(HBO) – "Excellent at work and perfect at home”, was the praise that Bui Thi Hien, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union in Du Sang commune, Kim Boi district gave to Bui Thi Huyen, head of the women’s union in Suoi Chuon village. With her enthusiasm and tireless efforts, Huyen has overcome obstacles in culture, customs and language to reach members of the union, who mostly are Dao ethnics.
Bui Thi Huyen (right) examines
quality of her family’s squash garden before harvest.
Huyen is a Muong ethnic, while the members in the village’s women’s
union are mostly Dao women. Therefore, the differences in languages and customs
worried her at the beginning.
"It would not be good if the head of a women’s union branch could
not understand the members’ words and thoughts”, was the concern that occupied
Huyen’s mind for a while.
With determination, now she can converse with Dao people. When she
assumed the leading position of the women’s union in the village, it had about
50 members. Now it has 90 members.
In 2012, two couples in the village had the third child. And as of
2018, the village recorded no cases of child marriage or birth of the third
baby.
Huyen and other members of the women’s union set up a money saving
group, with each member putting in between 50,000 and 100,000 VND a month.
Accordingly, the group save from 3-3.5 million VND a month, which they use to help
members in disadvantaged conditions or lend without interest to members to bolster
household economy.
She and the members also planted 7,000 acacia trees to raise money
for the union’s operation fund.
While fully attending to the branch’s activities, Huyen is also a
role model in doing business. like other couples in the village, she and her
husband faced many obstacles when they were newly married. Not succumbing to
poverty, the couple borrowed money and learned from experiences of others about
cultivation techniques for orange, pomelo, squash and husbandry.
To date, her family has 200 pomelo and 300 orange trees and 5,000
sq. m of squash, as well as 3ha of acacia trees. The family also has more than
80 pigs and hundreds of chickens. Additionally, Huyen opened her bakery shop
just recently./.
More than just an information technology teacher, Bui Van Nien is an inspiring figure who has nurtured the scientific curiosity and creative spirit of students in Vietnam’s ethnic minority communities.
Da Bac is the most disadvantaged mountainous district in Hoa Binh province, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 90% of its population. Over the past years, the district has mobilised resources to implement ethnic policies to improve the quality of life of local people.
In recent years, Hoa Binh province has consistently prioritised the protection, care, and education of children, particularly those from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds, by creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for their all-round development.
The Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control of Hoa Binh province, in coordination with the Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control Fund, held a ceremony on May 28 in response to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week (from May 25 to 31). The event was chaired by Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee.
Since 2021, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Industrial Development Consulting (CIIDC) under the Department of Industry and Trade has been implementing a school lighting model as part of the plan for using energy efficiently and economically in Hoa Binh Province in the pẻiod of 2021 - 2025. This model not only aims to improve the learning conditions and enhance the education quality, but it also promotes the message of energy saving, energy security, environmental protection and contributes to the goals of socio-economic development.
In the 2024 - 2025 school year, the entire Hoa Binh provincial education sector includes 520 educational institutions and schools. Among them are 13 ethnic boarding schools with 153 classes and 4,487 students. Four of these schools have met national standards, reaching 30.7 percent.
