(HBO) - Recently, the province has implemented many policies to care for poor households and policy beneficiaries. In particular, the preferential credit channel of the Government is considered an important and effective solution to implement the goal of hunger eradication and poverty alleviation and new rural construction in the area.
From preferential loans from the Social
Policy Bank, people in Dan Ha commune (Ky Son) have invested in developing
production and sustainably alleviating poverty.
With the partial fiduciary lending method
through socio-political organizations, the Social Policy Bank and the other
social organizations have built up a network of savings and loans to 100% of
villages, hamlets and population groups in the province to gather the poor households and the ones with a poverty
threshold and the policy beneficiaries who need to borrow money from Social
Policy Bank to invest in developing production, creating jobs and improving
lives. Currently, the associations and unions are managing 2,819 savings and
loans groups, of which 2,632 savings and loan groups do not have overdue debts.
Along with that, there is the network of the fixed transaction points at 210
communes, wards and towns in the whole province helping people easily access
the services of the Social Policy Bank.
Up to now, the Social Policy Bank of the
province has been implementing 16 policy credit programs with the total debit
balance of over 2,931 billion VND and 139,136 customers with the debit balance.
The overdue debt ratio has accounted for 0.14% of total debit balance. In 2018,
the policy credit capital in the province helped 38,700 turns of the poor
households and policy beneficiaries borrow capital to invest in the economic
development and life improvement. The
policy capital has contributed to creating new jobs for 3,063 employees,
helping 207 disadvantaged students get loans to study. It also helps to set up
and repair 9,820 clean water projects, 9,485 sanitation works in the rural
areas, buildi 1,054 new houses for the poor households. Thousands of households
in disadvantaged areas have got loans to develop production and business. The
policy credit sources have given support to the poor household, the ones with a
poverty threshold and ethnic minorities, making themselves with familiarizing with the market mechanism,
commodity production. They have step by step overcome the difficulties to
develop economy, stabilize and raise the quality of life, limiting the black
credit situation, contributing to eliminating the rate of the poverty
households in 2018.
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.