Dam Rong 1 creates a breakthrough in the development of ethnic minority areas

Taking care of housing

Dam Rong 1 Commune was established on the basis of merging the entire natural area and population of Phi Lieng and Da K'Nang communes. After the arrangement, the commune has a natural area of more than 172km² with 18 villages; including two particularly difficult villages, Dong Gle and Pul.

The total population of the commune is 17,265 people; of which, ethnic minorities account for more than 52%, including 18 different ethnic groups, mainly Co Ho, Ma, M'nong, Tay, Nung, Dao, Hmong, Xtieng... That diversity creates a rich cultural picture, imbued with identity and full of vitality in the new land.

Photo 1.2 Laba banana — Laba banana growing models for export in Dam Rong 1 bring high economic efficiency to people.

Mr. Phan Van Dang, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dam Rong 1 Commune, said that in order to synchronously implement national target programs, the People's Committee of the Commune has established a Steering Committee for the period 2021 - 2025 and issued detailed plans for each project. Each source of capital is allocated and used for the right purpose and the right target, ensuring practical effectiveness.

In 2025 alone, the total budget for implementing the commune's programs and projects will reach more than 6.9 billion VND, including 4.9 billion VND of development investment capital and 1.97 billion VND of public service capital. Of which, the central budget will support the majority, the local budget will match, showing clear priority for ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

One of the remarkable results is the Program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses. Up to now, the commune has supported 41 households (38 households to build new houses, 3 households to repair), with a total cost of more than 2.37 billion VND, reaching 100% of the plan. The newly built spacious houses not only help people have a stable place to live but also give them more confidence and motivation to rise up from poverty and settle down.

Photo 1 Laba banana product — People of Dam Rong 1 commune boldly apply technical advances, develop commodity production, and increase income.

Along with that, in the period of 2022 - 2025, Dam Rong 1 commune synchronously implemented 6 key projects under the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas. In particular, the project to solve the shortage of residential land, housing, production land, and domestic water with a total budget of 135 million VND has supported domestic water for 45 poor ethnic minority households in extremely difficult villages. Thereby, helping people have a clean water source for daily activities.

To let people live in peace

The commune also implemented a start-up project and attracted investment with a total budget of 450 million VND, aiming to support production models associated with value chains, encourage people to boldly innovate farming methods, apply technical advances, develop commodity production, and increase income.

Ms. Ban Thi Nay, Dao ethnic group - one of the good production and business households in Da Pin village, Dam Rong 1 commune

We visited the family of Ms. Ban Thi Nay, Dao ethnic group - one of the good production and business households in Da Pin village.

She said that her family moved from Lang Son province to Dam Rong 1 commune in 2017 with nothing. In the early days of starting a business in a strange land, life was full of hardships. However, with determination and diligence, her family gradually rose up. Up to now, she has 2.5 hectares of coffee and has taken care of another 2 hectares, each year yielding about 15 tons of beans, bringing in an income of more than 1.5 billion VND.

Not stopping there, she also planted 3 more acres of mulberry to raise silkworms, raising an average of 2 boxes of silkworms each month, earning a profit of more than 20 million VND. Thanks to her hard work, her family's life has become increasingly prosperous. A new, spacious house has replaced the temporary house of the past.

Ms. Nay confided: “Thanks to the local government's attention to investing in infrastructure, especially roads and rural electricity grids, people's travel and production have become much more convenient. We feel secure in doing business, and our lives are increasingly prosperous.”

Thanks to hard work, Ms. Ban Thi Nay's family has built a spacious house with full amenities.

Implementing the project of investing in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority areas is also a highlight in the commune's program. With a total budget of more than 5.2 billion VND - the largest among the projects, the commune has invested in two rural traffic works in Pul and Dong Gle villages. At the same time, it has maintained and repaired roads and community houses in Dong Gle village.

When the roads are completed, traffic is convenient, goods circulate easily, and people's spiritual life is also significantly improved.

In Da Pin village, many spacious houses worth billions of dong of ethnic minority households are increasingly being built.

Along with infrastructure investment, the commune also focuses on taking care of the spiritual life and health of the people. The project on health care, improving physical condition and preventing malnutrition in children was implemented with a total budget of 464 million VND.

In addition, the project on gender equality and solving urgent problems for women and children was also assigned by the locality to the Commune Women's Union as the investor, with a total budget of 485 million VND. Social security policies, support for students, and regimes for prestigious people in ethnic minorities were also seriously and synchronously implemented.

Currently, the whole commune has 18 prestigious people in the community - these are important "bridges" between the government and the people, contributing to propagating and mobilizing people to well implement the Party's policies and the State's laws.

According to Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dam Rong 1 Commune, Phan Van Dang, the implementation of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2022-2025 period has been bringing about many practical results. The rural infrastructure system has been consolidated. New production models have been formed. The poverty rate has gradually decreased over the years. More importantly, the people's trust in the Party and the State has been increasingly strengthened, creating motivation for them to work together to develop their homeland.

In the coming time, Dam Rong 1 commune will continue to mobilize resources, promote propaganda, and encourage people to promote internal strength and improve the efficiency of investment capital use. The goal is to successfully implement the targets and tasks of the Program for the period 2022 - 2025, contributing to building an increasingly developed, civilized and prosperous ethnic minority region.

Mr. Phan Van Dang, Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Dam Rong 1 Commune

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