(HBO) – Insurer Dai-ichi Life Vietnam on November 14 teamed up with Hoa Binh province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to present 800 gift packages to disadvantaged students in My Hoa commune of Kim Boi district and Trung Thanh commune of Da Bac district.
Leaders of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, Hoa
Binh province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Kim Boi
district present 400 gift packages to poor students in My Hoa commune.
Consequences of the unusual heavy
rains and floods last month have left hundreds of thousands of people in
northern mountainous provinces, particularly those in Hoa Binh, living in
difficulties, said Director General of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Tran Dinh Quan,
who is also President of the firm’s "For a Better Life” Foundation. The
province’s students are in urgent need of support to continue their study, he
added.
The foundation gave some 800 gift
packages, including warm clothing and schoolbags worth 170 million VND (7.480
USD) in total, to primary and secondary students in the two communes in the
hope of making them warm and safe on the way to schools during the winter.
Besides the event in Hoa Binh, the
insurer has organised charity events to provide relief to flood-affected people
in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thanh Hoa, Son La and Yen Bai
provinces since mid-October. The company has so far donated 1.4 billion VND (61,600
USD) in aid to contribute to the disaster-relief effort.
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.
