19:18, 06/06/2023
On the afternoon of June 6, under the direction of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall to continue questioning the first group of issues in the field of labor, war invalids and society and questioning the first group of issues. The second group of problems is in the field of ethnicity.
Questioning a group of issues in the field of ethnicity, the delegates focused on the following contents: Responsibilities of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and coordination with ministries and branches in the implementation of national target programs : building new countryside in the period of 2021 - 2025; sustainable poverty reduction in the period of 2021 - 2025; Socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of 2021-2030.
Policy to attract resources to support development investment in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, areas with difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions. Solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles in ethnic policy related to the demarcation of communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The settlement of difficulties in residential land, production land for ethnic minorities, overcoming the situation of nomadism, spontaneous shifting cultivation, deforestation.
Responding to questions from delegates about difficulties and obstacles in the demarcation of ethnic minority areas, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh said that this demarcation is carried out in two stages, the Section 2 was implemented in accordance with Resolution No. 1 of the Politburo, at that time demarcated according to mountainous and highland areas. In the second phase, delineate according to the level of development, identify villages and communes with special difficulties to be the focus and focus investment areas.
During the delimitation process in these two phases, the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs is assigned to preside over and advise the Government on determining the criteria. From 2 up to now, investment policies in ethnic minority areas have been built in the spirit of investing in the most difficult areas according to the criteria of delineating three areas according to the level of development.
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| National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue moderated the working session. Photo: quochoi.vn |
Most recently, Resolution 120 of the National Assembly assigned the Government to prescribe specific criteria to identify key and key areas, in that spirit, the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs advised the Government to issue Decision No. 33 to define the criteria for delineating the three regions according to the level of development. On the basis of the promulgated criteria, the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs submitted to the Government for promulgation Decision No. 3, the Minister and Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs was authorized by the Prime Minister to issue Decision No. 861 approving the list of communes. especially difficult.
The process of delimitation is based on a number of criteria: communes and villages with 15% or more of the population are ethnic minorities, they are identified as ethnic minority communes and villages; Communes with a poverty rate of 15% or more are considered poor communes. The Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee said that communes with a poverty rate of less than 15% are no longer poor communes, but in reality there are also some shortcomings.
Regarding the impact of Decision No. 861, the communes are no longer particularly difficult areas, not enjoying the preferential investment policies of the 2016-2020 period, which have impacted and affected 12 policies. The Government has assigned ministries and branches to adjust and amend a number of regulations and circulars related to ethnic minority areas, including insurance policies for ethnic minorities.
The Ministry of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Vietnam Social Insurance and agencies in, amending Decree 146, including supplementing and bringing in those who do not live in extremely difficult communes, but are still households. Ethnic minorities in difficulty continue to benefit. The draft is being consulted by relevant agencies to submit to the Government in the near future.
Reporting to the Chairman of the National Assembly and National Assembly deputs on 12 policies affected by Decision 861, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh said that 12 groups of policies are directly affected. to the human subject, not the place. Policies that are directly directed to people and the ministries and branches that have been assigned specific tasks will be adjusted and revised accordingly.
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| Minister and Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh answered questions from delegates. Photo: quochoi.vn |
Responding to questions from delegates regarding Decree 05, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh said that the Decree has been seriously implemented by ministries, branches and localities and issued many documents. for implementation.
However, through the review and evaluation, many other guidelines and policies related to ethnic minority areas need to be updated and adjusted in accordance with reality.
The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs has actively worked with localities to evaluate the implementation of Decree 05 and propose adjustments and amendments to a number of contents in the spirit of updating and supplementing policy-related contents. nationalities in the Constitution, resolutions and conclusions of the Central Committee to submit to the Government in 2027.
Responding to the many problems faced by the implementation of the national target program, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh shared with the concerns of all levels, sectors and delegates by the program. large and located in difficult and complicated areas. Projects and policies integrated into the program, including those of the previous period, are still valid.
Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs said that the biggest concern now is the implementation process in the field because there are specific projects that are deployed to the village and each household.
The Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs said that in terms of institutions, the guiding documents have basically been fully issued, but it is inevitable that in reality there will be problems arising, so the Central Government will increase strengthen inspection, urge and guide the timely removal of difficulties and problems for the locality. For localities, in these guiding documents, the maximum decentralization of all resources will be enhanced for localities to decide and concentrate forces for deployment.
Regarding culture, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs said that the policy of preserving and preserving the national cultural identity is a major policy of the Party, after the XNUMXth Party Congress, the political system has shown more deeply interested in this issue. The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs has regularly coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to carry out this work.
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| Delegation of the National Assembly of Dak Lak province attended the questioning session. Photo: quochoi.vn |
Up to now, there are still issues that need to be further improved to do better in the coming period, which are issues of support policies for ethnic minority artisans to preserve cultural beauty; supporting policies to build cultural institutions suitable to customs and habits; regimes and policies to support cultural activities of the people… The Ethnic Committee will continue to study to perform these tasks well.
Answering the question of the delegates about the situation of recurrent migration, the Minister affirmed that there are many community groups with very good living conditions, resettled after land acquisition but still migrated. mainly due to custom and economics.
The current solution is still to strengthen the propaganda, mobilization and persuasion of local people. In addition, when building resettlement projects, when land is recovered, it is necessary to build resettlement projects in accordance with the guiding spirit of the Party and State, which is full of basic service conditions for people. to settle down.
Questioned at the working session, delegate Phuc Binh Nie Kdam (Delegation of the National Assembly of Dak Lak province) wondered whether the project implementation of the national target programs was implemented in accordance with the projects summarized in the report. feasibility research repport.
The delegate said that currently, Dak Lak province as well as other localities in the country are implementing national target programs for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. However, delegate Phuc Binh Nie Kdam realized that there are many difficulties and problems that need to be answered in writing by the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs. The delegate said that the province has had many documents asking for opinions from November 11 until now, but has not yet been guided.
Delegate Phuc Binh Nie Kdam asked the Minister to tell me about the project implementation, whether the projects have been summarized in the feasibility study report or not? At the same time, the organization of reviewing, identifying objects, choosing a form of population stabilization, intermingling or stabilizing in place to suit the actual situation of the locality is within the competence of the People's Committee. awake or not?
Answering delegate Phuc Binh Nie Kdam, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh said that he had received the document from Dak Lak province. At the same time, it is clarified that according to the principles of the program, the authority to regulate within the internal scope of a project or a local area is the People's Committee of the province to submit to the People's Council of the province. In case of transfer to another project, another area must have a report and agree with the Central Government to adjust it because it is related to the program's objectives.
Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee Hau A Lenh said that he had assigned a working group consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities to work with Dak Lak and had answered this issue and proposed a proposal. The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs of Dak Lak province should report to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to direct the departments and branches to agree on handling.
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