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.
The new-style rural building programme has cast a new look to Vinh Dong commune, Kim Boi district, with transport and irrigation systems, medical stations, and cultural institutions having been developed, tourism projects implemented, and local livelihoods improved.
The heart connection club in Hoa Binh city has launched numerous humanitarian and charitable activities, bringing joy and happiness to the poor and vulnerable in the community.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh has allocated more than 23 billion VND (933,820 USD) to the activities in support of the people hit by recent Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent flooding to overcome natural disaster consequences, while mobilising forces to help them clean flooded houses and stabilise their life.
Policy credit capital from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) has become an effective tool to promote hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and ensure social security in Mai Chau district, contributing to completing the criteria in the national target programme on building new-style rural areas.
On September 30th, the Elderly Association of the province collaborated with the International Elderly Support Organization in Vietnam (HAI) to welcome a Japanese delegation to visit and survey the Intergenerational Self-Help Club model in Group 3, Dan Chu Ward, Hoa Binh City.
Recognizing the role and responsibility of the trade union as a vital link between businesses and employees, the Trade Union of the Provincial Industrial Zones has recently focused on renewing its activities, centering them around the local needs. This effort not only fosters the stable and progressive labor relations in enterprises but it also strengthens the employees' trust, contributing to the union's ongoing development.
