Economic Development Program

According to the plan of the Provincial People's Committee, in 2023, Binh Thuan will implement 10 important projects to implement the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development (SEDP) of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas (hereinafter referred to as the Program). One of the important goals is to continue investing in the synchronous construction of infrastructure systems to serve the socio-economic development of ethnic minority areas...

Narrowing the gap in living standards and income

In Binh Thuan province, there are currently 34 ethnic minority groups, with over 104,000 people, accounting for more than 8% of the province's population. According to the assessment of the Provincial People's Committee, in recent years, thanks to the attention and investment of all levels, sectors and localities, production in ethnic minority areas has developed quite well and productivity has increased.

*Hybrid corn growing model in ethnic minority areas in Ham Thuan Bac.*

Every year, the province has allocated a significant amount of budget capital to resolve land for production, contract management, forest protection, and infrastructure investment. Programs, projects, and policies for ethnic minority areas have made an important contribution to the implementation of the national target program and have been implemented quite well. Since then, the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities in the province has been constantly improved. However, the current reality in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of the province still faces many difficulties, requiring continued attention, investment, and support.

*Organize to bring Vietnamese goods to the highlands.*

Accordingly, in the implementation plan of the Provincial People's Committee on July 20, 2023, the goal was emphasized to exploit and improve the efficiency of agricultural land use, linking production and cultivation with gradually narrowing the gap in living standards, income, and sustainable poverty reduction. Comprehensively develop education, training, health care, and culture; preserve and promote the fine cultural identities of ethnic minorities, invest in cultural equipment, improve the material and spiritual life of the people. Implement gender equality and solve urgent problems for women and children, contributing to improving the material and spiritual life of the people; gradually narrowing the gap in living standards and income of ethnic minorities compared to the national average.

In particular, in 2023, the province will implement 10 important projects related to socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Project 1 is to solve the shortage of residential land, housing, production land, and domestic water. Including support for residential land, housing, production land, job conversion, and domestic water. Project 2 is to plan, arrange, and stabilize residents in necessary places. Especially, to invest in projects to stabilize residents in Ham Thuan Bac and Tanh Linh districts. Project 3 is to develop sustainable agricultural and forestry production, promote the potential and strengths of regions to produce goods according to the value chain. This project includes 2 sub-projects: developing sustainable agricultural and forestry economy associated with forest protection and increasing people's income. At the same time, support the development of production according to the value chain, promote business start-ups and attract investment in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Focus on supporting the development of production according to the value chain; support seeds, agricultural materials... for ethnic minority households producing according to the value chain; implement a model of supporting cows for breeding for ethnic minority households...

*Ethnic minorities in Phan Dung commune (Tuy Phong).*

Improve spiritual life

In addition to economic development, the Program also focuses on investing in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority and mountainous areas and public service units in the ethnic sector (Project 4). Including investing in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Project 5 on education and training development to improve the quality of human resources. In this project, the province will focus on innovating activities; consolidating and developing ethnic secondary schools and eliminating illiteracy for people in ethnic minority areas; fostering ethnic knowledge...

*Festival of ethnic minorities in Ham Thuan Bac.*

In addition, project 6 on preserving and promoting the good traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development. The province will implement contents such as preserving traditional festivals in localities, exploiting and developing products for tourism development. Organizing training courses, fostering expertise, professionalism, and teaching intangible culture. Supporting research, restoration, preservation, and promotion of intangible cultural values of ethnic minorities at risk of fading. Building traditional cultural models of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas...

*Representatives of the Provincial People's Council and departments congratulated the New Year of the Rice Harvest in Phan Lam commune, Bac Binh district in 2022.*

In parallel, projects on public health care, improving the physical condition and stature of ethnic minorities; preventing child malnutrition. Implementing gender equality and solving urgent problems for women and children. Carrying out propaganda and mobilizing to change "thinking and doing" to contribute to eliminating prejudices and gender stereotypes in families and communities, harmful cultural practices and some urgent social issues for women and children... In parallel, investing in the development of ethnic minorities with very few people and ethnic groups facing many difficulties.

In particular, reducing the situation of early marriage and consanguineous marriage in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Along with that is communication, propaganda, and mobilization in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Inspecting, supervising and evaluating the organization and implementation of the Program. Including the contents of praising and honoring advanced models, promoting the role of prestigious people; disseminating and educating the law and propagating and mobilizing people... Applying information technology to support socio-economic development and ensuring security and order... One of the important goals set is to improve the material and spiritual life of people in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the coming time.

To implement this Program, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Provincial Ethnic Committee to preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and localities to advise, urge, guide the implementation and accelerate the disbursement of capital to implement projects, sub-projects and components of the Program.

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