Dak To (Kon Tum): Effective implementation of poverty reduction work

With the determination and efforts of the entire political system, the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Dak To district (Kon Tum) has been effective, helping poor and near-poor households to rise up, improve their lives and income, contributing to ensuring social security and promoting the socio-economic development of the district. On November 22, in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city, the People's Committee of Ninh Thuan province solemnly organized the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in 2024 with the theme: "Ethnic groups in Ninh Thuan province unite, innovate, promote advantages, potentials, integrate and develop sustainably". Attending were Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Nong Thi Ha; Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Pham Van Hau; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Trinh Minh Hoang, leaders of departments, branches, districts, cities and 250 delegates representing nearly 170,000 ethnic minorities in Ninh Thuan province. This morning, November 22, 2024, the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Dong Nai province - 2024 officially took place solemnly at the Conference and Event Center of Dong Nai province. The Congress was honored to welcome Mr. Hau A Lenh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee to attend and direct the Congress. On November 21 and 22, the Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak province to organize a training course on implementing the model of connecting intangible cultural heritage "Central Highlands Gong Cultural Space" in the Buon Ma Thuot - Dak Lak heritage tourism journey. On the morning of November 22, the Organizing Committee of the 120th Anniversary of Dak Lak Province held the opening ceremony of the Exhibition "Dak Lak Province's socio-economic achievements to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the province's founding; 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army; 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day". Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Ha attended. Information from the City's Ethnic Committee. Ho Chi Minh said, the Congress of Ethnic Minorities in the City. The 4th Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union Congress - 2024 (Congress) is scheduled to take place on December 5 and 6. On December 22, Kon Tum Provincial Youth Union held a ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign for the period 2000 - 2024. With many innovations and effective methods, through the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign each year, Kon Tum youth have promoted the value of many youth volunteer movements, contributing greatly to the overall development of the whole province. This is the content emphasized by Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi - Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association at the Conference "High-quality journalism in the context of digital transformation to meet the new requirements of the Charter of the National Press Awards and propaganda of sustainable development tasks" in the Northern region, taking place on the morning of November 22 in Hanoi, organized by the Vietnam Journalists Association. The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on November 21, has notable information After: Art night "Together to protect the country". Peace in the highlands of Ky Thuong. Tay teacher of a highland village. With the determination and efforts of the entire political system, the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Dak To District (Kon Tum) has been effective, helping poor and near-poor households to rise up, improve their lives and income, contributing to ensuring social security and promoting socio-economic development of the district. On the morning of November 22, continuing the program of the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall to listen to the Reports and Examination Reports on the draft Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended). In recent years, the movement of donating land for road construction and public works in 7 mountainous communes of Ba Vi District has been increasingly expanded. On November 22, the Coast Guard Region 1 Command coordinated with the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee and the Ha Long City Party Committee to organize the program "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen" to promote and introduce the Coast Guard, the situation of Vietnam's seas and islands, and the situation of the East Sea. A Xan Military and Civilian Medical Clinic, Tay Giang District, Quang Nam Province has just provided timely emergency care to 8 people suspected of poisoning due to eating wild mushrooms and 1 person who committed suicide by using poison ivy.

Focus on supporting livelihoods for poor households

In order to create conditions for poor and near-poor households to receive livelihood support and access to basic services, from the capital of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, Dak To district has focused on directing departments, branches and communes and towns to select subjects and support content suitable to the local characteristics. In particular, the district has approved 18 projects to support the development of value chain-linked production (planting macadamia and rubber trees) for 448 poor and near-poor households to participate, with a support budget of more than 6 billion VND.

Mr. A Xoang (left) in Block 1, Dak To town, Dak To district is excited to receive support of 600 rubber seedlings.

Mr. A Xoang (Xo Dang ethnic group) - Block 1, Dak To town, Dak To district shared: The family is a poor household so they cannot afford to buy seedlings. 1 hectare of land is mainly used to grow cassava, the yield is not high so the annual income is about 30 million. In 2024, the family was supported by the district with 600 rubber seedlings to plant. After more than 3 months, the trees are growing very well. The family will try to take care of them so that they can have a stable income in the future and soon escape poverty.

With the locality's strengths in agricultural development, in the process of implementing production support, Dak To district has focused on projects to support breeding cows. From 2021 to present, the district has approved 27 projects to raise breeding cows in the community for 165 poor and near-poor households, with an implementation cost of more than 4 billion VND... The projects to support breeding cows are suitable for the production capacity of the people, so they have been effective. In particular, along with support for breeding cows, people are also guided by district and commune officials on raising cows with barns and care techniques, so all supported cows have developed well.

