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.
More than just an information technology teacher, Bui Van Nien is an inspiring figure who has nurtured the scientific curiosity and creative spirit of students in Vietnam’s ethnic minority communities.
Da Bac is the most disadvantaged mountainous district in Hoa Binh province, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 90% of its population. Over the past years, the district has mobilised resources to implement ethnic policies to improve the quality of life of local people.
In recent years, Hoa Binh province has consistently prioritised the protection, care, and education of children, particularly those from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds, by creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for their all-round development.
The Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control of Hoa Binh province, in coordination with the Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control Fund, held a ceremony on May 28 in response to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week (from May 25 to 31). The event was chaired by Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee.
Since 2021, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Industrial Development Consulting (CIIDC) under the Department of Industry and Trade has been implementing a school lighting model as part of the plan for using energy efficiently and economically in Hoa Binh Province in the pẻiod of 2021 - 2025. This model not only aims to improve the learning conditions and enhance the education quality, but it also promotes the message of energy saving, energy security, environmental protection and contributes to the goals of socio-economic development.
In the 2024 - 2025 school year, the entire Hoa Binh provincial education sector includes 520 educational institutions and schools. Among them are 13 ethnic boarding schools with 153 classes and 4,487 students. Four of these schools have met national standards, reaching 30.7 percent.
