(HBO) – The agricultural commune of Yen Mong is one of the nine communes and wards of Hoa Binh city that haven’t had waste incinerators. Waste, mostly household garbage and agricultural by-products, was dumped in landfills, leading to pollution in surrounding areas. Facing that fact, the commune has piloted a waste-to-fertiliser model at local households in recent years.
A tank for composting waste
to make fertilizer in Yen Hoa 1 hamlet of Yen Mong commune (Hoa Binh city).
Since 2015, the communal Farmers Association has
coordinated with local authorities, sectors and organisations to encourage
households to dig 532 pits for waste treatment, initially helping to reduce the
waste volume that garbage collectors had to deal with.
The agricultural cooperative of Yen Mong commune
is farming 5,000 square metres of cabbage, French bean, tomato and kohlrabi
this season. It is also managing two waste composting tanks in Yen Hoa hamlet.
Nguyen Van Vin, Chairman of the Yen Mong Farmers
Association, said the commune has been chosen to pilot the sorting of home
garbage and production of fertilizer from organic waste at households in five
hamlets. The work also aims to raise locals’ awareness of environmental
protection and equip them with relevant knowledge and skills.
With the State’s financial support of 100
million VND (over 4,300 USD) and local residents’ help with construction work,
10 waste composting tanks have been built, serving over 50 households in five
hamlets, namely Yen Hoa 1, Yen Hoa 2, Khang Dinh, Moi Mit and My.
Each tank is about 12 cubic metres in size and
located far away from water resources to ensure environmental hygiene.
One hundred members of the Farmers Association
have also been trained in waste collection, sorting and treatment at
households, and equipped with knowledge about environmental protection in rural
areas.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on Population and Development.
Hoa Binh province’s Department of Education and Training on April 16 held a conference on the materialisation of the Prime Minister’s directive on the further implementation of the project on the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030. The provincial Department of Education and Training signs cooperation agreements on cashless tuition fee collection with partners and businesses.
Creating jobs for labourers in general and young people in particular is currently a focus of the province, with vocational training linked to job creation considered one of the strategic breakthrough solutions.
A total of 30 intergenerational self-help clubs (ISHC) have been established in Hoa Binh province under the project "Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam" (VIE071) since 2021.
Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.
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