After 5 years of implementing ethnic programs and policies, the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in Lang Son have increasingly improved. Indicators in the field of socio-economic development and social security in ethnic minority and remote areas have been significantly improved, the appearance of rural areas in ethnic minority areas has changed markedly. Implementing Project 6, National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030, phase I: from 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719), Dak Lak province has supported ethnic minority villages and hamlets to develop community tourism, opening up opportunities for people to develop the economy in conjunction with preserving traditional culture. On the morning of November 11, continuing the program of the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly conducted questions and answers. At this session, the National Assembly will question and answer questions under the responsibility of 3 Ministers and Heads of sectors, including: Governor of the State Bank; Minister of Information and Communications; Minister of Health. Implementing Project 6, National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period, Phase I: from 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719), Dak Lak province has supported ethnic minority villages and hamlets to develop community tourism, opening up opportunities for people to develop the economy in conjunction with preserving traditional culture. Every early winter, tourists from all over the world come to Da Lat city, Lam Dong to admire the wild sunflower season. This is a wild flower, very simple but no less brilliant and splendid. In the cold weather, the golden sunlight gently spreads over the mountain town, watching the valleys, roads, and neighborhoods filled with the yellow color of wild sunflowers makes the souls of the spectators feel nostalgic, nostalgic, and moved. During the question-and-answer session on the banking sector at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, Governor of the State Bank Nguyen Thi Hong answered questions from National Assembly deputies related to credit policies, especially policies related to National Target Programs (NTPs). The Dao ethnic group has many groups such as the Red Dao, the Dao Quan Chet, the Dao Lo Gang, the Dao Tien, the Dao Quan Trang, the Dao Thanh Y, the Dao Lan Ten, etc., residing in many provinces in the northern mountainous region. Since ancient times, the Dao people have been very good at using medicinal plants in the forest to make traditional medicine to treat diseases. Therefore, many dishes and drinks of the Dao people are also processed as a nutritious medicine, bringing health to people. In recent years, Yen Bai province has always paid attention to the work of propaganda, dissemination and legal education (PBGDPL), especially since the implementation of the contents and projects under the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of 2021 - 2030 (National Target Program 1719) has helped ethnic minorities improve their understanding of the law, maintain security, order and social safety. The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on November 8, has the following notable information: Many attractive activities at the Week of "Great Unity of Ethnic Groups - Vietnamese Cultural Heritage". Fascinated by the highlands of Ky Son. A Mlun's shining example. Along with other news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. At this time, across the hills and mountains of Dong Van stone plateau (Ha Giang), buckwheat flowers are blooming. The gentle, pure purple-pink color, combined with the traditional costumes of the Lo Lo people, further embellishes the majestic mountain and forest landscape, captivating visitors when coming to the land at the head of the Fatherland. The Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2024 has more than 110 activities: Displays, exhibitions, talks, workshops... and about 500 artists, artisans, architects, creators... This is a practical activity to build a Creative City and develop Hanoi's cultural industry. Teaching and learning ethnic minority languages is a preeminent policy of our Party and State. The implementation of this task over the past decades has achieved remarkable results, contributing to the preservation and promotion of the cultural values of ethnic minorities, helping generations of ethnic minorities to strengthen their national consciousness, creating pride and confidence to integrate into the cause of national construction. Teaching and learning ethnic minority languages in Ham Thuan Bac district, Binh Thuan province is no exception to the above assessments. On the morning of November 11, during the question and answer session on the banking sector at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the issue of economic recovery and development after storm No. 3 was of interest to National Assembly deputies, especially support policies for customers borrowing capital in the agricultural and rural sectors. After 5 years of implementing ethnic programs and policies, the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas of Lang Son have increasingly improved. Indicators in the field of socio-economic development and social security in ethnic minority and remote areas have been significantly improved, and the appearance of rural areas in ethnic minority areas has changed markedly.
Change in difficult areas
Having the opportunity to visit the highland communes of Lang Son province today, we will easily see the changes in the ethnic minority villages. The bumpy dirt roads of the past have now been replaced by smooth concrete roads, solid houses have sprung up side by side, schools and medical stations have been invested in and built spaciously. This is the result of implementing programs and policies to support ethnic minority and mountainous areas over the past many years, a vivid proof of the implementation of the Resolution of the 3rd Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Lang Son province for the period 2019-2024.
Evidence such as the mountainous district of Binh Gia, one of the two poor districts of Lang Son province, thanks to the implementation of national target policies and programs for ethnic minority areas, in recent years, the socio -economic life of the villages and hamlets has changed dramatically.
