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”.
A play by trade union members of Ngoc My commune, Tan Lac district, at a forum held in response to the Vietnamese Family Day 2024 (June 28).
There are 220,509 households in Hoa Binh province at present, including 23,582 comprising fathers or mothers and children, 18,520 comprising one generation (only husbands and wives), 96,639 comprising two generations, 77,043 comprising at least three generations, and 4,725 households of other types, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Over the past years, the culture, sports and tourism sector has advised the provincial People’s Committee about plans, projects, and programmes on family affairs.
To popularise the message of building happy families to local residents, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the culture and information divisions of district-level localities have boosted communications by hanging banners; holding forums on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness (March 20), the Vietnamese Family Day (June 28), and the National Action Month for Domestic Violence Prevention and Control; disseminating the family code of conduct and the criteria for ensuring a happy family; and spreading information about family affairs at meetings and activities of local Party cells, residential areas, and groups.
In particular, the communal-level People’s Committees have maintained anti-domestic violence models. There are now 170 anti-domestic violence models according with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s standards, along with 1,488 anti-domestic violence groups in Hoa Binh. All the 151 communal-level localities have also established steering boards for family affairs and clubs of families of sustainable development. Those efforts have helped honour and spread the good traditional values of Vietnamese families, and improve public awareness of building prosperous, progressive, and happy families.
However, it is a fact that today’s families have to face numerous difficulties and challenges. Many ethical values of families are being eroded and show signs of degradation. Some families have been affected by social vices. Domestic violence is growing while the bonds among family members are becoming loose.
To improve the quality of family affairs in the coming time, the province’s steering board for this issue released a document in April this year to promote the organisation of communications activities in response to the International Day of Families, the Vietnamese Family Day, and the National Action Month for Domestic Violence Prevention and Control 2024. These are occasions for sectors, all-level authorities, and organisations to call on families to join hands in preserving, upholding, and bringing into play the good traditional cultural values and conduct in each Vietnamese family, promoting gender equality, and preventing domestic violence.
As the 2024-2025 school year is approaching, many parents are taking the opportunity to purchase textbooks for their children in preparation for the new academic year. This year, the price of textbooks and reference books decreased by 10-40% depending on the type of book, helping parents save some money.
The Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training on August 20 held a ceremony to present the title of Excellent Teacher to outstanding teachers, review the 2023-2024 academic year, and launch tasks for the new year. The event drew Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; and leaders of a number of local departments and sectors.
On August 18th, the Trade Union of the Provincial Industrial Zones (IZs) held the final round of the "Labor Dance” competition. It commended the outstanding trade union officials at the grassroots levels in 2024.
Tan Lap commune in Lac Son district is intensifying efforts to achieve its new-style rural development goals by the end of this year, with a focus on mobilising all available resources and implementing a comprehensive strategy to meet the four remaining criteria out of the 19.
After more than 10 years of building new rural areas, Suoi Seu A village in Nhuan Trach commune (Luong Son) has put on a new, prosperous, and spacious shirt. Today's achievement is the great effort of the people in the village in many creative and practical ways.
On August 2nd, the opening ceremony of the 18th Hung Vuong Summer Camp for the gifted high schools in the Northern midlands and mountainous areas took place in Hòa Bình City. The event was attended by Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh Provincial People's Committee.
