"Putting on" a new look for the mountainous region of Khanh Hoa

These days, in the mountainous districts of Khanh Hoa, everywhere there are invested infrastructure projects, green orchards and new, spacious and clean houses. These are important achievements that authorities at all levels have strived to achieve in recent years, aiming to gradually shorten the gap between the mountainous areas and the lowlands. With many practical and effective solutions, after nearly 4 years of implementing the National Target Program on Socio -Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2030; Phase I: From 2021 - 2025 (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719), Giong Rieng district, Kien Giang province has focused on effectively implementing the component projects of the Program. Thereby, timely support for ethnic minorities to gradually stabilize their lives, have many opportunities to access high-quality services, and their spiritual life has also been significantly improved. At noon on October 31, during the official visit to the State of Qatar, after the talks, Prime Minister of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperation documents between the two countries. These days, in the mountainous districts of Khanh Hoa, everywhere there are invested infrastructure projects, green fruit gardens and new, spacious and clean houses. These are important achievements that authorities at all levels have strived to achieve in recent years, aiming to gradually shorten the gap between mountainous areas and lowland areas. From the capital source of the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas Phase I: From 2021-2025 and the provincial and district budgets and other legal capital sources, Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen province has invested in the construction of the Ban Ten hamlet concrete road project, Van Lang commune with a total investment of 11.8 billion VND. Storm No. 3 (Yagi) has caused about 45,000 livestock and poultry in the mountainous district of Tien Yen (Quang Ninh) to be swept away by floods, most of which were chickens that were ready to be sold. This leads to a great risk of a shortage of chicken supply during the Lunar New Year 2025 when people do not have enough time to restock. On October 31, the Kon Tum Provincial Ethnic Committee coordinated with relevant departments, branches and People's Committees of districts and cities to organize a contest to learn about the law on ethnic affairs in 2024. After nearly 4 years of implementing Project 1, the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2025 period (National Target Program 1719), with the active participation of Party committees, local authorities and the support of the community, the dream of a decent house for many poor ethnic minority households in Tra Vinh province has become a reality, people can work with peace of mind and escape poverty. The summary news of the Ethnic Minorities and Development Newspaper, on October 30, has the following notable information: After Storm No. 3, Quang Ninh continues to face the risk of major forest fires. Flood season in the Muong Lay highlands. Unique rice offering ceremony of the San Diu people in Dong Hy. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On the morning of October 31, local time, at the Amiri Diwan Palace in Doha, the Prime Minister of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani, presided over the official welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to the State of Qatar. On October 27, 2024, Ms. Bärbel Kofler - Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany, as head of the delegation, visited and worked with the Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC), conducted a field survey of the 110kV Yen Thang - Nam Dinh transformer station, under the project "Efficient power grid in small and medium-sized cities" - Phase 2 - with a loan from the German government through the German Reconstruction Bank KfW (KfW3.2). At the time of changing seasons, the resistance of chickens decreases, making them susceptible to common diseases due to the changes in weather and environment. Farmers need to proactively implement many disease prevention and control measures to ensure that livestock are always healthy. To achieve optimal efficiency in livestock farming, farmers are invited to refer to the following disease prevention instructions for chickens during the changing seasons. After the floods, localities in Lao Cai province have been focusing on restoring production; ensuring adequate supply of plants and breeding animals is extremely important to meet the needs of herd restoration and restoring livelihoods for farmers. After efforts to implement many solutions to reduce early marriage and incestuous marriage (TH&HNCHT) in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa province, the situation of incestuous marriage has now ended. However, the rate of early marriage has decreased but not significantly, especially this situation is occurring mainly in the border districts with special difficulties, affecting the socio-economic development of the locality.

The appearance of the mountainous region of Khanh Hoa has changed significantly.

Investment in development of mountainous areas

Thanks to the State's investment, from electricity - roads - schools - stations to housing and production support for people, the appearance of ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Khanh Hoa province has changed positively.

