmes. Notably, Hoang Son Supermarket in Hoa Binh city contributed goods worth more than 50 million VND (2,022 USD) in support of residents in Yen Bai’s Van Chan district.
Three others in Hoa Binh city, namely Dinh Nhuan Trading JSC, Da Hop Trading JSC, and Lam Binh Construction and Trading Investment JSC, have sponsored three orphaned children.
Apart from such specific programmes, the business community has also contributed to the provincial relief fund.
Deputy Director of Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank)’s Hoa Binh branch Nguyen Huu Thang said along with preferential policies rolled out in line with the Government’s Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP in support of rural areas and agriculture, the bank will offer more incentives to its disaster-stricken clients.
joining such efforts, the tax sector has also put in place preferential policies to help organisations, individuals, and businesses affected by Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath.
In October, Nguyen Van Thuy, a primary school teacher at Hung Son Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son town, Luong Son district, was one of three Vietnamese representatives to receive the Inspiring Teacher Award at the Asia-Pacific Cha-Ching Financial Accreditation (CCFA) Teacher Conference for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Women’s Union of Hoa Binh province has carried out various measures to promote gender equality over the recent past, seeing it as the key to eliminating violence against women and girls.
A delegation from Hoa Binh province, led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, recently had a working session with leaders from Thai Nguyen University’s branch in Ha Giang province.
In order to improve the quality of medical examination, treatment and disease prevention, in recent years, the health sector of Hoa Binh province has always focused on improving the quality of its human resources so as to provide better health care for the people.
On the afternoon of November 22, at Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted, the Hoa Binh Provincial Youth Union held a summary and awarding ceremony for the Second Online English Singing Contest in Hoa Binh Province in 2024 and organized a training session for provincial English volunteer teachers.
