(HBO) – Vu Duong Thuy Nga, Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Library has led a delegation to visit the Hoa Binh Provincial Library.
Leader of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s
Department of Library presents books to Lac Son district.
After over the two-year implementation of a project on
developing reading culture by 2020 with a vision towards 2030, Hoa Binh has
achieved a number of important results. People has paid more attention to reading culture and on such basis, the province has established greater
reading demand and skills among the locals.
Since 2018, the Hoa Binh Provincial Library
has added 1,645 books and 34 types of newspapers and magazines and issued
12,000 free reader passes. It has served 133,400 readers with 174,800 books, newspapers and magazines while its website had nearly 900,000
visits.
Speaking at the meeting with officials of theHoa Binh Provincial Library, Nga said the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism
will better advise the provincial People’s Committee on how to effectively
develop reading culture among local people in the future.
Additionally, the library needs to improve reading space
to create reading habits, demand and skills among people from all walks of life and encourage theprivate sector to engage in this matter, she
said.
The delegation also presented more than 4,000 books to
the provincial library and libraries of Mai Chau and Lac Son districts. It also
attended the inauguration of a library at Nhan Nghia Primary and Secondary
School in Lac Son district and presented books to the library./.
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.