In order to develop the socio-economy and reduce poverty in ethnic minority areas, Binh Gia district has mobilized people to promote the restructuring of crops and livestock, and apply scientific and technological advances in production, suitable to local soil and climate conditions. Poor and near-poor households are supported with seedlings and preferential loans to build production models, bringing economic efficiency, gradually improving and raising their living standards.
Ms. Hoang Thi Nghien, Na Vuong village, Mong An commune, Binh Gia district said: Since 2021, her family has been able to borrow preferential loans to raise cows in barns and take care of star anise trees. Currently, her family's cow herd is growing well, with an average annual income of about 100 million VND.
In Trang Dinh, thanks to the good implementation of programs and projects, practical results have been achieved, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the district, especially in particularly disadvantaged communes and villages.
In the period of 2019 - 2024, the technical infrastructure system in the district has received more investment attention with a total investment capital in the district of 630.5 billion VND, through various sources and forms of investment. The focus is on investment in transport infrastructure and infrastructure in extremely disadvantaged communes and extremely disadvantaged villages.
The district has implemented investment in 197 projects, including 11 school projects, 7 electricity projects, 159 traffic projects, 2 projects for planning, arranging and stabilizing residents in necessary places (migration projects), 3 irrigation and domestic water projects, 15 other technical infrastructure projects... Thanks to that, the rural appearance of ethnic minority areas in Trang Dinh district has improved a lot.
Complete many targets and plans
In the period of 2019-2024, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee of Lang Son have focused on directing the implementation of ethnic policies associated with socio-economic development goals. Directing the serious implementation of Conclusion No. 65-KL/TW dated October 30, 2019 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the 9th Party Central Committee on ethnic work in the new situation.
In particular, after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Provincial Congress of Ethnic Minorities, in 2019, the targets and objectives set out have basically been achieved; the situation in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has many positive changes. Notably: the total area of agricultural crops in the period reached an average of over 94,000 hectares; new forest planting in the whole province reached an average of 9,676 hectares/year, the forest cover rate increased from 62.8% in 2019 to 64.1% now. The whole province has invested in upgrading and repairing over 290 irrigation works with a total cost of over 301 billion VND; the rate of trained workers in the province has increased from 52.5% in 2019 to 64% now...
The economy is developing quite stably, the average growth rate of gross domestic product in the period of 2019 - 2023 is 6.28%; in 2023, the average GRDP per capita will reach 59.8 million VND/person/year. It is expected to reach 61.9 million VND/person/year by the end of 2024.
The infrastructure system in the ethnic minority region continues to be invested in, built and upgraded. The work of preserving traditional cultural values of ethnic groups is promoted. The quality of education continues to improve, the scale of schools and classes in ethnic minority areas is increasingly expanding. 100% of poor and near-poor households, ethnic minorities living in difficult and extremely difficult areas are provided with free health insurance cards.
In the period of 2021-2025, implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas, Lang Son has been allocated a total budget of 2,859,173 million VND to implement 10 projects. To date, disbursement has been made: 1,864,460/2,859,173 million VND, reaching 65%. Of which, the disbursement rate from 2022-2023 reached 63.91%. It is estimated that the disbursement by the end of 2024 will be 2,306,906/2,859,170 million VND, reaching 80.68%. The projects have focused on key investments, focusing on the most difficult communes, villages and hamlets, solving the most pressing and urgent problems, especially investing in essential infrastructure, serving production and life in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
From the Program's capital sources, new investments have been made in solidifying 241.49/193km of roads to the commune center and inter-commune roads (exceeding 25% of the phase plan); building 02 new, renovating; repairing 12 commune health stations; building 02 new markets and renovating, repairing, and upgrading 08 markets; maintaining 159 works of all kinds; investing in building 71 teachers' offices; 102 student dormitories; supporting housing for 1,040 households; supporting job conversion for 1,887 households; supporting decentralized domestic water for 6,933 households; implementing 08 residential stabilization projects; arranging and supporting relocation for 158 households; supporting 65 projects to develop production according to the value chain, 155 projects to support community production development...
Accordingly, from 2021 to now, 11 communes in region III have been upgraded to region I. The poverty rate has decreased from 10.89% in 2019 to 6.02% in 2023. It is expected that by the end of 2024, the total number of poor households in the province will be 4.02%. The political security and social order in ethnic minority areas are basically stable, and the great national unity bloc continues to be consolidated and strengthened.
According to Mr. Vi Minh Tu, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Lang Son province: In the period of 2021-2025, the capital source for implementing programs and policies, especially national target programs, including National Target Program 1719, has had a great impact on the socio-economic development process, changing the face of rural areas, meeting the requirements of local development. People's lives have been improved, average income per capita has increased, and the poverty rate has decreased over the years.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/khoi-sac-vung-dong-bao-dtts-o-lang-son-1731141318151.htm
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