(HBO) - In the afternoon of October 28, the People's Committees of Hoa Binh City and Cao Phong District coordinated with Childfund Vietnam to hold a handover ceremony for the microfinance project sponsored by ChildFund Vietnam. There were representatives from a number of departments, branches, Hoa Binh city, Cao Phong district, ChildFund Vietnam project...attending the ceremony.
Childfund Vietnam is signing an
agreement to hand over the Microfinance Project to the People's Committees of
Hoa Binh city and Cao Phong.
According
to the report at the handover ceremony, the project was implemented from 2017
to the end of September 30, 2022 in 2 districts, Ky Son (the former) and Cao
Phong. The support disbursed to Ky Son district (the forrmer) was over 4.9
billion VND and over 7.5 billion VND to Cao Phong district. The project has
effectively implemented the set goals such as helping nearly 2,000 women's
members get loans for production and business development, building and
replicating the models of economic development, raising the scale of production
and industry development. The project activities have created a habit for the
people to practice savings, which helps creating the local capital to lend for
the economic development, with the flexible loans according to members' needs
from 5 to 50 million VND. During the operation of the fund, the two districts
have always received the attention and supervision from ChildFund and the State
Bank's branch in Hoa Binh province through the periodic inspection of the
fund's activities.
At the
conference, the representatives of the units discussed the contents related to
the project results, the advantages and disadvantages in the project
implementation over the past time and the action plan after the recommendations
at the conference. ChildFund Vietnam has signed an agreement to hand over the
Microfinance Project to the People's Committees of Hoa Binh city and Cao Phong
District.
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.
