On the afternoon of January 7, 2025, the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Cao Bang province held a conference to review ethnic work and ethnic policies in 2024, and deploy key directions and tasks for 2025. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Van Thach attended and directed the conference; in addition, representatives of a number of departments and local leaders attended. The police of Thach Thanh mountainous district, Thanh Hoa province, have just arrested 4 subjects illegally buying and selling thousands of bank accounts, aiming to illegally earn hundreds of millions of dong. On the occasion of the New Year 2025, preparing to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year of the At Ty ethnic group, on the afternoon of January 7, General Secretary To Lam and the Central Working Group visited and wished the Party Committee, government and people of Hung Yen province a happy New Year. Lak Lake is considered a precious gem, an attractive tourist destination of the Central Highlands. The cool water of Lak Lake not only creates favorable conditions for growing rice, but also produces extremely rich aquatic resources. This place has also become a cultural land typical of the land of elephants, the profession of fishing by dugout canoe is associated with unique rituals. The cultural life and spiritual beliefs of the Cham Hroi community (a branch of the Cham ethnic group) in Van Canh district, Binh Dinh province have their own characteristics with diverse and rich folk songs, folk dances, folk music, traditional festivals such as: Rain praying ceremony, Sun - Moon festival, Head pouring ceremony, New Year festival, Village god worship ceremony... In addition to crops that have been put into production by people for a long time such as custard apple, grapefruit... in recent years, some communes in Chi Lang district, Lang Son province have developed a model of growing tangerine trees and initially brought high efficiency. From a place with many difficulties, the villages and hamlets of ethnic minorities in Kon Tum province are changing day by day, the lives of ethnic minorities are increasingly improving. These results are thanks to the drastic participation of the entire political system in implementing Directive No. 12-CT/TU, dated February 18, 2022 of the Standing Committee of Kon Tum Provincial Party Committee on "Strengthening the leadership of Party committees at all levels in building new rural villages (NTM) in ethnic minority areas in the province" (Directive No. 12). It is not known when the craft of weaving bamboo mats in Hamlet 4, Long Tri A Commune, Long My Town, Hau Giang Province began. We only know that it has been passed down for many generations from grandfather to father, father to son, and then to grandson, and has lasted until now. On the journey to find the ancient beauty of the Mekong Delta, we had the opportunity to come here to rewrite the story of a famous craft village for a hundred years. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. This afternoon's news on January 7, 2025, has the following notable information: The art of lion, lion, and dragon becomes a national intangible cultural heritage. Going to the highland market. The person who preserves the soul of San Diu ethnic culture. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. "The national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2030 (called National Target Program 1719) must continue to thoroughly resolve the most fundamental and difficult problems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas". Tran Phu fishing village is located right in the center of Phu Quoc city (Kien Giang province). Although it is a “fishing village in the city”, this place still retains its simple, unique beauty with charming blue beaches and simple, rustic people attached to the fishing profession. With its sweet, soft, spongy flavor, blooming like yellow apricot flowers calling for spring… thuan cake has become a traditional specialty used during the traditional Tet holiday in Pleiku City (Gia Lai). Nowadays, making banh thuan not only serves Tet but also preserves the ancient culture through many generations of people in the mountain town. The police of Thach Thanh mountainous district, Thanh Hoa province, have just arrested 4 subjects illegally buying and selling thousands of bank accounts, aiming to illegally earn hundreds of millions of dong. Implementing the plan to visit, give gifts and wish Tet to localities in ethnic minority areas on the occasion of the Lunar New Year At Ty 2025 of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities (UBDT), on January 6-7, 2025, Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the UBDT Y Vinh Tor led the working delegation of the UBDT to visit and wish Tet to prestigious people, poor households of ethnic minorities and local Party committees and authorities in the two provinces of Lang Son and Bac Giang.
Cao Bang province has 43 extremely disadvantaged villages; 4 communes, wards and towns in region II have 15 extremely disadvantaged villages; 124 communes in region III have 938 extremely disadvantaged villages; there are 7 border districts, 40 border communes and towns; there are 7 districts among the 74 poorest districts in the country.
According to the report at the Conference, the province has currently invested in building 169 infrastructure works, maintaining and repairing 84 works; implementing over 200 projects to support community production development; supporting housing construction for 2,608 poor and near-poor households.... The poverty rate in districts has decreased by 5% or more, the poverty rate of ethnic minority households has decreased by 4% or more, with 5,150 households escaping poverty, bringing the poverty rate from 24.71% at the beginning of the year to 20.71% by the end of 2024. Accordingly, vocational training has been provided for more than 6,000 people; the rate of trained workers is 50.9%, of which the rate of trained workers is 38.8%. Job introduction with more than 3,738 attendees. Job counseling for 14,460 workers; Number of workers introduced to jobs and supplied through the Center: 668 people; introduced to domestic jobs: 637 people; introduced to foreign jobs: 31 people. The Center exploits and provides labor market information to 231 enterprises and organizations.
Implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2025 period (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719), the total central budget capital allocated in the year is 2,240,116 million VND. By December 31, 2024, the province's investment capital disbursement was 1,349,142/2,240,116 million VND, reaching 60.2% of the plan (In which: investment capital: 789,324/864,270 million VND, reaching 91.3% of the plan; career capital: 559,818/1,375,846 million VND, reaching 40.7% of the plan), ranking among the 10 provinces with the highest disbursement rate in the country.
Performing the assigned functions and tasks, in 2024, the Cao Bang Provincial Ethnic Committee effectively implemented the assigned Contents, Sub-projects, and Projects under the National Target Program 1719. Organized 10 training courses to foster ethnic knowledge for 624 delegates; 217 training courses to improve capacity for the community and program implementation officers at all levels for 12,622 people. Organized 3 working delegations for 176 prestigious delegates (NCUT) to meet with leaders of the Ethnic Committee and study experiences outside the province; 12 training courses for 611 NCUT; welcomed 3 delegations of 156 NCUT delegates from 2 districts: Ha Quang, Bao Lam to work with the Provincial Ethnic Committee; provided 292,400 newspapers of all kinds to NCUT, with a budget of 1,051.178 million VND.
Districts and cities organized 5 conferences to provide information for 519 NCUTs to participate; organized 7 delegations for 316 delegates to study experiences in the province; gave Tet gifts to 473 NCUTs, worth 236.5 million VND; and rewarded 60 NCUTs.
Direct the People's Committees of districts and cities to promote propaganda and dissemination of laws on gender equality in various forms suitable to the language, culture, and customs of each locality; promote the construction of pilot models to reduce the situation of early marriage and incestuous marriage.
In particular, in 2024, the Cao Bang Provincial Ethnic Committee guided and successfully organized the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities at the district and provincial levels in 2024. At the Congress, the Chairman of the District and City People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to 119 collectives and 213 individuals; the Head of the Ethnic Committee awarded certificates of merit to 10 collectives and 44 individuals; the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to 8 collectives and 24 individuals; the Ethnic Committee awarded certificates of merit to 1 collective and 5 individuals; and proposed that the Prime Minister award certificates of merit to 2 collectives and 2 individuals.
In addition, the Cao Bang Provincial Ethnic Committee also effectively implemented investment policies and the use of aid resources; investment and sustainable development policies (policies on lending capital to poor ethnic minority households); investment programs for the construction of irrigation works; policies on dissemination, legal education and legal aid, etc.
At the Conference, delegates heard many presentations and opinions from representatives of sectors and localities proposing solutions to implement ethnic work and ethnic policies in the coming time.
Speaking on the orientation of tasks in 2025, Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee Be Van Hung shared: In addition to the achieved results, the implementation of ethnic work and ethnic policies in the province still has shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome. Continue to deploy and urge the implementation of ethnic programs and policies such as: Decision No. 1719/QD-TTg, Decision No. 12/2018/QD-TTg, Decision No. 498/QD-TTg, Decision 1898/QD-TTg, Decision 414/QD-TTg, Project on developing education for ethnic students. Regularly follow the goals, targets, and socio-economic development plans and tasks in 2025 to promptly lead, direct and ensure effective implementation of the goals of ethnic programs and policies. Direct sectors and levels to grasp the situation in ethnic minority areas in the province; Timely advise and propose to Party committees and authorities at all levels to manage and direct in close accordance with reality and with the highest efficiency. Strengthen propaganda and mobilization work to mobilize ethnic minorities to strive to escape poverty, avoid the mentality of waiting and relying on the State and the community; build and promote the national cultural identity to be advanced, civilized, and humane...
Speaking at the Conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Van Thach commended, acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of ethnic minority agencies at all levels, departments, branches and People's Committees of districts and cities in implementing ethnic affairs and ethnic policies. He proposed that in the coming time, ethnic minority agencies at all levels, departments and branches of the province continue to strengthen their grasp of the situation in ethnic minority areas in all areas of life, economy, culture and society; the situation of natural disasters, epidemics, early marriage and consanguineous marriage, hot spots of security, order and social safety, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year...; grasp the thoughts and aspirations of ethnic minorities; on that basis, actively and proactively advise the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee on appropriate solutions, ensuring a stable life for the people.
Pay attention to implementing policies for ethnic minority people in ethnic minority areas, thereby doing a good job of propaganda and mobilizing people to understand the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, contributing to strengthening people's trust, promoting the strength of great solidarity among ethnic groups; promptly reviewing, supplementing and replacing ethnic minority people in ethnic minority areas according to regulations. Continue to advise on the good implementation of ethnic policies according to the decisions of the Central Government and the province; do a good job of coordination with sectors and between localities in implementing ethnic affairs and ethnic policies...
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