The piggy bank campaign has been carried out widely in Cao Phong district for years, showing efficacy in promoting education in the locality.
The
money saved through the piggy bank movement has been used to promote education
in Tay Phong commune.
The movement has attracted enthusiastic response from the local residents and
yielded positive results. As much as 10 billion VND (over 400,900 USD) has been
saved through the piggy banks, creating opportunities for more than 1,500
impoverished students and those with difficult circumstances to attend school.
According to Vice Chairman of the district’s association for promoting
education Nguyen Chi Chung, there are 88 local education promotion chapters in
hamlets and residential areas, 42 education promotion boards of clans, and 14
others in competent units.
He said the piggy bank movement has drawn the participation of students,
teachers and parents in all ten communes and Cao Phong town, helping
underprivileged students overcome challenges to continue their study.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.
