(HBO) – From October 24-26, the Red Cross Society of Lac Son district and a number of businesses, donors and locals in Thuong Coc held an event to raise funds, make, transport and hand over 4,000 "chung” cake (square glutinous rice cake) to Le Thuy district of Quang Binh province.
The central province was hard hit by torrential rains and
flooding as a result of the recent storm, the seventh hitting in the East Sea
so far this year.
Locals in Dong Tam
village, Thuong Coc commune of Lac Son district make chung cake for flood-hit
people in the central region.
As part of efforts to give practical and timely support to
flood-hit people in the central region to overcome consequences of the disaster
and in response to the call of individuals and organisations in Thuong Coc
commune, locals in the commune donated materials for the making of more than
4,000 chung cakes, along with one tonne of rice, clothes, instant noodles,
confectionary products and more than 20 million VND in cash to people in Le
Thuy district. The aid was transported in a chiller lorry to Le Thuy with
the support of local firms.
This was a meaningful and humanitarian activity of
organisations, donors and locals in the commune with a hope of easing
difficulties facing locals in the central region, helping them to soon overcome
the hard time due to flooding./.
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.
