On February 1st, Korean Good Neighbors International (GNI) and the 1% Fund of Hyundai Heavy Industry Group held the inauguration and handover of Thinh Lang Community Library (Hoa Binh City).
The delegates and the students are experiencing the activities at Thinh Lang
Community Library (Hoa Binh City).
GNI is an
international humanitarian and development non-governmental organization
established in 1991 in Korea, and it currently operates in 48 countries around
the world, focusing on community development and children protection. In
Vietnam, GNI officially operated in 2005 with the community development
projects in 6 provinces or cities including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Binh,
Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang and Thanh Hoa with more than 17,000 sponsored children
and 200,000 people benefited from the projects.
With the
slogan "Books, we are friends”, Thinh Lang Community Library provides a
comfortable, easy-to-use space and stimulates a reading culture for students
and the community, bringing many values in learning and life. The project has
been implemented since the end of August 2023, and it has now been completed
and put into use with a total area of 250 m2, the construction cost is nearly 3
billion VND, of which the construction costs for the building and the landscape
garden cost more than 2 billion VND, the cost for installing furniture and
equipment was more than 680 million VND, and the cost for buying books was 280
million VND.
At the
inauguration ceremony, the delegates and the students in Thinh Lang ward
experienced activities at the Community Library such as: Reading room with more
than 7,000 books suitable for all ages, which are selected from great
publishers such as Kim Dong, Nha Nam, Dinh Ty; the creative room and the
recycling room with modern equipment including computers, printers and
experience kits. Here, the children and the people can participate in the
activities training and enhancing their creativity, using creativity to recycle
some household items. Thereby, it helps contribute to reducing waste,
protecting the living environment...
A workshop on promoting the role of reputable individuals and religious dignitaries in popularising and promoting gender equality in ethnic minorities and mountainous areas was held by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) in Hoa Binh province on July 16.
Hoa Binh province has 145 out of the 151 communes, wards, and towns which are ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, 506 communes facing extreme difficulties, and more than 74% of its population being ethnic minority people.
Creating on-site jobs for rural women lies in the heart of the operation of the Women's Union of Lac Thinh commune in Yen Thuy district. Bui Thi Tien, 44, of the Muong ethnic group, a member of the women's union of Sau hamlet in Lac Thinh commune, has boldly sought and created jobs for many women to increase their income and improve their families' living standards.
Defining socio-economic development and effective implementation of policies on ethnic affairs in the locality has been a continuous and crucial task during 2019-2024 period, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Cao Phong district have focused on leadership in executing these tasks, achieving positive results. The material and spiritual lives of people in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas have gradually improved while rural area has gained a face-lift.
Hoa Binh’s education and training sector is implementing concerted measures to better the quality of education and training, proactively implementing the national target programme on new rural area building.
Family is the home of each person and the cell of a society. It also plays a significant role in the formation and development of each person’s personality. On May 4, 2001, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 72/2001/QD-TTg, designating June 28 as the Vietnamese Family Day. Over the past years, Hoa Binh province has carried out a number of activities to honour the family traditions and help develop prosperous, progressive, equal, happy "cells of society”.