The secretariats of the Vietnam Youth Federations of Hoa Binh and Thai Binh provinces jointly held a ceremony to launch the volunteers programme Winter 2023 - Spring 2024 in Yen Thuy district (Hoa Binh province), on December 16. The programme is held annually targeting disadvantaged people in remote, isolated areas.
Officials take part in a ground-breaking ceremony to build a charity house in Sao Vot hamlet, Lac Sy commune, Yen Thuy district.
At the event, organisers handed over 20 gift sets to social policy beneficiary households, 20 gift sets and blankets to children from disadvantaged backgrounds with good academic performance.
As many as 100 Vietnamese maps were presented to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) committee and the Vietnam Youth Federation chapter of Yen Thuy district.
Hoa Binh province’s young entrepreneurs association provided a funding worth 50 million VND (2,000 USD) for constructing a charity house for a poor household in Lac Sy commune.
Nguyen Thi Van Trang, author of the book "Letter under the pillow", gifted 500 sets of warm clothes to impoverished children in the locality.
Within the framework of the volunteers programme, the HCM CYU committee and the Vietnam Youth Federation chapter of Thai Binh mobilised 200 million VND (8,200 USD) for poor people and children in Yen Thuy district and assisted with the construction of a youth work project worth 10 million VND in the province.
Union members participate in planting "Youth trees" programme in Thong Nhat hamlet, Lac Sy commune, Yen Thuy district.
Several activities were held after the launching ceremony, including free medical checkups and medicine for 250 poor people and children, inauguration of some youth construction works, a job orientation session for students and members of youth unions, among others.
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.
