Hoa Binh, home to over 226,000 children with more than 53,000 Kinh ethnics and 173,000 of other minority groups, has taken child healthcare as an important mission.
Children in Da
Bac district’s Cao Son commune in a football match held by the commune’s youth
union.
The provincial medical sector has realised
various solutions to ensure children’s access to healthcare services while
improving nutrition for them, especially those residing in remote and
ethnic-inhabited regions.
According to statistics from the provincial
Department of Health, in the first half of the year, the rate of underweight
children under five years old was 14.2% and that of stunting kids was 22.7% as
compared to the 26% and the nearly 32% recorded in early 2010.
Medical staff specialising in child health care
have been arranged at 151 medical stations in communes and towns. Meanwhile,
under a programme against malnutrition among the children carried out across
the province, close tabs have been kept on local kids’ growth, micronutrient
and vitamin supplements, and vaccination.
Along with school-based health care, the sector
has stepped up communications work to raise public awareness of the current
healthcare policies and programmes.
In the ongoing summer holiday, local youth
unions at all levels have been organising various activities to improve the
health and spiritual lives of local kids, especially impoverished and ethnic
minority ones.
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.
