Invest and create conditions for people to rise
In Ha Quang district, the Mong ethnic people make up the majority of the population with nearly 2.000 households, but nearly 80% are poor households. This is the weakness that bad actors take advantage of to entice many people to join illegal organizations, destabilizing security and order.
Thanks to the attention of the Party Committee and local authorities through ethnic policy programs and projects; With resources from national target programs..., in recent years, the lives of the Mong people in Ha Quang have gradually improved.
Most recently, from the investment support capital of the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, more than 1.400 disadvantaged ethnic minority households have been supported. Among them, hundreds of Mong ethnic households in Ha Quang district were supported to build new houses, renovate houses, and were provided with production land and running water...
Sitting in a newly built spacious house, Mr. Ngo Van No, a Mong ethnic person in Lung Tu hamlet, Thuong Thon commune, could not hide his joy and said: With the attention and support of the Party and the State, from In 2022, the family will receive financial support to build a house. Thanks to the great help of commune officials and people in the neighborhood, after nearly 2 months, the new house was completed. We are no longer living in the old, dilapidated house, and our family is very excited.
According to Mr. Hoang Van Tham, Chairman of Thuong Thon Commune People's Committee, along with support for plants, animals, agricultural tools, and preferential loans, the commune propagates and mobilizes people to actively change the structure of crops and materials. feed; Apply scientific and technical advances, bring new varieties into production. Thereby, step by step helping people stabilize their lives.
As for Khau Ho highland hamlet of Xuan Lap commune, Bao Lac district, from a highland hamlet with many difficulties, with many outdated customs, a complicated security situation, people are taken advantage of by some bad guys. attract illegal organizations. But with the support of the local government, people have become conscious of economic development.
Ms. Thao Thi My, Khau Ho hamlet, said: Since 2021, when her family was informed by officials, her family was considered a poor and difficult household and was supported with preferential loans from the Policy Bank and agricultural extension officers. Instructions on techniques for raising reproductive sows, she boldly borrowed capital to develop breeding. Thanks to her hard work in learning, her family's pigs grew and developed well.
After two years, she boldly expanded the scale of the livestock farm. Every year her family sells two batches of pigs. Minus all expenses, her family's income is about 150 million VND/year. From the most difficult family in the village, Ms. My's family has risen to become a well-off family in Khau Ho hamlet.
“I am very grateful to the Party Committee and local authorities for caring and helping my family as well as the households in the neighborhood. Thanks to the Party and State, our people's lives are no longer hungry and miserable," Ms. Thao Thi My shared.
Mr. Lau A Mu, Secretary of Son Lap commune, Bao Lac district, said: Previously, in Khau Ho hamlet, there were a number of households affected by Duong Van Minh TCBHP. After being mobilized by the government, people signed a commitment to give up, comply with the policies of the Party and State, proactively develop the family economy to escape poverty, and gradually get rich.
Pay attention and care for poor people
To improve the quality of life of ethnic minorities, along with the guidelines and policies of the Party and State on ethnic policies, Cao Bang province issued many specific policy documents to gradually concretize the policies. Government programs and projects for ethnic minorities. Every year, from the capital of national target programs, programs and projects implementing ethnic policies, Cao Bang has invested thousands of billions of VND to build infrastructure and support people to develop. Socioeconomic.
Specifically, implementing the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to the report of the Provincial Ethnic Committee, the total amount of central budget capital implemented in 2023 is more than 2.095,448 VND. 2022 billion VND (including 31 capital carried forward). By December 12, 2023, the entire province has disbursed VND 1.510,739 billion; Of which, public investment capital disbursed reached 91% of the assigned capital plan.
Thanks to the effective implementation of ethnic policies, support and investment policy programs in ethnic minority areas in general and the Mong ethnic people of Cao Bang, it has contributed to reducing the poverty rate of province 4,23, XNUMX%/year…
Up to now, infrastructure in ethnic minority areas across the province has been invested in and built, gradually meeting the requirements of socio-economic development. The percentage of communes with roads to the commune center that are paved with asphalt or concrete is 95,16%; The percentage of hamlets with hardened roads to the center is over 75%; More than 96% of schools, classrooms and medical stations are solidly built...
According to Mr. Be Van Hung, Head of the Ethnic Committee of Cao Bang province, the implementation of ethnic policies, especially the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, has helped people stabilize their lives. , creating a foundation to help people develop economically.
Not only paying attention to investing in building infrastructure systems and roads, the authorities of Cao Bang province always care about taking care of all aspects of life for the people, especially ethnic minorities in remote areas. border areas, especially difficult areas, poor households fully benefit from poverty reduction policies of the Party and State, and have access to and enjoy policies on education, health, labor, employment, and government. social security policies... to stabilize and improve quality of life.
Mr. Ma A Tu, Village Head, a reputable person in Khau De village, Thai Son commune, Bao Lam district, said: Thanks to the Party and State's interest in investing, the village has convenient travel roads and people's lives have improved. good. People are also given health insurance cards for medical examination and treatment, and their children and grandchildren are fully educated. People in the neighborhood are very excited.
Preserve and promote cultural identity values
Talking to us, Chairman of Bao Lam District People's Committee Ma Gia Hanh said: Previously, the rate of poor households in the district was high, accounting for over 50%, including Mong households affected by Duong Van Minh TCBHP. From the investment resources of the national target program, infrastructure was invested and built synchronously in 14 communes and towns. People have access to animal husbandry and farming techniques, vocational training according to their needs, and develop the forest economy... Thereby, contributing to reducing the rate of poor households, bringing positive changes in their material and spiritual lives. gods of ethnic minorities.
Along with focusing on directing production development and accelerating poverty reduction in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, Cao Bang also pays attention to preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities. Accordingly, the province has issued and implemented many programs and projects on preserving and developing the culture of ethnic minorities in the province.
Every year, the districts of Bao Lam, Bao Lac, Trung Khanh... organize the Mong Cultural Festival; cultural festivals of ethnic minorities to preserve national cultural identity. Thereby, many traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities are preserved and promoted, creating "soft power" to crush hostile forces' plots to exploit and transform traditional culture.
With the perseverance and determination of the entire political system; Along with many creative ways to implement investment programs and policies of the Party and State, it has aroused the will of self-reliance and the desire to escape poverty among ethnic minorities.
The appearance of infrastructure and the lives of ethnic minorities in the villages in the Northeastern border region of Cao Bang today are increasingly improving. Economic life is stable and developed, ethnic minorities are no longer incited and lured to join illegal organizations. It is a vivid demonstration of the people's faith in the Party and State's policies, contributing to building great national unity, protecting revolutionary achievements, and firmly protecting national border security. family…
