Prosperous life thanks to good implementation of ethnic policies

Thai Nguyen province promotes policies to support land, housing, production land and domestic water. Photo: thainguyen.gov.vn

Thai Nguyen currently has over 384 thousand ethnic minorities, accounting for nearly 30% of the province's population. Of the 50 ethnic minorities living and working in the province, 9 ethnic groups have over 2,000 people: Tay, Nung, San Diu, San Chay, Dao, Mong, Muong, Thai, and Hoa. Over the years, ethnic minorities in the province have always been supported in all aspects, including support for residential land and production land.

Thereby, ensuring the right to access and use land, contributing to the sustainable development of ethnic minority communities in Vietnam in general, and in Thai Nguyen in particular. In addition, to implement land policies for ethnic minorities, every year, Thai Nguyen has a plan to support residential land and production land for people. In the period 2014-2017, the province supported production land for 272 households, with a budget of more than 4 billion VND. Later, the province focused on supporting residential land for people in ethnic minority areas with many difficulties. In 2024 alone, the province has a plan to support residential land for 27 households and fundamentally solve the shortage of residential land and production land for ethnic minorities.

Recently, the People's Council of Thai Nguyen province issued a Resolution regulating land policies for ethnic minorities living in Thai Nguyen province. This is a meaningful policy, not only meeting the needs of residential land, production land, increasing income, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas... The Resolution also specifies a number of support contents such as: Community land, residential land, agricultural land, support for renting non-agricultural land other than residential land and funding sources, land funds to implement the policy. The Resolution has specified the 2024 Land Law in accordance with real life, creating a legal corridor for all levels and functional branches to perform their tasks conveniently and effectively.

Assessing the effectiveness of ethnic minority policy implementation in Dong Hy district, according to Mr. Nguyen Van Ngoc, Secretary of Dong Hy District Party Committee, the Resolution has clearly defined the subjects of support. These are ethnic minorities who do not have land for community activities; individuals who are ethnic minorities who do not have land for housing or lack land for housing compared to the quota; do not have or the agricultural land area in use is less than 50% of the agricultural land allocation quota... From there, it helps us to apply it in practice much more easily. Not only that, the Resolution also clearly states that residential areas of ethnic minorities who do not have land for community activities will be allocated land funds by the People's Committee at the district level to ensure a minimum area of ​​300m2. Many localities responded positively to this content because with the existing land fund, many mountainous and highland areas can arrange land funds for community activities for ethnic minorities in suitable locations.

Mr. Cao Thanh Cuong, an officer of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Dai Tu district, said that with such clear regulations, specialized agencies at the district and commune levels will not encounter difficulties in implementing the 2024 Land Law. From there, it will help ethnic minorities and mountainous areas gradually escape poverty.

It is known that currently, Thai Nguyen province has a poverty rate of ethnic minorities accounting for approximately 55% of the total number of poor households in the province. Therefore, the land policies for ethnic minorities that have been approved and put into practice not only concretize the State's policies and guidelines in line with local realities but also contribute to solving essential needs, improving and enhancing living conditions for ethnic minorities in mountainous and highland areas with many difficulties in the province.

According to Mr. Phan Duc Cuong, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Thai Nguyen province, through the implementation of land policies for ethnic minorities, Thai Nguyen has partly solved the difficulties in residential land and production land for people in mountainous and highland areas, where there are still many difficulties in the province. Especially for households living in areas at high risk of landslides, flash floods, and flash floods. From there, helping people stabilize their lives to focus on economic development, escape poverty, and build a prosperous and happy life. This is a positive result, affirming the practical effectiveness of the land policy for ethnic minorities in the province, contributing to ensuring social security in the province.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/doi-song-am-no-nho-thuc-hien-tot-chinh-sach-dan-toc-10291969.html