HBO - There have been 7,318 members, taking part in 143 associations in Lac Thuy Elderly Association. Through the review of emulation in 2018, fifteen out of the fifteen of the Elderly Association in the district’s communes and town achieved strong and very good Association foundation, 143 associations in the hamlets, the villages, and the residential areas were good and there weren’t any weak associations.
These results are a source of encouragement for the Elderly Association officials and members to continue striving to improve the quality and the effectiveness of care, promoting the role of the elderly and the movement "The older – the brighter example".
The members of the Elderly Association in Thanh Nong commune (Lac Thuy) make use of the water surface to develop poultry breeding, increasing the income and stabilizing the life.
In the first quarter, the Representative Board of the District’s Elderly Association supported 60 million VND for three poor families from the Elderly Association to remove their temporary houses. At the summarizing conference in 2018, deploying the tasks in 2019, launching the movement and signing the emulation contract in 2019 for the Elderly Association, the communes and the town awarded 7 gifts worth 2.1 million VND of the Provincial Elderly Association to the elderly members with difficult circumstances.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year - 2019, the Year of Pig, the district gave 60 gifts worth 18 million VND to 60 elderly people with difficult circumstances from the Fund of Caring and Promoting the Role of the Elderly. In the communes and the town, the different levels of the Party committees, the local government, the Fatherland Front and other appropriate authorities and mass organizations of the Centre, the province, the district, the social and political organizations, the benefactors and the enterprises have donated 1,849 gifts worth VND 629,941 million to poor and disadvantaged elderly people.
Also in the first quarter, the district’s representative board, the leaders of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Center for Culture, Sports and Information, the leaders of the Party Committee, the People's Committee and the Elderly Association in the communes and town visited and attended the longevity wishing ceremony of 152 elderly people in the district with the amount of 487,078 million VND. From these activities, the officials and elderly members in the district were happy and excited, expressing their confidence in the leadership of the Party and the State and appreciating the role of the Elderly Association. Accordingly, in the first 3 months of the year, the whole district admitted another 40 new members.
From the movement of "The older – the brighter example" on the occasion of holidays and Tet, the officials and the members in the district set a good example with practical actions such as not drinking alcohol, not burning cannons, participating in lighting roads, cleaning the village roads, alleys, strictly abiding the rules, the regulations and the conventions of the residential areas.
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.
