After 3 years of implementing Sub-project 2 on Supporting the development of production according to value chains, precious medicinal herb growing areas, promoting business start-ups, startups and attracting investment in ethnic minority and mountainous areas under Project 3 - National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas (National Target Program 1719), many poor and near-poor households in Van Quan district (Lang Son) have been supported with resources to develop production, increase income, and improve their lives. Capacity building training, establishing livelihood groups, maintaining community communication groups, policy dialogues, etc. are the key activities of Project 8, National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, phase I: from 2021-2025 in Nghe An. These activities are contributing to the implementation of the goals of enhancing women's economic empowerment, promoting gender equality and solving urgent problems of women and children. The 2024th Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Gia Lai Province in 09 will be held on November 11, 2024. As young delegates attending the Congress for the first time, this is both an honor and a responsibility, representing the local ethnic minorities to entrust their trust and hope that the province's ethnic work will continue to achieve high results through the implementation of the Resolution of the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities, contributing positively to the comprehensive development of the province. Policy credit capital has become a reliable companion, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development process for the mountainous ethnic minority areas of Thanh Hoa. Not only helping people improve their lives, this capital source also acts as a "support" for mountainous districts to achieve the goal of sustainable poverty reduction and new rural construction. In the past four years, Quang Nam province has flexibly integrated resources from the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2030; Phase I: from 2021 to 2025 (National Target Program 1719) with other capital sources to develop value chains in agricultural production, focusing on the development of medicinal plants. Quang Nam province is striving to become a representative medicinal herb region for the Central Highlands region. After 3 years of implementing Sub-project 2 on Supporting the development of production according to the value chain, precious medicinal herb growing areas, promoting business start-ups, startups and attracting investment in ethnic minority and mountainous areas under Project 3 - National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas (National Target Program 1719), many poor and near-poor households in Van Quan district (Lang Son) have been supported with resources to develop production, increase income, and improve their lives. With more than 300 years of formation and development, Ca Mau is the southernmost land of the Fatherland - a place that every Vietnamese person wants to set foot in at least once. If in the past, most tourists still only considered Ca Mau as a destination in their journey... now, thanks to the diversification of tourism types, especially experiential tourism, many domestic and foreign tourists have come to Ca Mau. Capacity building training, establishing livelihood groups, maintaining community communication groups, policy dialogue... are the key activities of Project 8, National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas, Phase I: from 2021-2025 in Nghe An. These activities are contributing to the implementation of the goals of enhancing women's economic empowerment, promoting gender equality and solving urgent problems of women and children. The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on November 7, has the following notable information: The 11 Vietnam Ethnic Culture Festival will be held in Quang Tri. Suoi Thau Grassland - Fairyland in Ha Giang. Start a business from traditional culture. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. From the pride of the traditional culture of the nation, many young people have actively participated in the art teams and groups of Khmer pagodas to have a playground to satisfy their passion, while contributing to the festival occasions of the village. However, the operations of these teams and groups face many difficulties due to unstable forces and lack of funding. To solve this “problem”, art troupes need both material and spiritual support to join hands in preserving and promoting the good values of Khmer culture. As one of the provinces that is often affected by storms and landslides, in recent years, the authorities of Quang Nam province have paid attention to and focused on the work of arranging and stabilizing the population in mountainous districts. One of the effective measures that Quang Nam province is implementing is to relocate people in areas at risk of landslides and arrange resettlement for people. Identifying the education of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas (DTTS&MN) as one of the important political tasks, in recent years, the authorities of Vinh Phuc province at all levels have always paid attention to and focused on investing in school infrastructure systems, contributing to improving the quality of teaching and learning for teachers and students. The 2024th Northeast Ethnic Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival in XNUMX was recently held in Lang Son province.
Van Quan is one of the poor districts of the province. Lang Son. In recent years, all levels and sectors have implemented many solutions to support people in general, including poor and near-poor households, to build appropriate and effective production development models, thereby helping ethnic minorities gradually develop their economy. Notably, the production support content of Sub-project 2 - Project 3 under the National Target Program 1719 has initially brought practical results to the people.
Mr. Nong Van Tung, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Van Quan district, said: Based on documents from superiors on the implementation of national target programs for the period 2021-2025, specialized departments and offices have coordinated with relevant units to advise the District People's Committee to issue directives and instructions to organize the implementation of programs and projects in accordance with regulations, effectively, and in line with development orientations. Agriculture of the district.
