(HBO) – Programme 135 for the 2016-2020 period has reaped significant outcomes in Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province, and received warm response of local residents.
Under
the programme, investments have been poured into infrastructure in localities
that are in special difficulties, and the capital has been used for right
purposes and subjects, contributing to raising living standards of ethnic
minority groups.
Residents
in the mountainous commune of Ngoc Son (Lac Son) have planted new varieties of
corn with higher productivity and quality
On
the basis of guidelines and instructions of the district People’s Committee,
the district steering board for national target programmes has mapped out
poverty reduction plans with concrete targets and solutions.
It
has also issued documents guiding communal People’s Committees and supervision
boards how to implement and manage relevant programmes, projects and policies.
Members
of the steering boards have been dispatched to localities to help them with the
work.
Thanks
to the programme, pressing issues regarding housing, land, health care and
education for poor and near-poor households have been settled in a timely
manner. Local poor people have accessed medical services and have higher income
and better living standards. New
infrastructure facilities have given a facelift to rural areas, facilitating locals’
travel and production.
The
rate of poor households in Lac Son dropped from 38.5 percent in 2016 to 15.15
percent in 2019, with an annual decline of 5.8 percent. The figure in communes
in special difficulties stood at 20.05 percent in early 2020, down 24.55
percent as compared with early 2016./.
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.