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Hanoi invests big in developing ethnic areas
Hanoi invests big in developing ethnic areas
18/10/19
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| Delegates at the event |
Hanoi
has consistently implemented the policy of allocating large amount of
resources to the development of mountainous and ethnic minority areas
in the city towards narrowing the gap between those areas and other
localities, it was reported at a conference on October 3.
The
third congress of ethnic minority groups in Hanoi, which took place
on October 2 and 3, heard that in the capital’s investment plans
both yearly and medium-term, the municipal authority has always given
priority to building infrastructure facilities in the 14 communes
with large communities of ethnic minority people. Those facilities
are schools, medical stations, clean water supply systems, cultural
houses, irrigation systems, rural roads, electricity grids and
markets.
During
2013-2015, the city allocated 837.5 billion VND (36.2 million USD at
current exchange rate) to 105 such projects, of which 99 projects
were completed in 2015 and the remaining five in 2016.
In
2016, the municipal People’s Committee issued a resolution on the
medium-term investment plan for 2016-2020, allocating 1 trillion VND
to 69 projects in socio-economic development projects in mountainous
and ethnic minority areas during the five-year period. The projects
cover health care, transport, education and irrigation. By now the
municipal budget has disbursed 850 billion VND for the projects.
Besides
the investment, the city also undertook a policy on providing direct
support to poor ethnic people. Since 2014 to now, the Bank for Social
Policies has lent over 214.2 billion VND to ethnic minority
households living under or just above the poverty line and poor
students.
The
ethnic minority population of Hanoi totals 107,847, with 57.7 percent
from the Muong group, 17.8 percent Tay, 6.6 percent Thai, 5.85
percent Nung, 4.32 percent Thai and the remainder from 45 other
ethnic groups. About 55,000 people, or 51 percent of the ethnic
minority population, live in big communities in 14 communes of 5
districts, while the others are scattered in all 30 districts of the
city.
Hailing
the achievements made by the municipal Party committee and
administration as well as the ethnic minority people in the city,
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung
pointed to the outstanding problems facing the ethnic areas. He said
the economic growth rate in those areas remains low, the economic
restructuring process is slow and unstable, and their potential in
agri-forestry-husbandry is yet to be fully tapped. Besides, the
authorities in some localities remain passive, tending to rely on
outside support.
The
official urged Party committees, authorities and people to work
harder in carrying out the Party’s policies and State laws
concerning socio-economic development and poverty reduction. He
called attention to the preservation of the cultural identity of
ethnic minority groups.
The
congress agreed that efforts should be made to mobilises resources
from all sources for socio-economic development in ethnic minority
areas towards lifting the development level of those areas to the
average in the city’s rural communes.
Mountainous
communes with large ethnic minority communities will aim to maintain
an average economic growth rate of over 12 percent a year from now to
2024, and increase per capita income by more than 20 percent a year
to match the average level in rural areas in the same year.
Other
goals are to have at least 90 percent of schools in those communes
meet national standards, at least 60 percent of the local workforce
get training, and 100 percent of local households access clean water
meeting urban standards.
In
a speech at the congress, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for
Ethnic Minority Affairs Do Van Chien affirmed that the entire
political system has invested greatly in the comprehensive
development of mountainous and ethnic minority areas.
He
asked the congress to discuss ways to fully tap the potential and
advantages of mountainous and ethnic areas in Hanoi towards creating
new livelihoods and production chains, suggesting the use of suitable
mechanisms and incentives on land, vocational training, credit and
market./.
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