(HBO) – Armed forces in Lac Son district have organized a range of humanitarian and practical activities, helping hundreds of local poor students access schooling.
A representative of Lac
Son district’s arm forces presents scholarships to local students.
The
district’s armed forces have called on officers and soldiers to pool cash and
kind in support of needy students.
Between 2015 and 2018, they presented 130 bikes, 148 calculators and 150
schoolbags to students in the locality.
On March 1, they launched another programme named "Lac Son district’s armed
forces accompany students to school”, collecting a total of 108.6 million VND
which was used to buy 73 bikes, 94 calculators, 35 schoolbags and other
learning tools for local poor students.
Besides, they have implemented a programme that provides sponsorship for three
students, with each receiving 300,000 VND per month.
Over the past three years, a model in support of the poor has also been rolled
out by the armed forces, raising a fund worth 36 million VND.
Sen. Lieut. Col. Tran Xuan Thanh from Lac Son’s Military Command said the "Lac
Son district’s armed forces accompany students to school” programme forms part
of the activities carried out by the local armed forces to realise the
Political Bureau’s Directive No. 5 on promoting the study and following of
President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle.
The programme has received active response from officers, soldiers and local
people, he said./.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.