Hoa Binh marks 20th anniversary of Great National Solildarity Day

5/13/2023 - 12:10:25 PM

(HBO) – A conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great National Solidarity Day has been held in Hoa Binh city by the Hoa Binh’s Standing Board of the Fatherland Front Committee.

Outstanding individuals and collectives who have excellent contributions to the city’s socio-economic development over the past two decades were awarded at the event.

Several activities were held in all local residential areas to review the glorious tradition of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, assess the implementation of patriotic emulation campaigns and movements, especially the campaign "All people unite to build new-style rural areas and civilised urban", and praise outstanding collectives and individuals.

Besides, many meaningful works to support the poor also took place. On the occasion, 84 great solidarity houses were presented to impoverished households, thousands of labourers and farmers received support from the locality, more than 1,500 collectives and 2,600 individuals who have made many contributions to local residential area were also praised.

After 20 years, the Great National Solidarity Day has affirmed its significant and positive impacts in many aspects, contributing to encouraging and motivating the spirit and arousing the strength of the great solidarity bloc and self-reliance of the people. Many self-governing models in residential areas have proved effective.

The festival also helped promote the conservation and promotion of cultural values and traditions of the nation. To date, the city has had 195 cultural houses, reaching 97% of hamlets and residential areas with cultural houses, while All cultural houses are built from the contribution of the people.

The conference also pointed out the bottlenecks and causes and drew experiences while giving directions, objectives, tasks and solutions to improve the quality of the festival in the new period.

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