(HBO) – Implementing the movement "Tet for the poor and Agent Orange (AO) victims” 2019 launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society’s Central Committee, the Red Cross Society in Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province, coordinated with the Party Committee and People’s Committee of Cu Yen commune to donate a house for family of Nguyen Thi Quyen at Suoi Re hamlet.
Leaders of the Red Cross Society in Luong Son
district present 20 million VND from the district’s humanitarian fund to help
family of Nguyen Thi Quyen from Suoi Re hamlet, Cu Yen commune, to rebuild
house.
Quyen’s family is one of the very poor
households in Cu Yen commune. Suffering from a serious illness and often
hospitalised for treatment, she still has to support two children.
The Red Cross Society in Luong Son district
disbursed 20 million VND (857.6 USD) from the local humanitarian fund 2019 to
support Quyen’s family to build a new house.
The Party Committee and People’s Committee of Cu
Yen commune disbursed 15 million VND (643.2 USD) from the "Fund for the Poor”
to support Quyen’s family.
After over one month, the 50-square-metre house worth
56 million VND (2,401 USD) was completed.
The same day, the
Red Cross Society in Luong Son district coordinated with the Party Committee
and People’s Committee of Truong Son commune transferred over a house to the
family of Bui Thi Duc in Cot Bai hamlet. The
organisation supported Duc’s family with 10 million VND (428.8 USD) to repair
the roof of the house.
It also supported two other poor households in
Tan Thanh and Hop Chau communes to build houses.
The organisation presented one cow worth 15
million VND (643.2 USD) to the family of Dinh Van Dung from Mo hamlet, Luong
Son town, along with 1,800 relief packages worth nearly 400 million VND (17,153
USD) to needy households in the area.
It also received 200 relief packages worth more
than 100 million VND (4,288 USD) from Vingroup to present to poor households in
Truong Son, Tien Son, Cao Duong and Trung Son communes./.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
