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Development programme reduces poverty in ethnic minority areas
Development programme reduces poverty in ethnic minority areas
10/11/19
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| People from ethnic minority groups in Quang Ninh have health check-ups. |
The programme has been implemented in 683 communes (32 percent of total communes nationwide) in eight provinces of the northeastern area, namely Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son and Bac Giang.
It has mobilised more than 7.3 trillion VND (nearly 315 million USD) from the State and provincial budget and achieved positive results, contributing to hunger elimination, poverty reduction and improving the lives of ethnic minority people.
Income per capita of local people has increased by 1.5 to 2 times. Transport infrastructure, health care and education facilities have been upgraded. People in all the disadvantaged villages have received new plant and animal breeds.
Addressing the event, Y Thong, Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, said the workshop aimed to review the efficiency of the programme and share exemplary poverty reduction models, which serves as a foundation to propose a framework for the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous area in 2021-20.
He said the programme “should be implemented in an easy, simple way and take advantage of the community along with empowering authorities at different levels.”
Participants said the national target programme must focus on improving people’s lives, offer them stable jobs and ensure income per capita will double by 2025 compared to 2020. Ethnic minority and mountainous areas should be assisted to apply technology in production.
The Government’s Programme 135 was launched in 1999 under the Prime Minister’s decision 135/1998/QD-TTg dated July 31, 1998, with the aim of improving living conditions for rural residents with a particular focus on ethnic minority communities./.
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Improving people’s lives is one of the top priorities in Vietnam's social policies
the Vietnamese Party and State’s priority given to providing care for ethnic minority groups in remote, mountainous and extremely disadvantaged areas.
Policies on investment in ethnic and mountainous areas have produced remarkable outcomes, including a higher economic growth and improved essential infrastructure facilities such as roads, electricity, schools, clinics and irrigation.
Vietnam - Fatherland of many ethnic groups
Vietnam is a multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups
an evident gap in the material and moral life has indeed still existed between peoples living in the deltas and those living in mountain areas as well as among ethnic minorities themselves
The Vietnamese government has worked out specific policies and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic minority group
The income of ethnic minority people has been improved and the health and education sector in remote areas has been enhanced at the same time.
Ethnic people still faced huge difficulties in their daily life
The rate of poor and near poor households remained high and the gap between the rich and the poor was increasing.
ethnic tasks are important in the strategy of developing society and the economy of Vietnam.
It was necessary to enhance the quality of education in these areas.
ethnic minority groups still find it hard to settle down their lives while their access to health care, education, insurance and information remains limited.
the Party and State have made ethnic affairs a basic, long-term, urgent strategic issue and the task of the entire Party, armed forces, people and political system.
it is a good time now for the Vietnamese NA and Government to eye a new strategy to address newly arising challenges, and the new national target programme on ethnic minorities will provide a suitable foundation to deal with poverty reduction challenges in the final stage.
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