(HBO) - Since the beginning of this year, the operations of enterprises in Hoa Binh province in particular and the whole country in general have been seriously affected by Covid-19. Although departments, agencies and localities have made great efforts and synchronously implemented tasks and solutions in the province's job generation programme, the achieved results remain low.
In the first six months of the year, the province created jobs for
5,000 local labourers, equaling 62 percent compared to the same period last
year and 31 percent of the yearly plan. Vocational training continued to be
promoted, with 3,243 people enrolled to vocational training courses, equal to
57 percent compared to the same period last year and 20.9 percent of the yearly
plan.
Regarding labour export, since the beginning of the year, seven enterprises
have come to the locality to recruit guest workers. The province licenced a
service of sending workers abroad. It also announced information about
recruiting interns and orderlies to work in Japan for the first course in 2020,
and selected candidates to the sixth nursing course (2020 - 2021) in Germany.
The province has sent 36 workers abroad so far this year.
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.
