Mong Hoa Commune (Hoa Binh city) has 3 routes passing through, including 8 km of National Highway 6; Hoa Lac - Hoa Binh road 2 km; 3 km of provincial road 446 and the regional link road under construction passing through the area about 7 km. This is a convenient condition for goods exchange and local development.
Hai Hien joint Stock Company in Binh Phu Industrial Park, Mong Hoa commune (Hoa Binh city) creates jobs for hundreds of local workers.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phu, Secretary of Mong Hoa Commune Party Committee said: poverty reduction and job creation for people is one of the key tasks of the commune that has been implemented effectively.
Mong Hoa commune was planned by superiors to have an industrial park with a total area of 214 hectares, currently attracting 24 projects. There are 26 projects outside the industrial park. Enterprises operate stably, creating jobs for over 250 workers annually. Enterprises, production facilities, commercial and service establishments have created jobs and stable income for thousands of workers with income from 5 - 9 million VND/person/month. The commune has paid attention to implementing poverty reduction policies and social security policies. The entire commune has over 1,000 people accessing loans from the Bank for Social Policies with an amount of over 24.2 billion VND. The rate of people participating in health insurance reached 93.75%.
Cooperatives in the area have actively implemented models to link production and consumption of agricultural products for farmers. Small and medium-scale livestock models are of interest for development. Some models of raising indigenous pigs, raising bees, raising free-range chickens, raising buffaloes and cows have gradually been replicated, bringing economic efficiency and improving people's lives. The new rural construction program continues to achieve positive results. On December 31, 2021, the commune was recognized as meeting advanced new rural standards.
Socio-economically, the poverty reduction work of Mong Hoa commune achieved important results. Estimated for implementation in 2023, the proportion of trade and services accounts for 37.5%; industry, handicrafts and construction 54%; agriculture - forestry 8.5%. Average income reaches 67 million VND/person/year. In 2020, the commune had 34 poor households, which is expected to decrease to 24 households by 2023. Mong Hoa commune focuses on propagandizing and mobilizing people to support the policy of attracting investment, makig a good job of site clearance for key projects, striving to complete the criteria and standards of wards belonging to class urban areas III.
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.
