Located about 9km from the centre of Lac Son district, Vu Binh commune is home to 20 hamlets with 2,581 households and 11,925 people, more than 90% of whom are Muong ethnic people. Implementing the movement of "All people stay united to build a civilised lifestyle”, it has obtained many encouraging results, thus contributing to local socio-economic development.
Residents in Quyet Tien hamlet of Vu Binh commune (Lac
Son district) join in a singing and dancing performance at the Great National
Solidarity Festival.
Chairman of the communal People’s Committee Bui
Van Dan said that over the recent past, Vu Binh has encouraged locals to
strongly take part in emulation movements, comply with the Party and State’s
guidelines, policies and laws, develop livelihoods, and preserve traditional
culture.
In 2023, all the 20 hamlets were recognised as
"residential zones of culture” and 2,267 of the 2,581 households as "households
of culture”, equivalent to 87.8%. Among them, 716 households, or over 27.7%,
obtained the title for three consecutive years.
Movements and campaigns have been carried out
with diverse contents and in various forms, helping promote the strength of the
great national solidarity, give a facelift to rural areas, and improve people’s
life quality. Outstanding movements and campaigns include those calling for
solidarity in building new-style countryside and civilised urban areas,
encouraging farmers to boost agricultural production and trade, assisting the
youth to start careers, and engaging war veterans in the building of new-style
rural areas. As a result, many effective crop cultivation, animal farming, and
handicraft production models have taken shape, generating good profit and
income for people, Dan noted.
In addition, the commune has paid attention to
repairing and upgrading roads and mobilising local residents’ participation in
cleaning roads and dredging gutters. Partly supported with resources from the
public, it has completed concreting the roads within and linking many hamlets.
People’s consensus and all-level authorities’ attention have helped Vu Binh
make considerable improvement and better people’s life quality.
So far, the rate of concreted roads across
hamlets has reached 80.5% while concreted and paved canals and ditches now
account for 67.08%. There are no longer makeshift houses in the commune. Per
capita average income this year is estimated at 48 million VND (nearly 2,000
USD) while the multidimensional household poverty rate has been brought down to
12.8%. All local households have also gained access to hygienic water and the
national power grid.
Besides, cultural and social aspects have
recorded improvement, the political system been ensured, and security and
social order firmly maintained. Cultural, musical, and sport activities have
also been held frequently, helping better people’s spiritual life, according to
the official.
As part of Project 6 under the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2024, Lạc Sơn District, Hoa Binh province focuses on diverse and practical activities to promote the project's goal: "Preserving and promoting the beautiful traditional cultural values of ethnic groups in conjunction with tourism development."
After 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 04-NQ/TU, dated October 11, 2021 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values of Hoa Binh province's ethnic groups in the period of 2021 – 2025 with the orientation to 2030 (NQ04), it has mobilized the participation of the entire political system, the people from all walks of life and there have been positive changes. So far, out of the 10 targets of NQ04, 3 targets have been met and exceeded the plan set for 2025. Typically, 70% of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of ethnic groups in the province is on the list of the national ICH items and they have been protected and restored, exceeding 20% of the proposed Resolution.
Great National Unity Day has been recently celebrated in Duong hamlet, Vay Nua commune, Da Bac district, in an atmosphere of warmth and community spirit. The event highlighted national identity and strengthened the bond of solidarity among residents.
On November 28, the People's Committee of Cao Phong district organized the Cultural and Sports Festival of Cao Phong district's ethnic groups in 2024.