Over the past 5 years, Khanh Hoa province has invested 5,600 billion VND in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Capital from national target programs has focused on investing and supporting extremely disadvantaged communes and villages to implement policies such as: Support for housing construction, residential land, production land, domestic water; investment in cultural, medical,educational facilities, roads; support for production development according to value chains, job creation, increasing people's income..., creating conditions for people to conveniently access basic social services, essential infrastructure has been gradually invested and completed to serve people's lives and production, and circulation of goods in the locality.

Thanks to the support of the State, many ethnic minority households have escaped poverty and become good farmers and businessmen in their localities. A typical example is Ms. Mau Thi Hiem in Son Trung commune, Khanh Son district.

Ms. Hiem said: My family currently has 1 hectare of durian that is being harvested, and the last crop brought in nearly 400 million VND. In addition to growing durian, my husband and I also dig ponds to raise carp and silver carp; raise black pigs, etc., earning an additional 100 million VND each year. Thanks to the stable income, I have been able to build a spacious house and take care of my children's education.

Ha Thong, a T'Rin ethnic group (a branch of the K'Ho people) in Khanh Phu commune, Khanh Vinh district, is also a good farmer and businessman. Determined to escape poverty, Ha Thong does not mind hardships, always researching and learning to develop his family's economy.

He currently has a livestock farm with 20 cows and a 6-year-old grapefruit garden that is producing fruit regularly. Not only that, with his hard-working nature, Ha Thong and his wife also do the job of purchasing and selling acacia. Thong's family's total income is nearly 400 million VND/year.

Khanh Hoa province focuses on investing in building essential infrastructure for mountainous areas.

Help people settle down

Khanh Hoa is a pioneer in implementing the joint effort to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households, mainly ethnic minority households, across the province. Currently, more than 1,550 repaired houses have been completed; the last houses out of a total of more than 1,780 newly built houses are being urgently implemented so that by the end of 2024, the province will complete the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor and near-poor households, 1 year earlier than the rest of the country.

Visiting the extremely disadvantaged commune of Thanh Son, Khanh Son district, we visited Mr. Cao Cuong's household, one of the households that received support to build a house. Mr. Cuong shared: Previously, his family lived in a makeshift house surrounded by old corrugated iron sheets; the income from the banana plantation was not much, food and clothing had to be calculated day by day, so building a new house was something he did not dare to think about.

“At the end of 2023, my family received 80 million VND in support from the State, plus 40 million VND in counterpart funds to demolish the dilapidated house. The new house is a fulcrum for my family to strive to develop the economy,” Mr. Cuong excitedly shared.

In Suoi Ca village, a particularly difficult village in Khanh Trung commune, Khanh Vinh district, Mr. Cao Xuan Phu's family is also very happy to receive financial support to build a house. In the new house that still smells of paint, Mr. Phu said: My wife and I have just moved into the new house for 2 months, and have also bought some new household items such as tables, chairs, TV, refrigerator... Recalling the days when the whole family had to live in a house with a leaky corrugated iron roof and rotten wooden walls, Mr. Phu still has tears in his eyes.

“The day the village cadres went to check the poor households, they asked me if I was confident of escaping poverty. I told them the truth: I am not confident without a new house! Now that we have settled down and our jobs in Suoi Dau Industrial Park are stable, I am not worried anymore! We have to try to make a living to have a better life, no one wants to be poor forever,” said Mr. Phu.

With the support of the State, the people of Khanh Hoa mountainous area focus on doing business and developing the economy.

Mr. Vo Nam Thang, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Khanh Hoa province said: Over the past years, thanks to the correct policies of the Party and State on ethnic affairs and implementation of ethnic policies; along with the continuous efforts of Party committees at all levels, local authorities, combined with the efforts of ethnic minorities... the socio-economic situation in ethnic minority areas has made remarkable progress, the rural appearance of ethnic minority and mountainous areas has improved a lot, the socio-economic infrastructure has been invested in gradually, more methodically and spaciously.

Up to now, the average income of ethnic minorities has reached 26 million VND/person/year, an increase of 1.9 times compared to 2020; 100% of communes have car roads to the center; 100% of schools and classes in ethnic minority areas are solidly built and nearly 70% of schools have facilities meeting national standards; 100% of households have access to the national grid and clean water; 95.4% of villages have community houses...

Khanh Hoa: Paying much attention to mountainous education

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