Along with that, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has advised on decisions to approve projects to support production development under the 3 national target programs; issued documents to guide, direct and urge the People's Committees of communes and towns to organize and implement according to regulations.
Along with the initiative from the district's professional department, the People's Committees of communes and towns also quickly started implementing steps to implement projects to support production development. Ms. Hoang Thi Hieu, Chairman of the People's Committee of Diem He commune, said: In 2023, the commune was allocated capital to implement Sub-project 2 - Project 3 under the National Target Program 1719.
To effectively utilize the capital, the Commune People's Committee has coordinated with relevant agencies to review, evaluate, and select suitable production models with potential for development and replication. Through review, the Commune has selected the model of growing ring-shaped roses and quickly implemented the steps to implement the Project.
Accordingly, the project will be implemented in 2023, with a total investment of over 700 million VND, of which the State supports 430 million VND to buy seedlings, fertilizers, etc., the rest is from the people's counterpart capital. The project is implemented in 5 extremely difficult villages in the commune, including: Na Bung, Ban Lai, Thong Nhat, Na Sung, Khun Pau; the total area is 13,26 hectares with 26 participating households, including 1 poor household and 25 near-poor households. After 1 year of implementation, up to now, many rose apple areas have grown and developed well. This is an important premise for people to be able to harvest and increase their income in the following years.
Similarly, in Tri Le commune, in 2023, from the capital of Sub-project 2-Project 3, the commune supported people to implement a chicken farming project with an allocated budget of 500 million VND. The project involved 38 households, including 16 poor households and 22 near-poor households. Participating in the project, people were supported with funds to invest in a chicken farming model. After a period of implementation, the model has brought clear economic efficiency to the people.
Mr. Trieu Van Giao, Lung Phuc village, Tri Le commune (a household participating in the Project) said: My family is a near-poor household. When participating in the Project, my family and other households were supported with more than 100 chickens and animal feed each. After about 6 months, the flock of chickens had grown, each weighing nearly 2 kg, and were sold for 70.000 VND/kg. With additional income from the chickens, my family expanded production and purchased more amenities. The family strives to escape the near-poor household status and become a well-off household by the end of 2024.
Along with Diem He and Tri Le communes, from 2 to present, from the capital source of Sub-project 2022 - Project 2 of National Target Program 3, Van Quan district has directed specialized agencies and People's Committees of communes to quickly implement projects to support production development to support people to develop the economy.
Specifically, in the 2022-2024 period, the total capital allocated to implement Sub-project 2 - Project 3 in Van Quan district is nearly 20 billion VND. Of which, in 2022, more than 3,5 billion VND was allocated to implement 15 projects; in 2023, nearly 10 billion VND was allocated to implement 25 projects; in 2024, nearly 6,5 billion VND was allocated to implement 13 projects. The projects were implemented to the right subjects with 1.692 participating households, including 615 poor households and 1.077 near-poor households.
The basic projects have been effective, creating more resources and livelihoods for households to develop the economy, increase income, improve their lives and gradually escape poverty. In the period of 2021-2023, the poverty rate in the district will decrease by an average of 5,77% per year and by the end of 2024, the district strives to reduce the poverty rate to 3,91%.
However, in addition to the achieved results, the implementation of Sub-project 2 - Project 3 in Van Quan district still has some problems. In particular, some projects are affected by natural disasters, epidemics, lack of implementation subjects... In the face of these difficulties, currently, Van Quan District People's Committee continues to direct specialized agencies, People's Committees of communes and towns to continue reviewing, focusing on overcoming difficulties, speeding up the progress of projects to support people quickly and effectively.
The implementation of Sub-project 2 - Project 3 is of great significance to people in extremely difficult areas. With the results achieved and the close attention and direction of relevant levels and sectors, it is believed that in the coming time, the implementation of production support under the above program will continue to achieve positive results.
Thereby, it contributes significantly to helping people in difficult areas increase their income, improve their lives, and directly contribute to completing the goals and tasks of the National Target Program 1719 that Van Quan district has set out in the period 2021-2025.
Sources: https://baodantoc.vn/von-ho-tro-san-xuat-thuoc-chuong-trinh-1719-o-van-quan-tiep-suc-cho-nguoi-dan-vung-kho-1731032986115.htm
