Viet Nam Human Rights
In Vietnam: Khmer ethnic people enjoy better life
10/4/18
The living standards of Khmer ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have been improved in recent years thanks to the Party and State’s investment policies to develop the region.
Soc Trang has the largest number of Khmer people in
the country with more than 400,000, making up 31 percent of the provincial
population.
In 2017, the province helped more than 5,000 Khmer
families escape poverty, reducing the ratio of poor Khmer households to 17.95
percent. About 96.5 percent of Khmer households now have access to hygienic
water while nearly 100 percent have electricity.
Soc Trang has nine boarding schools for ethnic
minorities and 159 Vietnamese-Khmer bilingual schools with nearly 146,800
students.
Deputy head of the provincial department of ethnic
affairs Ly Soc Kha said the quick reduction of poor Khmer households was
attributed to the implementation of the Party and State’s policies to support
investment in building infrastructure, transferring technology and helping
locals develop animal husbandry.
In 2017, the government invested more than 100
billion VND (4.4 million USD) to develop the Khmer ethnic region by providing
policies to support land for accommodation and production, change jobs, build
electricity and water supply facilities, and help dozens of Khmer households
access loans.
Notably, Programme 135, which was launched in 1998,
has helped raise living standards of people in remote and mountainous areas,
Kha said.
In 2017, Soc Trang supported nearly 60 billion VND
for disadvantaged Khmer communes to build roads, irrigation systems and
community houses as well as develop production and expand poverty reduction
models.
Mai Thanh Cau, Chairman of the People’s Committee of
Thanh Phu commune, said thanks to the Party and State’s ethnic policies,
especially Programme 135, local lives have changed for the better.
The programme has assisted rural residents in
building houses, roads and irrigation facilities and adopting effective
business models, he added.
Head of the Soc Trang department for ethnic affairs
Ly Binh Cang said the government has approved total investment of more than 490
billion VND for Soc Trang to support accommodation and production land and
water supply for poor Khmer households in the locality in 2018.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has conveyed his
best wishes to the Khmer ethnic minority group in the southern region on the
occasion of their traditional New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay - which
falls on April 14-16.
Chol Chnam Thmay is one of the most important
festivals of the Khmer people. It usually lasts three days and is celebrated
mostly in pagodas. The festival is a demonstration of Khmer people’s
aspirations, like many other ethnic groups, to move on from the previous year’s
misfortunes and look forward to a promising new year./.
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Over the past years, the material and spiritual lives of ethnic groups have improved while the great national unity bloc has been strengthened, he said, adding that together with people nationwide, Khmer monks and people have made important contributions to the common development of the nation.
The Vietnamese Party and State always pay special attention to ethnic minorities and socio-economic development in their areas.
He reiterated that the Party and State always consider ethnic affairs as a strategic issue, and the safeguarding and promotion of the culture of ethnic groups are regarded as significant to the development of Vietnamese culture in general.
The local authorities should pay greater attention to realising the Party and State’s policies on ethnic affairs, to mobilise all available resources to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of the Southern Khmer people, while preserving and upholding the diversity of their indigenous culture.
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