(HBO) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hoa Binh province held a meeting on August 24 to honour prestigious individuals as well as outstanding village patriarchs and religious dignitaries in 2017. The event was attended by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Tran Dang Ninh and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Cuu. Hoang Thanh Mich, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and President of the provincial VFF Committee, chaired the meeting.
Hoa Binh province now has 673 prestigious persons and prominent
village patriarchs and religious dignitaries. Over the past years, they have
taken the lead in encouraging ethnic minority and religious communities to
engage in production activities, emulation movements and campaigns launched by
the Party, the State and the VFF.
Tran Dang Ninh, Deputy
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial
People’s Council, presents gifts to the honoured persons at the meeting.
Addressing the conference, Tran Dang Ninh, Deputy
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial
People’s Council, lauded the efforts by prestigious persons, village patriarchs
and religious dignitaries in Hoa Binh. He affirmed that with their voices and
wholehearted devotion, they have connected local communities, upheld the
national strength and disseminated the Party and State’s policies to local
people.
Ninh stressed that as Hoa Binh province is going
to implement a number of socio-economic development plans and community-based
livelihoods programmes in ethnic minority-inhabited areas, the prestigious
persons and village patriarchs and village heads should continue encouraging
local residents to support these programmes and projects.
He also voiced his hope that they will play an important role
in promoting a civilized lifestyle in local communities and fighting social
crimes and old-fashioned customs, especially child and consanguineous marriages.
On this occasion, the official also asked
authorities at all levels and sectors to pay more attention to policies
targeting ethnic minority-inhabited areas and the implementation of economic
development programmes in those areas to improve living conditions of local
residents.
Hoang Thanh Mich, member of
the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Chairman of the provincial
VFF Committee, presents certificates of merit to prestigious persons, outstanding
village patriarchs and religious dignitaries at the conference.
At the event, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee Tran Dang Ninh and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee
Bui Van Cuu presented 50 gift packages. The provincial VFF Committee granted
certificates of merit to 50 outstanding persons, village patriarchs and
religious dignitaries.
In recent years, the preferential loans from the Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) have been contributing to creating jobs for many employees in the province. This source of capital has helped many households invest in economic restructuring, increasing income, and reducing the sustainable poverty.
In the morning of May 9th, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to summarize the Project "Empowering women’s rights through the access to the Law on Cyber Security, Marriage and Family Law”.
Ms. Bui Thi Dinh, the President of the Women's Union of Dinh Cu commune (Lac Son) says: Dinh Cu is a particularly difficult commune of the district, Muong ethnic group accounts for 90%. When being selected to participate in the project "Empowering women’s right through the access to the Law on Cyber Security and Law on Marriage and Family”, especially establishing the model "Equality in marriage” in Muong Chong hamlet with the participation of 30 members, along with propaganda and dissemination work on gender, the Law on Marriage and Family, and the Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence has helped raise the awareness and qualifications for the officials and women members.
The club model "Women integrating in the online environment" is one of the two basic models of a project on empowering women through access to the Law on Cyber Security, and the Marriage and Family Law, sponsored by the Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund (JIFF) - EU Justice and Legal Empowerment Programme (EU JULE).
In recent years, Thung Nai commune on has undergone significant changes in its appearance, landscape, and lives of local residents. Road 435 from Hoa Binh City to Tan Lac district’s Suoi Hoa commune, passing through the Thung Nai commune, has helped attract many tourists to the area.
A seminar on promoting the startup movement among high school students has been held recently by the provincial Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at Tan Lac High School in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province.