A bright spot in the implementation of ethnic policies in An Giang.

Over the past period, the entire political system of An Giang has effectively implemented policies for ethnic minorities, focusing on supporting production development, investing in infrastructure, and building public welfare facilities. As a result, the material and spiritual lives of ethnic minorities have improved.

Thanks to the attention of the Party and the State, during the period 2021-2025, the entire political system of An Giang province has been involved in implementing ethnic policies, focusing on supporting production development and investing in infrastructure construction, especially public welfare projects. As a result, the material and spiritual lives of ethnic minorities have been improved, poverty reduction has been gradually eliminated, and their lives have become more stable.

Specifically, implementing credit policies using various central government funds, the province has supported ethnic minorities in borrowing capital to develop their economy and improve their lives, and reduce poverty. An Giang supported 6,120 households with loans for production development totaling 30,600 million VND, while other credit programs provided loans to nearly 20,000 ethnic minorities for production and business activities totaling nearly 240,000 million VND.

An Giang effectively implements policies for ethnic minorities. (Photo: Nhu Tam)

Implementing the policy of issuing health insurance cards to people in disadvantaged communes according to Government Decrees No. 146 and No. 75, the province has issued approximately 164 health insurance cards to people in disadvantaged and especially disadvantaged communes in the province.

The work of disseminating and educating on the law and promoting awareness among ethnic minority communities was carried out during the period 2017-2021. As a result, 13 direct awareness campaigns were organized for over 840 participants, including grassroots officials and ethnic minority people, and 1,250 sets of awareness materials were distributed.

Implementing the Prime Minister's Project "Supporting Gender Equality Activities in Ethnic Minority Areas giai đoạn 2018 - 2025", 30 training courses were organized, 4 clubs were established, and 3 models for preventing domestic violence were developed. Additionally, 12,500 leaflets in both Vietnamese and Khmer related to gender and gender equality were printed and distributed to the people.

Thanks to credit policies, many Khmer ethnic households have borrowed capital to implement livestock and crop farming models, developing their family economy (Photo: Tao Dat).

In particular, An Giang province pays attention to the criteria for selecting and recognizing influential individuals and the policies for these individuals among ethnic minority communities. The province has 451 influential individuals among ethnic minority communities, and has fully implemented policies with a budget of nearly 1 million VND, including visiting those who are sick, organizing training courses, and disseminating information.

In implementing Decision No. 2152/QD-TTg dated December 18, 2020, of the Prime Minister on "Strengthening international cooperation to support socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas until 2025," with the attention and guidance of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, and the good and effective coordination of provincial agencies, departments, and political and social organizations, the Party committees and governments of districts and cities have actively mobilized and effectively implemented many programs, projects, and non-project activities in ethnic minority areas across various fields.

From 2019-2024, 113 aid and sponsorship projects totaling 37,600 million VND were mobilized to build 21 bridges, 4 rural roads, repair 15 schools with 17 classrooms and 2 televisions, upgrade and expand 2 centralized water supply systems, drill 680 new hand-pump wells, support clean water systems in 44 schools, 1 climate change mitigation project, support 60 households in production development and provide 2,600 kg of rice, award 3,494 scholarships, donate 3,762 gifts, support the repair of 1 Khmer pagoda, donate 240 bicycles to poor students, and provide 500 medical examinations and treatments… This has solved many pressing local issues, especially in ethnic minority areas, contributing to the overall socio-economic development of the province.

Thanks to policies aimed at ethnic minorities, the economic and cultural lives of the people have improved.

Implementing the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, Phase 1, 2021-2025; the Program has invested in infrastructure construction, transformed the rural landscape, developed education and healthcare, and improved people's lives... Through this, it has built trust among the people, especially ethnic minorities, in the Party and the State, contributing to maintaining political security and social order in these areas.

Over the years, the Central Government has issued many guidelines and policies for ethnic minorities. Based on these, the An Giang Provincial Party Committee and People's Committee have led and directed the concretization, implementation, and effective organization of ethnic policies, thereby improving the economy and living standards of the people; investing in culture and society; maintaining security and order; and enabling ethnic minorities to strive for advancement in labor, production, education, and work.

However, according to the An Giang Provincial Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, several difficulties and obstacles remain in the implementation process, such as: the programs, projects, and ethnic policies are not implemented synchronously; some sub-projects lack clear guidelines; coordination between agencies and units in implementing programs and projects is sometimes not tight enough; the program management and operation apparatus from the district to the commune level is in place, but most staff work on a part-time basis, and the staff directly implementing the program at the grassroots level are insufficient and lack capacity and experience.

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An Giang has a natural area of ​​over 9,800 km2, with a border with the Kingdom of Cambodia approximately 147.8 km long; it has 102 subordinate administrative units at the grassroots level, including 65 communes and wards and 46 hamlets, neighborhoods, and villages in ethnic minority areas, and 9 communes and 49 hamlets classified as particularly difficult areas; 14 communes and wards are located in the land border region. An Giang currently has 29 ethnic groups living together, but the majority are Khmer, Cham, and Hoa people.

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