Mr. A Giang (Xo Dang ethnic group) - Mang Ruong village, Van Lem commune, Dak To district, who was supported with a pair of breeding cows from the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, happily said: In 2023, along with the support for cows, the family also received technical guidance from officials on care and materials for building barns for raising them. Up to now, the pair of cows are growing well and are about to have another calf. Everyone in the family is happy and will take good care of them to have a stable income from raising cows.

Dak To district officials instruct people on how to care for macadamia trees

Along with the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the People's Committee of Dak To district directed the communes to focus on effectively implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas, period 2021 - 2030, phase I: From 2021 - 2025 (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719), the district has reviewed and supported residential land, housing, production land, conversion of occupations, and dispersed domestic water for 140 households, with a total cost of more than 7 billion VND. More than 1,000 households have been supported in livelihood development, production development with 03 production linkage chains, implementing the planting of more than 201 hectares of macadamia trees, more than 30 hectares of turmeric, more than 48 hectares of scattered fruit trees; more than 167 people have created new jobs; 83 households have been supported in housing...

Ms. Pham Thi Hien, Head of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs of Dak To district, said: In addition to implementing livelihood support, Dak To district also focuses on improving the quality of rural labor resources in the district. In the period of 2021 - 2024 alone, the district organized enrollment and opened 38 vocational training classes for 1,267 workers (mainly workers in ethnic minority communes) from the budget of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and the National Target Program 1719. Thereby, helping workers to create jobs for themselves and participate in labor in cooperatives, small enterprises or general labor.

Improve people's lives

Along with supporting livelihoods, Dak To district also focuses on investing in essential infrastructure to serve production and life in ethnic minority areas; investing in installing loudspeaker systems to ensure improved poverty reduction results in terms of information... Up to now, 9/9 communes and towns have car roads to the commune center; 61/61 villages have asphalted and concreted rural roads; 100% of communes and towns are covered by radio and television, ensuring to serve the spiritual needs of the people.

100% of villages and hamlets in Dak To district have asphalted and concreted rural roads, creating favorable conditions for people to develop the economy.

Mr. A Kum - Party cell secretary and village head of Kon Tu Jop 1 village, Po Ko commune, Dak To district said: In recent years, the Party and the State have paid attention to investing in roads and schools, creating favorable conditions for ethnic minorities to develop their socio-economy. With convenient roads, trading agricultural products is no longer as difficult as before, prices are stable, and income is also higher. Currently, the village has 141 households, but only 22 are poor.

From projects and support models of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and other policies in infrastructure investment, implementing livelihood models, promoting propaganda and mobilization work, poor households in Dak To are empowered and have more motivation to escape poverty sustainably.

Mr. A Guih (Ba Na ethnic group) - Kon Tu Jop 1 Hamlet, Po Ko Commune, Dak To District shared: In 2020, his family was supported with 1,000 coffee seedlings and planted on an area of ​​1 hectare. Thanks to the technical guidance from the staff, the coffee has grown well, in 2022 the family has a stable income from coffee trees and has escaped poverty. Recently, the family planted 4 more coffee trees interspersed with macadamia trees. Hopefully, in the future, there will be more income for the family.

Mr. A Guih in Kon Tu Jop 1 village, Po Ko commune, Dak To district, escaped poverty thanks to income from coffee trees supported by the district.

Mr. Le Thanh Dung - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Po Ko commune, Dak To district said: Along with creating conditions for poor and near-poor households to access preferential loans, the People's Committee of the commune has promoted the implementation of the Campaign "to change the thinking and working style of ethnic minorities to help them escape poverty sustainably". Since then, people have eliminated backward production practices, switched to applying scientific and technological advances, bringing mechanization into production, knowing how to take short-term, raise long-term, intercrop production, increasing economic value per unit area.

With the drastic participation of the entire political system and consensus among the people, the poverty rate in Dak To district has decreased from 15.04% in 2021 to 6.73% in 2024.

Ms. Pham Thi Hien - Head of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs of Dak To district said: In the coming time, the district will continue to synchronously and effectively implement poverty reduction policies and programs, preferential policies to create conditions for the poor to borrow capital to develop production, increase income, and improve their lives. Integrate capital sources to support the poor in accessing basic social services, prioritizing services associated with multidimensional criteria such as health, education, housing, clean water, and environmental sanitation. Propaganda and mobilize people, especially poor and near-poor households, to take care of production, develop the economy, participate in linkage models in agricultural production, and be self-reliant to escape poverty, not relying on or waiting for support from the State.

Efforts to sustainably reduce poverty in mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa

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