Over the past years, people-to-people diplomacy has been carried out in tandem with Party and State diplomacy, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the friendship between people of Hoa Binh province and foreign countries. The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations has significantly contributed to raising the quality of people-to-people diplomacy in the new situation.
Leaders of departments and agencies
extend congratulations to Laos on its 48th anniversary (December 2, 1975-2023)
at the Hoa Binh Technical and Economic College.
Statistics show that nearly 2,730 residents of
Hoa Binh are living, working and studying in Thailand, Laos, China, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China) and some European countries.
Hoa Binh has made efforts to put in place
documents on overseas Vietnamese affairs in the new situation, and promote its
land and culture, as well as its development policies, helping enhance its
position and reputation in the eyes of international friends.
Photo: Non-governmental programmes and projects
have contributed to local socio-economic development. In photo: A library
invested by the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organisation at the Thai
Thinh semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities in Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh
city.
The province has paid attention to directing the
implementation of relevant directives and resolutions issued by the Party
Central Committee, the provincial Party Committee, and the provincial People's
Committee on people-to-people diplomacy, and stepped up the communications work
through different means.
The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations
convened its second congress for the 2022-2027 tenure on December 27, 2022. It
now comprises the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association, the Vietnam-Thailand
Friendship Association and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association, with a
total of more than 300 members. It is working for the formation of the
Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) association and others.
Last year, the provincial People's Committee
admitted 14 foreign non-governmental programmes and projects with commitments
worth up to over 3 million USD. To date, 43 programmes, projects and
non-project aid programmes have been implemented in Hoa Binh with over 32.9
million USD from 16 non-governmental organisations, agencies and donors.
To complete people-to-people diplomacy tasks set
for 2024, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong,
who is also President of the union, asked departments, agencies, units and
localities to raise awareness of the work, set out specific programmes and
plans for events and activities, reform their operations, and consolidate and
expand the networks of international friends and partners.
The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee has issued a conclusion reviewing the three years implementing its resolution on preserving and promoting cultural values in Hoa Binh province for 2021 – 2025 with a vision towards 2030.
alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long on October 29 chaired the October meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, which focused on important issues related to the locality’s socio-economic development.
Mai Van Chinh, member of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Mass Mobilisation, has visited and presented gifts to revolution contributors in Hoa Binh city. joining him were Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee; Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; and Bui Van Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; along with other provincial officials.
Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh expressed his hope for more support from the European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD) for the local development, while hosting a delegation from the two organisations led by Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Shinas on October 23.
During her working visit to Hoa Binh province on October 18, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan toured a site where late President Ho Chi Minh once stayed when he visited the Kim Boi district’s Party Committee. She was accompanied by officials from various ministries, agencies, and central organisations.
A ceremony was held in Kim Boi district on October 18 in the presence of Vo Thi Anh Xuan, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice State President, to mark 60 years since President Ho Chi Minh visited and met with the Party Committee of Kim Boi district (September 19, 1964 - 2024) and the 65th founding anniversary of the district (April 17, 1959 - 2024), and to receive the third-class Labour Order.