Na Meo commune youth build rural roads, contributing to the effectiveness of Program 1719.
According to information from the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, 4 targets are expected to be unfulfilled, including: Number of communes; villages and hamlets that have escaped from extremely difficult areas; average income per capita and the rate of high school age students attending school. These are all difficult targets, directly affected by other targets and the program's capital disbursement rate. For example, the target of average income per capita in 2024 must reach 66.2 million VND/person, but the result is only 42.39 million VND/person; the rate of high school age students attending school must reach 98.9%, but it is expected to reach only 95% by the end of this year...
Meanwhile, according to statistics, the total central budget capital allocated annually to the province to implement Program 1719 for the 2021-2025 period is more than 2.7 trillion VND. As of June 31, 2025, the province has disbursed about 1.7 trillion VND, reaching 76.8% of the capital plan. Of which, development investment capital disbursed was over 991.6 billion VND, reaching 84.27%, and public service capital disbursed was 716.6 billion VND, reaching 68.3% of the capital plan. Looking at the numbers, it seems that this is a low rate, but compared to the whole country, this rate is higher than the average of the provinces benefiting from Program 1719.
There are many reasons for this. Many localities believe that, despite having many new projects and sub-projects with new and more practical implementation methods than the previous period, Program 1719 still has many inappropriate and difficult-to-apply policies. Among these, the land support policy under Project 1 (Solving the shortage of residential land, housing, production land, and domestic water) must be mentioned. Specifically, the land support rate of 40 million VND for each household for interleaving is low, not suitable for market land prices and the economic conditions of poor households. This reality has caused many old districts in mountainous areas to have to return funds because people are not interested in receiving support.
Mr. Ha Van Nhiet, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Phu Le Commune, former Head of the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Quan Hoa District (old), said: Although the Party Committees and authorities have gone to every alley, knocked on every door to propagate and mobilize households living in areas at high risk of natural disasters to resettle. But in reality, even with an additional support of 40 million VND from Program 1719, they still do not have enough money to buy land, let alone build a house. In addition, the condition to receive support is to complete the procedures and be granted a land extract, causing difficulties for people. Therefore, many households in this category have asked not to receive support money from the State. And Quan Hoa District (old) had to return the allocated amount to the provincial budget.
Or Sub-project 3 of Project 5 (Developing vocational education , creating jobs for workers in ethnic minority and mountainous areas), according to regulations, the implementing subjects are vocational education institutions, vocational education management agencies at all levels in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. While this area rarely has colleges and intermediate schools, mainly Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers, so there is no basis for capital allocation...
In addition, many sub-projects and projects of the program have been slow to receive legal documents from the Central Government to guide their implementation. There is even a situation where the guiding documents lack uniformity and consistency, making it difficult for many localities to implement. For example, the support object of Project 7 according to Decision No. 1719/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister is the district health center, while according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health in Decision No. 2415/QD-BYT, it is the district health center and district hospital in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Or, the Ministry of Education and Training has not issued documents guiding teaching and literacy to implement Sub-project 1 of Project 5. It is worth mentioning that the implementation of Sub-project 1 of Project 9 (Investment in the development of ethnic minority groups with very few people and ethnic groups with many difficulties) has not been able to be implemented yet because there are no legal documents clearly defining the implementation method...
From the support capital of Program 1719, the lives of ethnic people in Hoi Xuan commune are increasingly improved and enhanced.
The above shortcomings and inadequacies are the main reason why Thanh Hoa still has 4 difficult targets to achieve. However, in fact, Program 1719 was approved by the Prime Minister in October 2021, but it was not until the second quarter of 2022 that the Central Government decided to allocate capital for implementation. Therefore, the capital disbursement rate is actually the result of more than 3 years of implementation, not entirely of the entire 5-year period.
However, it must be frankly acknowledged that in the organization and implementation of Program 1719, there is still a situation where Party committees and authorities in some localities have not paid attention to leadership and direction with focus, key points, are not resolute, and lack specificity. Some localities have not really paid attention to surveying the reality in establishing investment projects, leading to difficulties in implementation and having to transfer capital sources. The proof is that up to now, many projects in the Central capital portfolio with large funding sources, but cannot be implemented, such as projects to preserve and promote the value of Co Phuong cave and Con Moong cave relics...
Deputy Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Le Minh Hanh said that, in the context of many difficulties, the implementation of Program 1719 in the past time has drawn many valuable lessons. In which, the lesson of strengthening the leadership, drastic and close direction of Party committees and authorities and the synchronous and active participation of the entire political system plays a leading important role. At the same time, doing a good job of propaganda and mobilization, arousing the will of self-reliance, self-improvement, motivating people to strive to become well-off and rich... However, internal efforts will not be enough if Program 1719 for the period 2026-2030 is not appropriately designed to be a lever to promote socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
Article and photos: Do Duc
Final article: Policy adjustments are needed
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