(HBO) – A delegation of deputies in the National Assembly and the provincial People’s Council on January 13 presented gifts to poor households and students in Da Bac district on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest festival of Vietnamese people in a year.
Photo: The delegation of deputies in the National Assembly and provincial People’s Council present 100 Tet gifts to poor households in Giap Dat commune of Da Bac district.
The delegation presented 20 gift packages to poor students at the Boarding School B for Ethnic Minority Students of Da Bac in Muong Chieng commune, and 100 gifts to the needy in Giap Dat commune, and 10 in Tan Minh commune. Each gift valued 500,000 VND (22 USD).
The delegation also gave gifts worth 1 million VND each to 20 poor households in Doan Ket commune and 20 in Yen Hoa commune.
On the occasion, VNPT Hoa Binh also presented Muong Chieng and Tan Minh communes with 5,000 masks each to help with their COVID-19 prevention work.
Members of the delegation extended New Year wishes to the students and households, expressing hope that they will overcome difficulties to rise in life. They also asked the Party and administration of Da Bac to continue to support local residents, especially policy beneficiaries to improve their living conditions and get rid of poverty.
On the occasion, the delegation made a field trip to Ka Long kindergarten in Dong Chum commune. The kindergarten is located in a resettlement area with 72 households and 27 children at pre-school age. The facility has been seriously downgraded and closed for four years. The delegation held a working session with representatives from the district People’s Committee and the Office for Education and Training of Da Bac to seek solutions to upgrade the school to ensure all local children access pre-school education./.
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.