Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a ceremony in Hoa Binh province’s Da Bac district on April 13 to launch an emulation campaign to do away with makeshift and ramshackle houses across the country.
PM Chinh, along with other Party, State, and provincial leaders, presented gifts and attended the ground-breaking of six houses for the poor in Cao Son, communes of Da Bac district.
The event, jointly held by the Central
Emulation and Commendation Council and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front (VFF) Central Committee, attracted the participation of Acting State
President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien,
Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Permanent
Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Bui Duc Hinh, and Deputy Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui
Van Khanh, among others. The ceremony was also connected
online to the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities.
Addressing the launching ceremony, PM
Chinh, who is also Chairman of the council, acknowledged the results of the
work concerning temporary and dilapidated houses over the past years, but
noting that currently, there are still over 315,000 households classified as
poor or near-poor who need housing assistance, mainly in far-flung, border, and
island areas.
He called for the mobilisation of resources
from the State, society, businesses, and citizens; and stressed the need for
effective mechanisms and policies and the assurance of quality of the
construction, serving the right beneficiaries and ensuring transparency and
efficiency without corruption and wastefulness.
Furthermore, the leader also recommended
the establishment of a fund to do away with substandard houses across the
nation.
Responding to the VFF Central Committee
President’s appeal, Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh
stressed the province’s determination to complete the work by 2025.
At the event, 14 organisations, businesses,
and individuals pledged to donate a total of 376 billion VND (14.8 million
USD), a sum enough to construct 7,520 new houses. The first allocation of funds
will prioritise 40 provinces with high poverty rates.
Following the ceremony, PM Chinh, along
with other Party, State, and provincial leaders, presented gifts and attended
the ground-breaking of six houses for the poor in Cao Son, Tu Ly, Hien Luong,
and Toan Son communes of Da Bac district.
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.