HBO – Over the past time, Luong Son district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has stepped up agricultural restructuring in combination with new rural area building.
Farmers in Quyen Chua hamlet, Cao Duong commune, Luong Son district, improve
their income thanks breeding cows for beef.The
project on agricultural restructuring towards higher added values and
sustainable development in Luong Son district by 2020 aims to develop local
agriculture towards mass production with higher productivity, quality and
competitiveness, contributing to improving local people’s living standards,
reducing poverty rate and protecting the environment.
The district’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is expected to grow 2.02
percent annually while annual average income per capital in rural areas is set
at over 50 million VND. More than half of communes in the districts are hoped
to fulfil 19 criteria of a new rural area by 2020.
Luong Son has instructed the agricultural and rural area sector to join hand
with relevant ministries and agencies in agricultural restructuring in line
with the district’s socio-economic development strategy and planning, and in
combination with sustainable new rural area building.
The agricultural restructuring must be carried out in accordance with the
market mechanism, while helping ensure basic targets of social welfare for
farmers and consumers, and improve production quality and efficiency.
Mr Nguyen Anh Duc, head of the district’s bureau of agriculture and rural
development, said agricultural restructuring is an important, long-term task
that is closely linked with the national target programme on new rural area
building.
To gain better results, the district has paid attention to developing
collective economic models, forming production and consumption chains, stepping
up scientific-technological application and mechanising production.
As a result, it now has ten new rural communes. Thanks to changed plant
structure and production chains, the district’s income per capita has reached
31 million VND each year and the poverty rate dropped to 1.91 percent.
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.
Voluntary blood donation (HMTN) is a noble and humane gesture. 24 years ago, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 43/2000/QD-TTg on mobilizing and encouraging Voluntary blood donation and designated April 7 every year as "All-People Voluntary blood donation Day”. This is an important milestone in the movement of voluntary blood donation, creating a strong change in the awareness and action at all levels of the government and people from all walks of life.
Yen Thuy is aiming to become a new-style rural district by 2025. To achieve this goal, the district has been mobilising the entire political system and local people to early fulfil required criteria.
From a normal bamboo tree, Nguyen Van Nam in Yen Tri commune, Yen Thuy district has transformed it into a "bamboo dragon". His works have been present in many countries.
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