Social Policy Bank Trade Union: Regularly educates union members on politics, ideology and ethics

That was the content of the speech of Member of the Executive Committee (EC) of the Government Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), General Director Duong Quyet Thang at the 4th Conference of the VBSP Trade Union Executive Committee, term 2023-2028, which took place in Hanoi on the afternoon of March 21. Vice Chairman of the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thien Van has just signed a letter calling on ethnic minorities in Dak Lak residing in Thailand to voluntarily return to Vietnam. On the afternoon of March 24, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a dialogue with young people in 2025 with the theme "Vietnamese youth pioneering the development of science and technology, innovation and national digital transformation" on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 - March 26, 2025) and Youth Month. Cham tower ruins in An Phu commune, city Pleiku, Gia Lai province has been excavated twice by the Archaeological Center (Southern Institute of Social Sciences) in collaboration with the Gia Lai Provincial Museum in 2023 and 2024. Notably, during the second excavation, archaeologists discovered a "Sacred Hole" with the central part located in a circular frame, built with bricks arranged in the shape of a swastika along with many valuable artifacts. Life, sometimes does not need to be a great act for people to remember. Just sincerity, coming from the heart, love and responsibility... will also touch the heart. The story of Priest Nguyen Xuan Phuong in Nghe An is like that. In recent years, the "Trusted Address" model has been deployed in many ethnic minority areas of Quang Tri province. With its activities, the model is not only a safe shelter, but also contributes to repelling domestic violence, building a safe and civilized living environment for women and children in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Although he has retired after 40 years of teaching, with his love for poor students in the countryside of Quang Nam, teacher Nguyen Van Lai and his wife, Ms. Vo Thi Yen (residing in Triem Dong block, Dien Phuong ward, Dien Ban town, Quang Nam) still devote themselves to "sowing" knowledge in the charity class opened by teacher Lai himself. In recent years, the trend of tourism according to the flower seasons is growing stronger. Moc Chau (Son La) has a good tourist season thanks to plum blossoms; Ha Giang is a destination for visitors "hunting" for buckwheat flowers; Da Lat (Lam Dong) is a paradise of cherry blossoms,... This is an opportunity for provinces and cities to create more attractive seasonal flower tourism products, but sustainable solutions need to be implemented. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news on March 22, there is the following notable information: Brilliant colors of Na Hang brocade. Masterpiece of a wooden church over 100 years old in Kon Tum. Female cadre devoted to the village. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. That is the content of the speech of the member of the Executive Committee (EC) of the Government Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), General Director Duong Quyet Thang at the 4th Conference of the VBSP Trade Union Executive Committee, term 2023-2028, which took place in Hanoi on the afternoon of March 21. In recent years, the Border Guard (BĐBP) forces of border localities have always focused on and paid attention to building a position of people's hearts in border areas. Accompanying the BĐBP is a team of prestigious people, they are the "bridge" in propaganda, dissemination, legaleducation , and mobilizing people to join hands to protect the country's borders. Dr. Dang Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of the Department of Hydrometeorology, said that in the past 10 years, climate change has been very complicated; Every year is a record year for hydrometeorological disasters globally. Improving the capacity for early warning of natural disasters has become an extremely urgent issue. Previously, cardiovascular disease often appeared mainly in people over 50 years old, due to the natural aging process along with risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or obesity. However, in recent years, the age of cardiovascular disease in Vietnam has decreased significantly. There are more and more cases of patients under 40 years old, even in their 20s and 30s, being diagnosed with heart disease. On March 24, in Rach Gia City (Kien Giang), the Board of Directors of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Kien Giang province received a delegation from the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of the province to visit and congratulate the Department on the occasion of its establishment and operation.

Member of the Government Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, General Director Duong Quyet Thang spoke at the Conference

With the position and role of a socio-political organization in the agency, in recent times, the VBSP Trade Union has focused on directing its affiliated grassroots trade unions to promote propaganda and mobilize union members and workers to actively respond to emulation movements, creating solidarity and striving to successfully complete assigned tasks, contributing to the successful completion of goals and plans assigned by the Government and Prime Minister in 2024.

The VBSP Trade Union has proactively and promptly developed work programs and deployed activities to grassroots trade unions appropriately and effectively; regularly paid attention to and grasped difficulties in the activities of grassroots trade unions, thereby creating encouragement, motivation, and strengthening the connection between the Trade Union and the Party Committee and professional colleagues at the same level at the unit.

