(HBO) – In accordance with Resolution No.21-NQ/TW on October 25, 2017 by 12th Party Central Committee about population works in the new situation, the province’s population works in recent years have been promoted, gradually changing policy focus from population and family planning (P-FP) to population and development. Provincial population quality has been improved. Family size of two children is increasingly acceptable to most couples, natural population growth rate decreased by almost 1%, gender ratio at birth cut down to 116.6 males/100 females.

Officials from the Provincial Sub-Department of PFP
provided consultation, collected blood samples for thalassemia screening in Tan
Lac.
With the objectives of continuing the declining birthrate, reducing
third child birth rate, while at the same time improving population quality, the
relevant authorities have focused on deploying activities such as: Expanding family planning and consultations, health examinations
before marriage, screenings for thalassemia, prenatal screenings, infant
screenings, and healthcare for the elderly…, gradually improving population
quality, average life expectancy reaching 72.7 years. Family planning services
providing systems were reinforced and developed; contraception rates among
couples of child-bearing ages reached 75.4%. Communication and mobilization
were regularly conducted with diverse forms to help change awareness and
practices for the majority of cadres, party members and people, fulfilling
objectives and plans even during COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
The coordination between levels, sectors and agencies in
incorporating P-FP works in the units’ professional activities, the support and
active participation of the mass people played a central role in
socializing population works, said Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, Head of Provincial
Sub-Department of P-FP. The agency has actively advised Provincial Party
Committee and People’s Committee to introduce directives on population works,
especially on resolving the gender disparity at birth in the province,
promoting 2 children family size in residential areas community conventions…,
simultaneously strengthening propaganda, promoting social marketing about
non-clinical contraception methods./.
(HBO) - One of the key goals set by a Resolution from the Party Congress of Chieng Chau Commune for the 2020-2025 term is to strengthen pollution control and environmental protection. A number of solutions have been identified and introduced during the year, creating a change in local environmental protection.
(HBO) - While visiting Hung Thi commune in Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province, during the historic days of April, we also went to Thung Tram hamlet - the hometown of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces and martyr Bui Van Ne. After laying down his life for the independence of the Fatherland at a young age, the martyr lives on in the hearts of people in Hung Thi.
(HBO) – The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Hoa Binh held a ceremony at Cong Nghiep high school on April 17 to launch the "Hoa Binh Youth for National Seas, Islands” programme and communications on seas and islands among its members and local youngsters in 2022, drawing nearly 100 union officials in Hoa Binh city and members at the school.
(HBO) - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong has led a delegation to Hoa Binh to inspect venues serving cycling events of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in the province.
(HBO) - According to the proposal of the consulting unit - the Vietnam Construction and Planning Consulting joint Stock Company, the project to adjust the general planning of Hoa Binh city to 2045 is a step to bring the province's policy into life. Hoa Binh city is envisioned as a new and dynamic city which can become an attractive destination, and a worth-living, working and relaxation place.
(HBO) – The standing board of Tan Lac district’s Party Committee has seriously implemented the resolution of the 10th Party Central Committee’s fifth plenum, basically meeting its requirements, particularly in reforming the local Party leadership of Party agencies, the administration, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and mass organisations, said Vice Secretary Bui Van Tinh.