(HBO)- Five-fruit tray is an indispensable part for Vietnamese traditional Tet. Painting Tet pictures and calligraphy on polemos, melons and coconut fruits is a new trend for Hoa Binh people. Sticking with the passion for painting for a long time, 3 years ago, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nong, group 12, Thinh Lang ward (Hoa Binh city) boldly tried to work on drawing calligraphy on fruits, creating new and unique products to attract people.

Lac Son farmers'' association supports poor members

(HBO) - In the past years, the Farmers' Association of Lac Son district has deployed many solutions to help its members in poverty reduction.

Seminar on crime, drug prevention held in Hoa Binh province

(HBO) – A seminar on disseminating drug and crime prevention was recently held in the northern province of Hoa Binh with the participation of representatives from the provincial Department of Public Security, Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the provincial Youth Union, over 300 students from the Ngo Quyen High School, and trainees at the No.1 drug rehabilitation establishment.

Hoa Binh exerts efforts to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease on livestock

HBO – Hoa Binh province is doing its utmost to eliminate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on livestock. To date, the FMD epidemic has been going on for more than 1 month, appearing in seven out of 11 localities in the province including: Hoa Binh city, Luong Son, Kim Boi, Tan Lac, Lac Thuy, Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts. Disease outbreaks have great impacts on livestock production, food safety and public health in the province.

Spring voluntary campaign launched in Long Son commune

(HBO) – The 2019 spring voluntary campaign was recently launched in Long Son commune, Luong Son district by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the youth federation in Luong Son district in coordination with their counterparts in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, bringing a warm Tet to the disadvantaged people in the commune.

Na Phon communal Party Committee perseveringly improves quality of Party cells in residential areas

(HBO) - Secretary of the Party Committee of Na Phon commune, Mai Chau district has said Party cells in residential areas are the closest to the people, directly realising the Party and State guidelines and policies. 

Soft loans contribute to sustainable poverty reduction in Luong Son district

(HBO) – Over the past years, the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP)’s branch in Luong Son district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, has successfully implemented the Government’s preferential loan programmes. Through entrusted organisations and associations, the loans have come to the right persons, helping them overcome difficulties and escape from poverty sustainably.

Waste-to-fertiliser model piloted at households in Yen Mong commune

(HBO) – The agricultural commune of Yen Mong is one of the nine communes and wards of Hoa Binh city that haven’t had waste incinerators. Waste, mostly household garbage and agricultural by-products, was dumped in landfills, leading to pollution in surrounding areas. Facing that fact, the commune has piloted a waste-to-fertiliser model at local households in recent years.

The effectiveness of the patriotic emulation movement of the Transport Industry

(HBO) -The Transport Trade Union has 15 union bases, of which there are 10 533 administrative unions, 5 unions of joint stock companies with the total number of workers and employees. For many years, the Trade Union has collaborated with the government to promote the patriotic emulation movement, trying to complete the political tasks of the industry and the superior trade unions.

Gifts presented to poor students in Mai Chau district

HBO – The association of former students of the Chuong My A High School and businesses based in Chuong My district, Hanoi have presented gifts to poor pupils with outstanding academic results at the secondary school of Phuc San commune and THT school of Tan Mai commune, Mai Chau district.

Changes in businesses’ awareness of food safety needed

(HBO) – Despite instructions at both provincial and grassroots levels, tens of food poisoning cases were reported in Hoa Binh province in 2018, with over 200 people affected, including one death.

Hoa Binh female student won the first prize in the English speaking contest

(HBO)-It was Do Phuong Thanh (born in 2000) - a former student of the English gifted class, Hoang Van Thu specialized high school. She passed the entrance exam into the Foreign Trade University with 26.2 points. In the evening of December 22, 2018, Thanh excelled over 5 finalists in the final night to become the winner of the My FutureNZ competition, which was co-organized by the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam, New Zealand ENZ and VTV7 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister presents Tet gifts to needy households in Dak Nong

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented 100 Tet gifts to poor households in Nui village, Tam Thang commune, Cu Jut district, Dak Nong province, on January 15, on the occasion of upcoming Tet (lunar New Year) festival.

Lac Thuy district has built up the movement of study encouragement, talent promotion, creating a learning society

(HBO)- In the past years, the study and talent promotion in Lac Thuy district has received the support of numerous officials, party members and people. Thereby they have contributed to arousing and promoting the studious tradition, creating a learning society in the district.

Job placement work makes progress

(HBO) – The organisation of job placement events was one of the solutions that the northern province of Hoa Binh applied in 2018 to create employment for local labourers.

Hoa Binh Fund for Children provides assistance for children with injuries

HBO – Representatives from the Hoa Binh province’s Fund for Children have recently visited Bui Duc Hoang, born in 2011 in Hoi village, Kim Boi district’s Bac Son commune, who is suffering severe burns caused by boiling water. At present, Hoang is being treated at the National Burn Hospital.

Tan Lac district’s youth works to popularise law

(HBO) – The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Tan Lac district has unceasingly worked to renew its operation, and improve quality of disseminating and educating law and regulations.

Chi Dao Commune promotes the role of the volunteering youths

(HBO) Over the past years, the Youth Union members of Chi Dao commune (Lac Son) have explored new ways to develop the economy, promoting the volunteering role of the young people in the socio-economic development of the locality.

Mai Ha commune combats drugs

(HBO) – Authorities of Mai Ha commune have combined education campaigns with movements launched by associations, mass organisations and hamlets, to promote drug prevention and control work, especially targeting youths, students, and those at high risk of drug abuse.

Tan Lac police present cows to poor households

(HBO) – In an effort to ease difficulties facing local households, police in Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province, have organised charitable programmes and presented gifts to the poor households and students on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year) and other holidays. They have also contributed their daily wages to a fund which has been used to buy cows for the poor households.

Company presents new desks to Hoang Van Thu high school

(HBĐT) – The Hoang Van Thu High School for Gifted Students currently has 45 classes with 1,409 students. However, the school facilities have shown signs of degradation. Currently, only 15 out of the 45 classrooms are equipped with standard sets of tables and chairs. The remaining classrooms, meanwhile, have to use old ones which have been repaired many times.

Hoa Binh city reaches new rural area building target

(HBO) – After eight years implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area building, Hoa Binh city fulfilled the set target in 2018, with all of its seven communes recognised as new style rural areas.

Improving confidence for students in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

(HBO) – Improving the quality of foreign language teaching and learning is of utmost importance for the education and training sector, especially when the country is in the process of wider and deeper integration into the global economy, and moving along the trend of the fourth industrial revolution.

Delegations set sail for Truong Sa archipelago for Tet festival

Delegations of military officers and soldiers set sail for Truong Sa (Spratly) on January 4 to visit those performing duties on Vietnam’s archipelago on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

“Beloved porridge pot” warms up disadvantaged patients

HBO – "Beloved porridge pot” is a charitable activity which has been jointly organised by Yen Thuy district’s Red Cross, "For the Heart of Children” Charity Club, and donors from inside and outside Hoa Binh province.