With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.
The safe vegetable cultivation model in
Doc Loc commune has created stable jobs for local ethnic minority residents.
The investment portfolio has catalysed
significant infrastructure improvements, with such projects as water systems in
Song and Mui hamlets of Doc Lap commune, housing support for impoverished
families, rural transportation development, and wet market repair.
Besides, the money has been used to support the
development of free-range chicken farming, safe vegetable production, and
upgrade of warehouses and vocational training facilities.
Three years into implementation, the programme
has demonstrated tangible impacts, boosting socio-economic development and
improving local material and spiritual lives. The poverty rate among
ethnic minority communities has reduced by 1.74% annually, while average annual
income has climbed to 63 million VND per person by the end of 2024. Besides,
infrastructure development has achieved remarkable milestones, with 100% of
communes having concretised roads and all ethnic minority residents accessing
electricity and clean water.
Along with relocating ethnic minority households
in areas prone to flash floods and landslides, the city has paid due attention
to doing away with temporary and dilapidated houses for poor ethnic minority
communities and households.
Furthermore, it has maintained universal
preschool education for five-year-olds and a 98% health insurance coverage rate
among ethnic minority populations.
According to deputy head of the city’s board for
ethnic affairs Nguyen Xuan Thang, the national target programme has delivered
benefits to ethnic minority communities, modernising rural infrastructure and
expanding successful production models. It has contributed greatly to improving
living conditions as well as ensuring social order and safety in ethnic
minority regions.
Living green is a healthy, positive, and sustainable lifestyle that not only helps protect
the environment and quality of life but also conserves natural resources and ecosystems.
Among the many ways to embrace this lifestyle, reducing plastic consumption is one of the most impactful.
The women's unions at all levels in Kim Boi district have been making significant contributions to the movement of building cultural life in the local community.
The movement helps improve rural look and the spiritual and material lives of local residents.
The Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee has issued an action plan to ensure food safety, promote processing, and develop the market for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in 2025.
In recent years, the development of rural handicrafts has not only helped preserve and promote the traditional values but it has also created jobs and improved incomes for the local residents.
By harmoniously combining traditional medicine with modern medical practices, the Hoa Binh Traditional Medicine Hospital is strengthening its role in the province’s healthcare system.
