(HBO) - Boi Ca is among the most populous residential areas in Kim Boi district’s Nam Thuong commune. It has eight residential clusters of 362 households grouping 1,607 people. Both Muong and Kinh people live here, with the former accounting for 92 percent of the total local population.
Locals in Boi Ca stage a musical performance at the 2020 great national solidarity festival.
The locals have been encouraged to join a
campaign on the conduction of new-style rural building activities every
Saturday. So far this year, local households have donated 520 working days to
build 0.9km of rural roads and upgrade the commune’s cultural house, giving the
area a facelift.
Boi Ca residents have also seen their
living standards significantly improved thanks to their new development
orientations that focus on agricultural services and transport and
establishment of local teams of construction workers and carpenters. In 2020,
the local per capita income is estimated at 40.5 million VND (1,750 USD), up
5.5 million VND from last year. The number of poor households dropped by 16
from last year to only 4, or 1.1 percent of the local population.
Civilised lifestyle, meanwhile, has been
promoted, with locals adhering to the residential area’s regulations on the
organisation of wedding ceremonies, funerals, and communal festivals. Each
household has access to sanitised water sources; no one dumps garbage at public
places; and prostitution and gambling have been eradicated from the area. In
2020, the area, having 80.9 percent of households recognised as civilised
families, was accredited as civilised site.
The Government Office with Document No. 2082/VPCP-KGVX, dated March 29, 2024, sent out the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha regarding the submission of the "Mo Muong" and "Cheo art" dossiers to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.