Hoa Binh expands tree planting movement

3/8/2019 - 2:48:41 PM

HBO – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan launched a tree planting festival in Hoa Binh province on the occasion of the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Tree planting festival commemorating late President Ho Chi Minh in Luong Son district

Hoa Binh province has a total natural area of over 460,800 hectares, of which 332,800 hectares are forest land, accounting for 72.2 percent of the total. This is huge potential for forestry economic development, afforestation and poverty reduction, thus helping improve locals’ living conditions. Considering tree planting as an important task in the socio-economic development, environmental protection and climate change response, the province has focused on directions to surpass targets related to afforestation, and forest protection and management.

The locality always fulfils annual afforestation goals, with 6,000-8,000 hectares of forests planted each year. In the five recent years, it has grown over 41,000 hectares, mainly production forests with acacia mangium accounting for over 90 percent. Along with afforestation, the province manages nearly 13,000 hectares of planted forests and protects 75,000 hectares of natural forests, while replanting around 2,500 hectares, contributing to maintaining the forest coverage of 51.2 percent. The quality of forests has been improved thanks to strict control over the quality of saplings. 100 percent of saplings put into afforestation are controlled under management decentralisation. The system of seedling forests and nurseries for forest trees are built and improved, thus better meeting the demand of forestry development towards the improvement of quality, efficiency and value. The province regularly organises courses to guide technical procedures for forest planting and management for forest owners to widely use acacia mangium seedlings imported from Australia to improve productivity and quality of planted forests.

The exploitation of young forests has decreased gradually. Businesses have paid attention to raising the quality of forest products, and cooperated with locals to grant the forest certification for 12,000 hectares a year. Around 2,800 hectares of planted forests were shifted to grow trees for timber. Hoa Binh now has dozens of timber production and processing establishments, and its average forestry production value growth rate reaches 4.86 percent a year.

Awarding the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024

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.

A lot of creative models supporting female members in accessing health insurance

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 strives to complete district medical centre projects on schedule

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.

Diverse recreational activities for elderly people

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.

Hoa Binh workers to head to RoK for seasonal farming jobs

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.

Hoa Binh province records first cornea donation

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.