Building Vietnamese families into healthy cells of the society is the policy and guideline of the CPV and State and the aspiration of all people. To implement such policy, over time, all levels and branches in the province have always paid attention to the implementation of family work with many activities that are effective in building prosperous, equal, happy and progressive families.
Taking care of social cells
The family is the cell of society, the nurturing cradle, and an important environment for the formation and education of children's personality. By many practical activities, family work in the past time has positively affected the awareness and behavior of officials and people of all classes in the province, contributing to the construction of prosperous, equal, progressive and happy families.
Although life is still of many things to worry about, every day, members of Mrs. Dinh Thi Thuong's family in Quarter 4 of Phu Tan Ward in Thu Dau Mot city always spend time together. Mrs. Thuong is currently a housewife whose husband works as a bricklayer, and the two children are grown up to have their own jobs, but every morning and evening, they dine together. Mrs. Thuong said: "Every day, when the members are all present, the whole family will have dinner. Sometimes one of the children has to go to work in the 3rd shift, we have 3 members, and in the morning, there are always 4 of us. Therefore, even though everyone goes to work, they still try to come home to have dinner together after work. I personally find it very meaningful to maintain, helping the family atmosphere to be always happy and warm. The relationship of husband and wife, parents and children is thus closer.”
Families participate in the "Happy and healthy family" contest at the province's typical cultural and sports family festival in 2022
Building a prosperous, equal, progressive and happy family is always the striving goal of Mrs. Tran Thuy Trang and her husband at Quarter 1 of Phu My ward in Thu Dau Mot city. In addition to the active construction a cultural family, Mrs. Trang and her husband are always interested in supporting each other to build a happy, economically stable family while taking care of and raising the 2 children together. Mrs. Trang said that she and her husband work in small businesses, although they are busy with work, they still care, talk and share with their children. “When my child has good academic results, he will confide in his parents whether he is happy or sad. This is also the time when I guide my children to the right paths. Although the child is still small, in order to teach him to be independent, when he grows up and goes to work, he does not have to be surprised by life's collisions. We attach great importance to teaching our children life skills and sharing with my parents - the jobs within my ability,” said Mrs. Trang.
Attention paid to family work
With the view that investing in the family is an investment in sustainable development, resources and at the same time the contribution of the whole society for family work have been mobilized. The province has implemented many practical activities. Mr. Le Van Thai, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that in carrying out family work in the province, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has developed an implementation plan and guided localities to step up propaganda and dissemination of the CPV's policy and guidelines and the State's policies and laws on family building and development.
The localities also enhance innovation, diversify contents and forms and improve the quality and effectiveness of propaganda, moral education and lifestyle right from the family, foster education and prevention of negative impacts on the development of families, especially young families, raise awareness to eliminate backward customs and practices in marriage and family, prevent and combat social evils and domestic violence to maintain the stability and development of the family. Along with the above activities, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also implements the "Criteria for conduct in the family" with focus on organizing and practicing healthy cultural behaviors and standard behavior in the family in order to create chemistry, transmit and promote good traditional values of the family.
One of the content that has been concerned by all levels and sectors in family work in recent years is the prevention and control of domestic violence. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with other departments, agencies and mass organizations to organize activities to implement the national action program on domestic violence prevention and control by organizing activities to attract the attention of the public participation of a large number of people from all walks of life while creating good effects in society. In addition to 585 grassroots negotitation groups, which have been consolidated in neighborhoods and hamlets, the province has also established clubs of "Family for sustainable development” and groups to prevent and combat domestic violence. These models have guided, helped and advised family members on how to resolve conflicts by themselves to reverse domestic violence and timely intervene in many domestic violence cases.
According to Mr. Le Van Thai, in order to achieve the general and specific goals of the Vietnam family strategy to 2030 in the province, in 2022, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism continue to promote implementation of programs, projects and plans on family work. In particular, the department focuses on implementing the Prime Minister's decisions on family affairs to preserve and promote the good traditional values of Vietnamese families, contributing to the construction of culture and affectionate, dynamic and creative people of Binh Duong. The Department will also continue to mobilize people to implement the "Criteria for conduct in the family" while maintaining and replicating effective domestic violence prevention and control models, fostering and improving professional skills for the team doing family work at the grassroots level in order to contribute to the prevention and combat of domestic violence and the effective implementation of family work in the province.
Reported by Hong Thuan – Translated by Vi Bao
