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.
People in Doan Ket commune, Yen Thuy district invest in a commercial eel farming model along the value chain, thereby increasing their income.
With the locality’s socio-economic characteristics, the government’s three national target programmes on rural development, promoting potential and strengths of regions to produce goods in accordance with value chain, under the umbrella of the National Target Programme on promoting socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas has a significant meaning.
In Hoa Binh, the capital of the National Target Programme during 2021-2025 is allocated to the implementation of many important and practical contents to serve investment needs of ethnic minority areas, such as shortage, domestic water, planning, population settlement; investment in essential infrastructure for production and life; developing education and training, improving the quality of human resources; and building cultural life; medical development, and people's health care.
In particular, the province also prioritises resources integration to raise the implementation efficiency in an attempt to improve agricultural and forestry production development and life of local ethnic minority people.
According to the provincial Committee for Ethnic Minorities, the project has been implemented in the right direction, right subjects with appropriate contents and forms to utilise potential and advantages of each locality in the direction of crop and livestock restructuring, helping create jobs and increase income for people in ethnic minority areas.
By the end of 2023, the rate of poor households in the province, communes in ethnic minority areas and those facing extreme difficulties remained 9.2%, 9.8% and 21.27%, respectively.
Currently, six communes facing extreme difficulties have been recognised to have completed the goals of building new-styled countryside, bringing the total number of communes recognised as meeting the new rural standards and exiting the category of communes facing extreme difficulties in the period of 2021 - 2023 to 14.
These are positive results in efforts to stabilise livelihoods, improve incomes for people in ethnic minority areas, and effectively contribute to creating a facelift for agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the province.
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.
