Son La strives to bring policies to ethnic minorities

In recent times, Son La province has made efforts to implement national target programs for the 2021-2025 period with many synchronous and effective solutions. Thereby, it has made an important contribution to the implementation of sustainable poverty reduction policies and socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas.

With the province's strong direction and efforts to overcome difficulties, the disbursement rate of capital from national target programs in the province has had many positive changes. By the end of March, the disbursement rate of 03 national target programs from central capital sources in the province reached 11%, higher than the average disbursement rate of the whole country. The timely disbursement of capital has contributed to the implementation of programs and projects to support sustainable poverty reduction, new rural construction and socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas. After nearly 5 years of implementation, the poverty rate by 2024 has decreased to about 10.89%. The rate of communes meeting new rural standards reached 41%, 100% of people living in extremely difficult areas are granted free health insurance cards. The material and spiritual life of the people has been gradually improved, essential infrastructure such as transportation, schools, medical stations, electricity and water have continued to be invested in and upgraded, better meeting the needs of the people. Social security policies, livelihood support and job creation have been implemented synchronously and effectively, contributing to promoting the comprehensive development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The consensus and trust of the people in the policies of the Party and State have been increasingly consolidated, creating a solid foundation for sustainable development of the locality in the coming time./.

Performed by: Cam Giang

Source: https://sonlatv.vn/son-la-no-luc-dua-chinh-sach-ve-voi-dong-bao-dan-toc-thieu-so-27195.html