Over the past years, people-to-people diplomacy has been carried out in tandem with Party and State diplomacy, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the friendship between people of Hoa Binh province and foreign countries. The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations has significantly contributed to raising the quality of people-to-people diplomacy in the new situation.
Leaders of departments and agencies
extend congratulations to Laos on its 48th anniversary (December 2, 1975-2023)
at the Hoa Binh Technical and Economic College.
Statistics show that nearly 2,730 residents of
Hoa Binh are living, working and studying in Thailand, Laos, China, the
Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China) and some European countries.
Hoa Binh has made efforts to put in place
documents on overseas Vietnamese affairs in the new situation, and promote its
land and culture, as well as its development policies, helping enhance its
position and reputation in the eyes of international friends.
Photo: Non-governmental programmes and projects
have contributed to local socio-economic development. In photo: A library
invested by the Good Neighbors International (GNI) Organisation at the Thai
Thinh semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities in Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh
city.
The province has paid attention to directing the
implementation of relevant directives and resolutions issued by the Party
Central Committee, the provincial Party Committee, and the provincial People's
Committee on people-to-people diplomacy, and stepped up the communications work
through different means.
The provincial Union of Friendship Organisations
convened its second congress for the 2022-2027 tenure on December 27, 2022. It
now comprises the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association, the Vietnam-Thailand
Friendship Association and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association, with a
total of more than 300 members. It is working for the formation of the
Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) association and others.
Last year, the provincial People's Committee
admitted 14 foreign non-governmental programmes and projects with commitments
worth up to over 3 million USD. To date, 43 programmes, projects and
non-project aid programmes have been implemented in Hoa Binh with over 32.9
million USD from 16 non-governmental organisations, agencies and donors.
To complete people-to-people diplomacy tasks set
for 2024, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong,
who is also President of the union, asked departments, agencies, units and
localities to raise awareness of the work, set out specific programmes and
plans for events and activities, reform their operations, and consolidate and
expand the networks of international friends and partners.
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.
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