For decades, due to traffic difficulties, Muong residential area in Giao Thien commune, Lang Chanh border district (Thanh Hoa) has been almost isolated from the outside and is known as an "oasis". Although it has been relocated to a new place more convenient for economic development and improving people's lives, for objective reasons the project has not been able to be implemented. Therefore, the lives of households here are still very difficult. Once when I went to K-Ai village, Dan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district (Quang Binh), I accidentally met Midwife Dinh Thi Thanh Tam. My first impression of her was that she was a kind, enthusiastic and dedicated woman to her work. The way Ms. Tam provides nutritional advice and instructions for mothers to take care of their pregnancy is also very meticulous and easy to understand and implement. 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We arrived at Muong residential area on a chilly morning. The road leading here is winding and bumpy with steep slopes and fast-flowing streams. It took us more than three hours of trekking through the forest and wading through streams to reach the place that is considered an "oasis" isolated in the mountains and forests of Chieng Lan, Giao Thien commune (Lang Chanh).
The first scene that appears is the old, shabby stilt houses nestled under the canopy of the forest. In the quiet space, only the occasional babbling of the stream and the voices of children calling to each other can be heard. The lives of the 15 Thai ethnic households here are still revolving around poverty and hunger. Without electricity, the families have to make their own small turbines and place them next to the stream to get light, but the power source is unstable, sometimes there is and sometimes there is not. On stormy days, the whole village is plunged into darkness.
Mr. Lang Van Dung (born in 1974) sat next to an old wooden house, diligently stuffing cardboard into the cracks of the house to block out the cold wind. His family of four had to feed themselves, living mainly by catching crabs, shrimps and picking bamboo shoots in the forest. On days when he ran out of rice, he carried rice and walked nearly 5km to the village center to mill it, then carried the rice back. Life went on in a vicious circle.
Difficulties piled on difficulties, the children in Muong area are even more disadvantaged. There is no school near their homes, many children have to cross streams and walk for hours to get to class. Ms. Le Thi Hue, a teacher at Poong school, shared: "Due to difficult travel conditions, many children cannot go to school regularly. The school regularly calls on benefactors to donate clothes and warm blankets to help the children reduce some of their hardships."
Commenting on the difficulties in Muong area, Ms. Dinh Thi Huong - Chairman of Giao Thien Commune People's Committee said: "In the immediate future, to help households overcome difficulties, we will prioritize supporting trees and seedlings, helping people improve wasteland, build irrigation pipelines to intensify rice cultivation, and proactively source food. In addition, we will introduce new economic models into production with the hope of reducing the rate of poor households while waiting to be relocated to new housing."
Talking about the resettlement project for ethnic minorities in Muong area, Mr. Pham Hung Sam - Director of Lang Chanh District Project Management Board informed: Muong village residential area project is invested from the State budget (capital from Project 2, National target program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas), with a total capital of 4.8 billion VND.
However, the capital requirement for implementation after the project dossier is completed is up to more than 6 billion VND. Meanwhile, the district budget cannot be balanced. Recently, the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Thanh Hoa province has established an inspection team, conducted a survey, and re-evaluated the project. After reviewing, the province has agreed to switch to other more suitable projects in the area. For the people of Muong area, there is currently no specific support plan.
According to Mr. Sam, the Board is advising the District People's Committee to apply a flexible mechanism, arrange and integrate capital sources under the National Target Program, combined with capital sources according to Directive 22 of the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee on the Campaign to support housing construction for poor households, policy families, and households with housing difficulties in the province in 2024-2025 to provide land and build houses for people in Muong area.
"For households that are still having difficulty with land, the local government will mobilize relatives and clans to donate land. In the remaining cases, the government will allocate land in the planning to arrange and stabilize people's lives. Hopefully, everything will be fine for the people of Muong area in the near future," Mr. Sam expressed.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/bao-gio-oc-dao-muong-het-kho-khan-1740727282216.htm
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