On November 23, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 28/2023/QD-TTg amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 12/2018/QD-TTg dated March 6, 2018 of the Prime Minister on criteria for selecting and recognizing Prestigious People and policies for Prestigious People among ethnic minorities. Among the policies for Prestigious People, there is a policy on providing information.
Clause 3, Article 1 of Decision No. 28/2023/QD-TTg stipulates that a Prestigious Person is granted (without charge) "a newspaper publication of the State management agency operating in the field of ethnic groups and ethnic affairs (1 sheet/person/period/month), ensuring conditions on the principles and purposes of information and propaganda activities on ethnic affairs and ethnic policies, and having the capacity and experience in publishing and distributing newspapers for a Prestigious Person".
Since 2011, in order to promptly encourage, motivate and create conditions for prestigious people among ethnic minorities to fully promote their important positions and roles, the Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 18/2011/QD-TTg dated March 18, 2011, amended and supplemented by Decision No. 56/2013/QD-TTg dated October 7, 2013 and replaced by Decision No. 12/2018/QD-TTg dated March 6, 2018 to implement policies for prestigious people among ethnic minorities.
In order to promptly meet the needs of beneficiaries of the policy on providing information to Prestigious People according to regulations, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper has actively and proactively coordinated with localities to agree on the method and sequence of implementation. Most recently, on March 11, 2024, the Newspaper worked with the Ethnic Committee of Bac Kan province and the Ethnic Committee of Cao Bang province on the publication of "Ethnic and Development Newspaper at the End of the Month" for Prestigious People among ethnic minorities in the two provinces.
At the working sessions, representatives of the Ethnic Committees of the two provinces agreed that, based on Decision No. 28/2023/QD-TTg and guiding documents of the Ethnic Committee, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper is the only central-level newspaper that can meet the requirements for granting prestigious titles to ethnic minorities.
After nearly 22 years (2002 - 2024) of accompanying ethnic minorities, with the attention and close direction of the leaders of the Ethnic Committee, the close coordination of ministries and branches, especially the Ethnic Committees of localities, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper has become an official, useful, reliable and widely spread information channel, contributing to the achievements of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
In particular, since 2011, implementing Decision No. 18/QD-TTg dated March 18, 2011 of the Prime Minister on implementing policies for Prestigious People among ethnic minorities, up to now, Ethnic and Development Newspaper is the only central newspaper performing the task of publishing and distributing newspapers for Prestigious People through subscriptions of local Ethnic Committees.
With constant efforts to improve the quality of content and form, serving readers better and better, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper has been welcomed and highly appreciated by the Prestigious People team, considering it an important information channel, effectively supporting the Prestigious People team in the process of propagating and mobilizing the people in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and border areas.
In a meeting with the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, Ms. Trieu Thi Thu Phuong - Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Bac Kan province said that the province currently has more than 1,300 prestigious people in ethnic minority areas. In order to fully and effectively implement the policy of providing information to prestigious people in the province, from the beginning of 2024, the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee has proactively developed and deployed a plan to implement Decision No. 28/2023/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.
“Based on current regulations, the Provincial Ethnic Committee finds that the Ethnic and Development Newspaper is the only central-level newspaper that can meet the requirements for granting the title of Prestigious Person. However, the implementation method needs to be discussed and agreed upon to ensure compliance with legal regulations,” Ms. Phuong affirmed.
This is also the opinion of Mr. Be Van Hung - Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Cao Bang province. During the working sessions with the Ethnic Minorities and Development Newspaper, representatives of the Ethnic Minorities Committees of the two provinces also raised many opinions and discussed the necessity of soon implementing the issuance of notices to prestigious people; reviewing legal regulations to propose appropriate implementation methods, submitting them to competent authorities for approval and implementation as soon as possible.
At the working sessions, Editor-in-Chief of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper Le Cong Binh affirmed that, with the determination to comprehensively and thoroughly innovate to meet the requirements of ethnic work in the new period, the publications of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper in general, and the Ethnic and Development Newspaper at the End of the Month in particular, will continue to be a reliable companion of readers across the country, especially readers who are prestigious people among ethnic minorities.
Ethnic and Development Newspaper at the End of the Month (published once a month) - a publication expected to be issued to prestigious people with improved content and format, meeting the information needs of readers. The information content is diverse and rich, conveyed in 60 pages of each issue, printed in 4 colors on high-quality paper.
After the working session of the Ethnic Minority and Development Newspaper with the Ethnic Minority Committees of the localities, the unification of the implementation method, ensuring compliance with legal regulations on the distribution of newspapers to prestigious people will soon be implemented. Readers and prestigious people in ethnic minorities will soon receive the publication "Ethnic Minority and Development Newspaper at the End of the Month", scheduled to be released at the end of this March.
Previously, on March 6-7, 2024, the Ethnic and Development Newspaper had meetings with the Ethnic Committees of two provinces: Nghe An and Thanh Hoa on the issuance of the publication "Ethnic and Development Newspaper at the End of the Month" for Prestigious People. At the meetings, representatives of the Ethnic Committees of the two provinces all stated that the Ethnic and Development Newspaper is the only central-level newspaper that meets the requirements for granting titles to Prestigious People among ethnic minorities. The proactive coordination of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper with localities to unify the implementation method and ensure compliance with legal regulations will help the policy of providing information to Prestigious People among ethnic minorities to be implemented soon.
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