The Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee on October 9 held a ceremony to launch the 450-day drive to eliminate substandard housing for the poor.
The
event saw the participation of Nguyen Phi Long, Secretary of the provincial
Party Committee and Head of the provincial Steering Committee for the Programme
to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for the poor; Bui Duc Hinh,
Chairman of the provincial People's Council; and Bui Van Khanh, Chairman of the
provincial People's Committee; among others.
Members of the Standing Board of the
provincial Party Committee present house funding to poor families in Lac Son
district.
Members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party
Committee present house funding to districts and Hoa Binh city.
As of September 23, Hoa Binh had 20,306 poor families with 6,362 living in
temporary, dilapidated houses, of them 3,194 in urgent need for housing.
Since Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh launched the national drive to eliminate
temporary and dilapidated houses from now to 2025, the province has received
43.6 billion VND (1.75 million USD) from the VFF Central Committee and nine
organisations and enterprises in and outside the province.
As many as 50 units in and outside Hoa Binh have contributed over 37.38 billion
VND to the "Fund for the poor”so far this year. The
province has earmarked over 11 billion VND from the fund to build 221 new
houses and implement social welfare activities.
In his
remarks, Khanh emphasised that the event demonstrates the attention of local
authorities and the provincial VFF Committee to housing issue for the poor,
adding it also calls for efforts of the entire political system, the business
community, and people to achieve the goal of eliminating temporary and
dilapidated houses from now to 2025 in Hoa Binh province.
Bui Van Luyen, Chairman of the provincial VFF Committee highlighted the
tradition of solidarity of the Vietnamese people. With the desire that poor families will have sturdy houses to improve their
living conditions, develop production and economy, and escape poverty
sustainably, the agency calls on businesses, agencies, organisations, and
individuals to contribute to the "Fund for the poor” and join the housing
support programme, he said.
Long
appreciated the support to the poor over the past time, which contributes to
ensuring the social welfare in the locality. He affirmed the province will try its best to
help 3,194 disadvantaged families in the province to have better houses by the
end of 2025.
Leaders of the provincial People's
Committee and the provincial VFF Committee receive donations from units and
enterprises.
Members of the Standing Board of the
provincial Party Committee support the housing programme.
Leaders of the provincial People's
Committee, the provincial Party Committee's Inspection Board, the provincial
VFF Committee present support to poor households in Lac Son district.
He asked the provincial VFF Committe to allocate the funding to districts and
Hoa Binh city, and assigned all-level Party committees, authorities, the VFF
Committees, and organisations to complete the allocation before December 31,
2024.
At the launch, 39 enterprises and organisations donated over 4.2 billion VND to
the fund. The support will be used to build 240 households in the eight districts of Cao
Phong, Tan Lac, Mai Chau, Kim Boi, Yen Thuy, Lac Thuy, Luong Son, and Hoa Binh
city; and 140 others in Lac Son and Da Bac district, each with 50 million
VND.
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.
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