In 2024, the VBSP Trade Union will also actively carry out propaganda and education activities for cadres and employees, organize many cultural and sports exchanges, competitions on professional skills as well as propaganda activities to implement the grassroots democracy regulations such as propagating to all cadres, union members and employees (CBĐVNLĐ) about Directive No. 39-CT/TW dated October 30, 2024 of the Secretariat on improving the effectiveness of social policy credit in the new period; implementing Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW dated June 12, 2021 of the Politburo on innovation of organization and operation of Vietnam Trade Union in the new situation; participating in the Professional Ethics Standards Competition organized by the Vietnam Banking Association; participating in the Green Banking for Green Life Competition launched by the Vietnam Banking Trade Union; propagating and disseminating legal education among CBĐVNLĐ of the VBSP in 2024; Successfully organized the NHCSXH's artistic talent contest in the regions to celebrate the 10-year summary of implementing Directive No. 40-CT/TW of the Central Party Secretariat.

Vice President of the Trade Union of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, Van Thi Ha (third from left) received flowers and a certificate of sponsorship from the Steering Committee and Organizing Committee of the Ceremony to honor outstanding and exemplary ethnic minority students and youth in 2024, chaired by the Ethnic Committee, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Training and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

In addition, the VBSP Trade Union also coordinated with Party committees and specialized agencies to actively mobilize employees in the entire system to participate in contributing and supporting the effective implementation of social security programs such as supporting the construction of 13 gratitude houses for families in especially difficult circumstances in Cao Bang, Lang Son, Nghe An provinces; 10 flower houses for poor veterans in especially difficult circumstances in Quang Tri; visiting and giving gifts to soldiers and people in Truong Sa island district and DK-1 platform; mobilizing employees to contribute and support units and people in provinces and cities affected by storm No. 3 (storm Yagi) with over 5.9 billion VND and many other practical and meaningful activities.

In addition, the work of repaying gratitude; taking care of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; visiting and giving gifts to wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, and families with meritorious services; giving Tet gifts to families in difficult circumstances; supporting funding for gifts for poor students who have overcome difficulties; supporting the construction of facilities for disadvantaged schools are also organized regularly, practically, meaningfully and humanely by the VBSP Trade Union. As a result, by the end of 2024, the VBSP Trade Union has implemented social security programs with over 70 billion VND.

The highlight of the VBSP's Trade Union in recent times has also been its strong mark in coordinating with professional expertise to successfully complete assigned political tasks. Under the timely leadership and direction of the Board of Directors, the VBSP Party Committee, and the Executive Board; in coordination with professional units, the Trade Union has encouraged and motivated employees in the VBSP system to unite and strive to successfully complete the political tasks assigned by the Government, contributing to the implementation of the National Target Program on sustainable poverty reduction, new rural construction and social security, thereby bringing the total outstanding debt of the VBSP's credit programs to over 374 trillion VND, an increase of 6,600 billion VND compared to 2024, with 6.8 million poor households and other policy beneficiaries receiving loans.

Conference Scene

With the achieved results, at the conference, delegates enthusiastically discussed and highly agreed on the contents of the work results in 2024 and the key tasks in 2025 of the Executive Committee of the VBSP Trade Union which were specifically presented at the Conference.

Speaking at the Conference, Member of the Government Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the VBSP, General Director Duong Quyet Thang acknowledged, praised and highly appreciated the efforts of the VBSP Trade Union Executive Committee, especially the spirit of solidarity of each union member in the VBSP system over the past time.

Emphasizing the Trade Union levels in the system in the coming time, General Director Duong Quyet Thang requested that the Trade Union system of the Social Policy Bank needs to continue to innovate its operating methods, strengthen propaganda work, regularly educate on politics, ideology, and ethics for each union member to improve their responsibility, culture, and professional ethics towards the unit. Regularly take care of the material and spiritual life of employees, and proactively grasp the thoughts and aspirations of employees, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests, and the right regime for employees...

The General Director also requested that the VBSP Trade Union at all levels closely coordinate with the professional sector to encourage and motivate employees to perform well the assigned political tasks in 2025, contributing to maintaining the role of social policy credit in the new situation and context, continuing to strive and make continuous efforts, maintaining social policy credit as a bright spot, an important pillar in the system of poverty reduction policies and ensuring social security of the Party and State.

Maintaining stable policy credit quality in some southwestern provinces

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