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.
Mr. Ngo Van Tuan, member of the Party Central Committee, State Auditor General, and 15th-tenure National Assembly deputy of Hoa Binh province, visited and presented Tet gifts to poor households, workers, and students in difficult circumstances in Cao Phong district and Hoa Binh city on January 17.
The Hoa Binh provincial Military Command in collaboration with the National Defence Academy held a seminar on January 15, where they exchanged experience in local defence and military affairs with a delegation of officers, instructors, and students from the senior command and staff training course of the Royal Cambodian Army.
Hoa Binh province's delegation of National Assembly (NA) deputies, including Nguyen Thi Phu Ha, Vice Chairwoman of the NA’s Finance - Budget Committee, and Dang Bich Ngoc, deputy head of the delegation, visited and presented Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to disadvantaged households in Suoi Hoa commune of Tan Lac district, poor students at the Tan Lac Boarding Secondary and High School for Ethnic Minority Students, and locals in Quynh Lam ward of Hoa Binh city on January 15.
The Hoa Binh provincial Party organisation has seriously implemented resolutions on Party building and political system construction in connection with the implementation of Directive No. 05-CT/TW on studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style, focusing on addressing issues, creating clear and substantial changes in fulfilling the political tasks of localities, agencies, and units.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has held a teleconference to launch the socio-economic development and state budget plans for 2025. Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, attended and gave directions at the event, which was chaired by Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
The 17th-tenure People’s Council of Hoa Binh province, for the 2021-2026 term, convened its 24th session on January 7, during which Bui Duc Hinh was elected Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee for the tenure.
