(HBO) – Prior to realising the initiative on building a road designed for facilitating agricultural production, the management board of Nghe hamlet, Van Mai commune held a meeting to mobilize households to donate land and contribute labour.
Photo:People of Nghe village, Van Mai commune,
Mai Chau district contribute workdays and money to build a road leading to the
production area.
The initiative is supported by all households in
the village. Those who don’t have land in the production area actively
contribute their workdays.
Thanks to good communication work, the implementation of the grassroots
democracy regulations has created a high consensus and unity in society in
realizing guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and State, programmes,
projects, socio-economic development models in the locality.
Along with corn and peanut, from 2020, the
garlic cultivation has been expanded from 7-8 ha to 12 ha pear year and people
began planting safe vegetables. The commune has established a safe vegetable
cooperative with the participation of many households, bringing about higher
economic value and efficiency than corn and peanut.
Ngan Van Dien, Secretary of the Party Committee
of Thanh Son commune said after the merger, the commune has 11 hamlets with
4,171 people. Determining the leadership focusing on the grassroots, the
commune actively calls on cadres, party members and locals to shift the
structure of crops and livestock in line with market demand.
Ha Cong Nghi, Deputy Secretary of the Mai Chau
district Party Committee, said the good dissemination campaign has resulted in
the fact that local residents abide by policies and laws, especially the
implementation of grassroots democracy regulations, thereby creating a high
consensus when implementing socio-economic programmes, projects and models, and
ensuring national security.
Many models of intensive farming to increase
productivity and change the structure of crops and livestock are applied,
contributing to increasing the average income of people in the
district.Statistics from the district have shown that the
district's per capita income reached 34.8 million VND (1,510 USD) last year.
The poverty rate dropped to 12.56 percent, and all communes in the district met
the criteria relating to employment in the new rural building programme.
Security and order are guaranteed and social evils are reduced at the same
time.
All communes and districts have well
implemented the administrative procedure reform towards one single window
mechanism, creating favourable conditions for people.
Nguyen Thi Kieu Hoa, vice chairwoman of Mai Chau
district’s Fatherland Front Committee, emphasized that members and people from
all walks of life have actively participated in the common work of the
community as well as directly discuss and decide on practical issues associated
with the interests of the people and the community, adding that people’s
opinions and recommendations have been reported to the Party committee and
local authorities, preventing the emergence of hotspots in rural security.
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.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.