Bao Lac is a border highland district, with the proportion of ethnic minorities accounting for more than 94%. Determining the implementation of the National Target Programs is a key task throughout the leadership, direction and administration process, especially the National Target Program 1719. Specifically, from the beginning of the year the district has focused on Leading communes to collect people's opinions to serve the planning of the 1719 National Target Program.
To effectively implement the Program, the District People's Committee has directed departments, localities, and investors to strengthen, rectify, and improve the efficiency of investment capital management from the state budget; Strictly implement state regulations on bidding; Strictly control the preparation, appraisal, approval of investment policies, investment decisions and finalization of completed projects in accordance with state regulations, ensuring investment efficiency; Strengthen supervision and investment evaluation, strictly manage the quality of construction projects, speed up implementation progress and disbursement of investment capital; Strictly control capital advances to contractors and request repayment of advance capital according to prescribed time and norms.
In addition, the District People's Committee also requires investors to focus all resources and regularly coordinate with localities in compensation and site clearance work to remove difficulties, especially the key projects of the district, projects that contribute to promoting local socio-economic development.
VWith the drastic participation of local authorities at all levels, the implementation of component projects of the National Target Program 1719 has contributed to creating jobs, increasing income, and improving the lives of local workers. , especially people from poor and near-poor households to escape poverty sustainably.
Mr. Lang Van Phuong, Lo Lo ethnic group, Coc Xa village, Hong Tri commune, Bao Lac district said: "In early 2023, my family was supported with a breeding cow to develop production. Now the mother cow has given birth to a calf. If the calf is sold at the end of this year for about 10 million VND, the family will be very excited."
In addition to supporting production development, rural roads were invested in and built all the way to the village, creating favorable conditions for people to trade goods and develop production.
Implementing Subproject 1 (Project 4) on investing in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, the district implemented investment in 80 infrastructure projects. essential infrastructure, with a total cost of 67,7 billion VND; Disbursed 63,5 billion VND, equal to 94% of the plan. Assign communes to be the investors to implement 6,2 billion VND of public service capital to maintain and repair small projects invested in the previous period, disbursing nearly 2,5 billion VND, equal to 40% of the plan.
In 2023, Bao Lac district was assigned more than 234 billion VND to implement the National Target Program 1719. By December 31, 12, disbursed 2023 billion VND, equal to 128,3% of the plan, of which, disbursed 54 billion VND. investment capital, equal to 108,8% of the plan; 93 billion VND in career capital, equal to 15,5% of the plan.
According to Mr. Hoang Van Tuan, Deputy Director of the Investment and Construction Project Management Board of Bao Lac district: Capital construction investment always receives close and drastic attention and direction from the Standing Committee. District Party Committee, People's Council - District People's Committee, National Target Program Steering Committee, working group to promote disbursement of public investment capital, and relevant agencies to promptly remove obstacles and difficulties in the process of organizing and implementing the project. presently.
Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman of Bao Lac District People's Committee said: The implementation of component projects of the Program has contributed to creating jobs, increasing income, and improving the lives of local workers, especially especially people from poor and near-poor households to escape poverty sustainably.
“The effectiveness of the Program contributes to changing the face of rural areas, especially the essential infrastructure system, creating favorable conditions for people to access basic social services, creating a premise to promote the district's socio-economic development. The district's poverty rate has decreased by an average of over 5% each year," Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung acknowledged.
It can be seen that the synchronous and effective implementation of ethnic policies has brought positive changes in the material and spiritual lives of ethnic minorities in Bao Lac highland district. However, besides the achieved results, a number of projects have not been able to be implemented due to lack of guidance, some projects have few beneficiaries...
Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman of Bao Lac District People's Committee proposed that the Central Government allow the expansion of program beneficiaries such as: adding new households escaping poverty in communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. ; Households and individuals of the Kinh ethnic group belonging to the poor and near-poor households living in communes and villages are especially difficult for households to take control of their lives and escape poverty in a sustainable way.
