In Ben Tre province, along with the Kinh ethnic group, there are 23 other ethnic groups living together. Among them, there are many poor households and households with meritorious people in difficult circumstances that need housing support. In 2024, Ben Tre province mobilized 100.5 billion VND to support the construction of 1,802 solid houses for households, including 250 households with meritorious people and 1,552 poor households. However, the number of households needing housing support is still very large. Lai Chau province currently has about 885 Prestigious People among ethnic minorities. In recent years, the team of Prestigious People among ethnic minorities in Lai Chau province has made many important contributions to the socio-economic development, preserving cultural identity... joining hands to build villages. Many prestigious people have become shining examples for the people to learn and follow. On March 19, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government's special meeting on law making in March 2025 to discuss and give opinions on 6 draft laws, proposing to build laws. The People's Committee of Tra Vinh province has just issued an official dispatch directing the celebration of the Khmer people's traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year in 2025. Accordingly, it is recommended that heads of agencies, units, enterprises, and schools have a plan to arrange for officers, soldiers, civil servants, public employees, workers, and Khmer students to have a 3-day holiday for the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year 2025 (April 14, 15, 16). Recently, the Ministry of Public Security issued Decision 1393/QD-BCA-V03 dated March 1, 2025 on resolving a number of issues related to administrative sanctions by the People's Public Security force when not organizing district-level Public Security. This land is not only famous for Don Ca Tai Tu and Bac Lieu Gong Tu but is also known as one of the localities with a long tradition of salt making. The vast salt fields are the main source of income for many households. To get the pure white salt grains, people have to work hard under the scorching sun, from the time the seawater is first brought into the fields until the first salt crystals are harvested. Within the framework of the 2025 Ban Flower Festival, the Vietnam Thai Cultural Exchange Group and the Son La Thai Culture Lovers Group jointly organized the Thai Cultural Exchange Program to celebrate the 2025 Ban Flower Festival in Son La City, at the Northwest Square, Son La City, for 2 days, March 13-14, with a series of unique and attractive cultural and artistic activities. Many people have failed when trying to conquer Da Bia Mountain (literally Thach Bi Son, located in Hoa Xuan Nam Commune, Dong Hoa Town, Phu Yen). The writer of this article was also one of them. One early spring, my group of "climbing" friends and I had the opportunity to "pay back" for our previous failure. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news on March 19th has the following notable information: Tam Dinh Red Cotton Flower Festival. Thien Mu Pagoda - "The first ancient temple" of the ancient capital. People with deep affection for Cao Lan culture. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In the face of the complicated developments of the measles epidemic, with the number of cases increasing very high, while vaccination is still limited, on March 19, the Ministry of Health recommended measures to prevent measles infection. Participating in the implementation of the information provision policy according to Decision 28/2023/QD-TTg amending Decision 12/2018/QD-TTg on criteria for selecting and recognizing Prestigious People and policies for Prestigious People in ethnic minorities, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper is one of the publications that has been trusted and welcomed by the team of Prestigious People. "To propagate and mobilize people, first of all, we must understand the policy correctly and fully. We must be the first to go first, take the lead so that people can see and follow", that is the confession of Prestigious Person Ho Xoi in Do - Ta Vong village, Trong Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district (Quang Binh) when talking to us. In order to preserve and promote the fine cultural identity of ethnic minorities, the functional sectors of Binh Dinh province have built models for building cultural life in ethnic minority areas. Typical examples are the gong culture model of the Ba Na people in Vinh Kim commune, Vinh Thanh district and the model of preserving and promoting folk songs, folk dances, and folk music for the Hre people in An Trung commune, An Lao district. Mo Muong is a folk performance activity expressed in rituals associated with the spiritual life of the Muong people. The space for organizing performance activities and mo words takes place in community life and each family organizes a ritual. Over time, the opportunity to practice and preserve the unique cultural values of Mo Muong is gradually narrowing, and solutions are needed to preserve and promote it soon.
According to the results of the review of the need for support to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in 2025 in the area recently approved by the People's Committee of Ben Tre province, the province has 2,101 households of meritorious people, poor households, near-poor households and households in difficult circumstances in need of support to build and repair houses in 2025, with a budget of 106.89 billion VND. The locality with the highest number of households in need of support to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the province is Ba Tri district with 405 houses; the lowest is Ben Tre city with 70 houses.
Identifying the work of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses as an important and urgent political task that needs to be implemented resolutely and synchronously, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ben Tre province has recently called for support in mobilizing resources to support the 2025 Program, with the message "Millions of loving hearts - Thousands of happy homes". Accordingly, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ben Tre province calls on businesses, agencies, organizations, collectives, individuals, and people from all walks of life inside and outside the province to join hands and contribute.
In early March 2025, in Thanh Phu district, the Steering Committee for the implementation of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in Ben Tre province held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of phase 1 of housing in Ben Tre province in 2025. Accordingly, in the first phase of this year, the entire Ben Tre province will build houses for 1,031 households of meritorious people, poor households, near-poor households and disadvantaged households, with a total cost of nearly 52 billion VND from the state budget and mobilized support from businesses and philanthropists.
In the immediate future, Ben Tre province will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to build houses for 7 households in Dai Dien commune, Thanh Phu district, including 6 households building new houses and receiving support of 60 million VND/household and 1 household repairing a house and receiving support of 30 million VND, this funding source is supported by the Southern Power Corporation.
At the same time, responding to the program, Ben Tre Provincial Youth Union has implemented a peak emulation movement "Youth join hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for people". The program will be implemented from March 2025 to the end of December 2025, aiming to mobilize maximum social resources and youth strength to support the construction and repair of houses for poor and disadvantaged households.
One of the important contributions of Ben Tre youth in this movement is the support of working days. Youth shock teams in communes, wards and towns are always ready to participate in transporting construction materials, clearing the ground and directly supporting the construction and repair of houses for households. Each team has at least 15 permanent members and youth, ensuring support of working days for households needing to build new or repair houses.
According to the Standing Committee of Ben Tre Provincial Youth Union, from now until October 2025, Youth Union organizations in the whole province will focus on mobilizing resources to support the construction of 30 new houses and repair 5 houses for disadvantaged families headed by young people. In addition, union members and young people will participate in supporting working days for 100% of temporary and dilapidated houses in the area. This not only contributes to improving the quality of life of people but also helps reduce the rate of multidimensional poverty, creating a premise for Ben Tre to develop a sustainable socio-economic situation...
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/ben-tre-phan-dau-huy-dong-107-ty-dong-tu-cac-nguon-luc-de-xoa-nha-tam-nha-dot-nat-trong-nam-2025-1742353570371.htm
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