(HBO) – Lac Son district in northwestern Hoa Binh province held the third congress of ethnic minority groups with the theme "Ethnic groups in Lac Son district promote solidarity, internal strength, join hands to build new-style rural areas, civilised urban areas, rich hometown of integration and development”. As many as 150 delegates representing over 10,000 ethnic minority people in the district participated in the event.
Leaders of Lac Son district People's Committee
present certificates of merit to individuals with outstanding achievements in
ethnic affairs and implementation of ethnic policies in the period of 2014 -
2019.
After five years (2014 - 2018), with the
implementation of ethnic policies by the whole political system and the efforts
of the entire people, the socio-economic situation and the life of ethnic
minority groups in Lac Son district have been remarkably improved.
In the period of 2014 - 2019, the district has
invested in building 235 infrastructure works in particularly poor areas with a
total cost of over 125.9 billion VND. It also provided over 26.7 billion VND in
support of underprivileged communes and hamlets to develop production.
Many social policies aim at poverty reduction
and support for poor households to escape from poverty have received due
attention such as the fund of over 25.8 billion VND for the supply of
electricity to 45,732 households and over 8.2 billion VND for 25,951 poor families
to enjoy traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
By 2024, the annual per capita income in
extremely poor communes is expected to reach 45 million VND; 97 percent of
households in rural areas could access clean water; and 70 percent of communes will
meet the national criteria for health.
On the occasion, the district People’s Committee
honoured 14 collectives and 34 individuals with outstanding achievements in
ethnic works in 2014-2019.
The congress elected 15 delegates to attend the
provincial congress of ethnic minority groups./.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, and other officials on April 8 examined some key transport projects, namely the road connecting Tran Hung Dao Road and Dan Chu ward with National Highway 6, the regional connectivity road linking Hoa Binh and Hanoi with Son La Expressway (Hoa Binh - Moc Chau), and the first phase of a road from Luong Son township of Hoa Binh to Xuan Mai township of Hanoi.
Hoa Binh province recorded nearly 20 cases of religion-related wrongdoings in 2023 and the first two months of 2024. However, thanks to their active and effective engagement, relevant agencies and religious organisations have helped the provincial and district-level People’s Committees deal with those cases in a timely manner and in line with legal regulations, thus ensuring religious freedom.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee held its monthly conference in virtual form on April 2 to review draft documents to be submitted to the standing board of the provincial Party Committee and others under its management along with some other important issues. Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh chaired the event, which was connected with the people's committees of districts and cities in Hoa Binh.
Smokeless 'Hoang Cam' kitchen was a small yet extremely significant initiative of a soldier chef named Hoang Cam in the Hoa Binh campaign in 1951 – 1952. This legendary stove, later named after him, accompanied the nation in the 1954 Dien Bien Phu Campaign, and during the resistance war against the US.
The 15th meeting of Hoa Binh province’s 17th-tenure Party organisation was held on March 26. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phi Long, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council Bui Duc Hinh, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh co-chaired the event.
Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee, chaired a meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board on March 21 to review the leadership over the implementation of tasks in the first quarter, identify focal tasks and solutions for the second quarter, and discuss some important draft reports.
