At Hoa Binh city, Hoa Binh province, the launching ceremony of the Campaign to increase access to family planning services in ethnic minority and mountainous provinces with high fertility rates took place.
A promotional parade on the streets of Hoa Binh city to propagate.
33 provinces and cities have high birth rates, difficult economic conditions and limited quality of human resources. Hoa Binh is one of 33 provinces and cities on the list. The entire province has a population of nearly 900 thousand people. In which, the Muong ethnic group accounts for over 63%; 87 communes of region II and region III. The province has been actively implementing the provision of family planning services on all 3 channels: free, social marketing and socialization.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Toan called on all officials, civil servants, public employees and people of Hoa Binh province to continue to thoroughly grasp fertility reduction, strive to achieve and maintain replacement fertility levels.
After the launching ceremony, a parade took place on the streets of Hoa Binh city to propagate the Campaign to increase access to family planning services.
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.
