(HBO) - Dai Dong residential area in Yen Thuy district’s Ngoc Luong commune was the first in the district to hold a great national solidarity festival. The festival on November 6 saw the attendance of Nguyen Tien Sinh, head of the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s inspection commission and deputy head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies. Other participants included leaders of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front committee, the provincial Military Command, the provincial Health Department, and local officials.
Nguyen Tien Sinh, head
of the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s inspection commission, presents flowers to people
in Dai Dong on the occasion.
The residential area has 192 households with 90 percent of
them living on agricultural production. Local people actively engage in
campaigns on building new-style rural areas and cultural villages. In 2020, the
local per capita income is estimated at over 60 million VND (2,591 USD), with
the rate of poverty households standing at 2.6 percent. All roads in the area
were concreted and 93.2 percent of local households were recognised as cultural
families. Dai Dong has so far met the criteria set for model new style rural
residential areas.
In 2021, Dai Dong aims to raise its per capita income to
more than 65 million VND and cut its poverty rate to below 2.6 percent.
At the festival, organisations, families, and individuals
with outstanding achievement in building the local community were honoured.
Locals were also encouraged to sign commitments to participating in emulation
campaigns next year.
On the occasion, leaders of the province and district
presented gifts to the residents./.
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The provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 24 organised a conference to report on the results of collecting, researching, restoring, and preserving "Bi doi”, a musical instrument of the airophonic family and a traditional instrument of the Muong ethnic people in Da Bac district.
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