Khanh Son district has many ethnic minorities living, and people's lives are still difficult. To get to the district center, the only road is Provincial Road 9. The route passes through complex mountainous terrain and is often subject to landslides, so it must be regularly maintained, repaired, and upgraded. Currently, the entire route has been expanded from 3,5m to 5,5m, the road surface is covered with asphalt concrete, creating favorable conditions for people to travel.
In addition, roads in the district are also repaired and upgraded. For example, the Ba Cum Bac - Ba Cum Nam route phase 1, with a total investment cost of 14,5 billion VND, has a starting point from Suoi Lon bridge (Hon Gam village, Ba Cum Nam commune) to the ending point intersecting with Provincial Road 9 (Suoi Da village, Ba Cum Bac commune), with a total length of 5km, has been put into use since the beginning of 2023. Thanks to that, the distance from the center of Ba Cum Nam commune to the center has been shortened by 7km. Ba Cum Bac commune center (follow the old road for 12km).
Besides meeting the people's travel needs, this road also contributes to promoting the socio-economic development of the two communes by opening up opportunities to develop agricultural and forestry production on an area of 2 hectares, with More than 400 ethnic minorities benefited. Mr. Bo Bo Thuyen - a resident of Hon Gam village shared: My family has 3.500 hectare of bananas in the upstream area of Suoi Lon. Previously, when this road did not exist, people had a hard time carrying bananas from the fields to the commune center to sell. Now, the road is open, motorbikes go to the fields, agricultural vehicles go to the place to buy, so it is very convenient.
In 2023, Khanh Son implemented the Investment Project to build the Son Lam inter-commune road to Thanh Son. This is one of the projects that meets the urgent needs of local people, helping to complete the bridge and road system connecting the two communes; Implement level III traffic works with a total length of about 2km, cement concrete road surface 5,7m wide, road base 3,5m wide, according to mountainous level V road standards; Total investment is 6,5 billion VND.
Mr. Cao Minh Vy - Vice Chairman of Khanh Son District People's Committee said: The entire district has more than 20.000 ethnic minorities, accounting for more than 70% of the district's population, mainly Raglai people. Previously, the lives of people in the district faced many difficulties, traffic was not convenient, especially roads to production areas... Thanks to the attention of the Party and State, in recent years, many Roads serving production and people's livelihood have been invested synchronously, helping people travel and transport agricultural products conveniently.
In Khanh Vinh district, in recent years, Khanh Hoa province has also focused on investing in upgrading the transportation system. Up to now, all roads leading to commune centers have been concreted and asphalted, allowing cars to enter. Arterial traffic routes are upgraded and expanded provincial roads.
According to Mr. Van Ngoc Huong, Chairman of Khanh Vinh District People's Committee, Khanh Vinh district has 52km of national highway; 63km provincial road; More than 88km of village road (inter-district) passes through. Up to now, thanks to the province's attention, the district's transportation infrastructure has been basically completed, creating favorable conditions for people to travel, contributing to local socio-economic development. In particular, when constructing a road connecting Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh districts, it will be even more convenient for connecting trade, cultural exchange, and tourism between the two localities.
In addition, from the capital of the National Target Program 1719, Khanh Vinh district has actively invested in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 13 communes and towns. of the district. As a result, in 2 and 2022, the district has invested 2023km of roads into the production area with about 14 households directly benefiting, of which 2.100% are ethnic minorities.
In addition, the district also invested in a centralized domestic water supply project in Khanh Trung commune, providing water to more than 200 households; Investing in water support for 54 scattered households in extremely difficult communes. Thanks to that, transportation infrastructure is synchronously connected between production areas, helping people travel and transport goods conveniently, contributing to increasing income and improving the material and spiritual life of people. people.
“Thanks to the investment in infrastructure, the awareness and actions of ethnic minorities have clearly changed. People have focused on investing in production, limiting their expectations and reliance on the State," Mr. Huong added.
According to a report from the Ethnic Committee of Khanh Hoa province, in 2 and 2022, the whole province has invested in building 2023 new essential projects in extremely difficult areas, including 83 rural traffic projects. At the same time, implementing the repair and maintenance of many traffic routes in extremely difficult areas, up to now, 71 projects have been completed and put into use with a total investment of nearly 43 billion VND.
From the policy of promoting investment in infrastructure in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, localities have built plans and formed specialized production areas, such as: Khanh Son district has a durian growing area of 2.300 hectares; Khanh Vinh district has a green-skinned grapefruit growing area of about 700 hectares; Some areas intercrop purple sugarcane, bananas, rambutan, mangosteen and raise goats, cows, poultry... in the two mountainous districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh, creating commodity products and typical products of each region. The locality has high economic value.
Mr. Vo Nam Thang, Head of the Ethnic Committee of Khanh Hoa province, said: The province's ethnic minority and mountainous areas have always been focused on leadership, direction and mobilization by party committees and authorities at all levels for many years. resources, promulgate many support policies, and implement many synchronous solutions for investment in socio-economic development.
Up to now, the face of rural areas in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has prospered, socio-economic infrastructure has been gradually invested to meet the needs of living, studying, productive labor and life. of people. In the coming time, departments, branches and localities in the province will continue to focus on investing in building roads to serve production and people's livelihood, creating favorable conditions for people in ethnic minority and mountainous areas to develop. economy.
