Investing in essential infrastructure in ethnic minority and mountainous areas

Việt NamViệt Nam22/08/2024


Investing in essential infrastructure is one of the important contents to implement the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2030; Phase I: From 2021 - 2025 (National Target Program 1719). Accordingly, Thai Nguyen province has focused on directing and implementing to ensure progress, so it has been effective, thanks to which the quality of life of ethnic minorities has been increasingly improved.

Thai Nguyen: Investing in essential infrastructure for ethnic minority and mountainous areas

People in Ban Ten hamlet develop their economy from ginseng. Ban Ten hamlet (Van Lang commune, Dong Hy district) has more than 140 Mong households living, with countless difficulties. Previously, when mentioning Ban Ten, people immediately thought of a hamlet with "many nothings": No electricity, no roads... people's lives were almost isolated from the outside.

However, in just the past few years, thanks to the attention of the State and local authorities, Ban Ten hamlet has had many positive changes. Ban Ten hamlet now has a road from the foot of the mountain to the hamlet center. Children in the hamlet study in a spacious school, people have electricity and clean water for daily activities.

With the capital from the National Target Program 1719 and the balance of the provincial and district budgets and other legal capital sources, Dong Hy district has implemented the construction of the Ban Ten hamlet concrete road with a total investment of nearly 12 billion VND. This is a type B rural traffic project; the total length of the road is 2.3 km, the roadbed width is 5 m, the road surface is 3.5 m wide, with a horizontal drainage system of box culverts, round culverts, plate culverts and a traffic safety system according to technical standards.

Mr. Ngo Van Chinh, Head of Ban Ten Hamlet, excitedly shared: “For many years, the road was difficult to travel on, it was impassable in the rain, and because of that, the villagers had difficulty doing business. Now that there is a new road, we are very happy, our children and grandchildren can go to school with more peace of mind, no longer worried like before. In particular, the villagers no longer have to worry about transporting goods for consumption...”.

Thai Nguyen: Investing in essential infrastructure for ethnic minority and mountainous areas

People of La Khoan hamlet, Phuong Giao commune participate in making concrete roads.

These days, along with Van Lang commune, many ethnic minority communes in Thai Nguyen province are also actively implementing the construction of transport infrastructure works according to the National Target Program 1719. Thanks to that, there have been more solid bridges across streams, many inter-village, inter-commune and intra-field concrete roads have been renovated, upgraded and repaired. This is truly the "key", the driving force for development, improving people's lives.

For example, in the mountainous district of Vo Nhai, implementing the National Target Program 1719, the district has been implementing 40 projects. In which, the focus is on investing in building rural roads, irrigation canals, communal markets, medical stations, schools, cultural houses, and sports fields. Or Dinh Hoa district has also implemented 37 essential infrastructure projects to serve the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas...

It is known that in 2024, Thai Nguyen province has allocated over 600 billion VND from capital sources to implement the National Target Program 1719. In particular, the province strives to reduce the poverty rate by 2%; reduce 2 extremely disadvantaged communes in this area and 100% of villages and hamlets in the province have asphalt or concrete roads to the center; 100% of schools, classrooms and medical stations are solidly built...

Thai Nguyen: Investing in essential infrastructure for ethnic minority and mountainous areas

Thanks to the State's investment, people in Cao Bien hamlet have access to clean water.

Ban Ten Hamlet (Van Lang Commune, Dong Hy District) has more than 140 Mong households living, with countless difficulties. Previously, when mentioning Ban Ten, people immediately thought of a hamlet with "many nothings": No electricity, no roads... the people's lives were almost isolated from the outside.

However, in just the past few years, thanks to the attention of the State and local authorities, Ban Ten hamlet has had many positive changes. Ban Ten hamlet now has a road from the foot of the mountain to the hamlet center. Children in the hamlet study in a spacious school, people have electricity and clean water for daily activities.

With the capital from the National Target Program 1719 and the balance of the provincial and district budgets and other legal capital sources, Dong Hy district has implemented the construction of the Ban Ten hamlet concrete road with a total investment of nearly 12 billion VND. This is a type B rural traffic project; the total length of the road is 2.3 km, the roadbed width is 5 m, the road surface is 3.5 m wide, with a horizontal drainage system of box culverts, round culverts, plate culverts and a traffic safety system according to technical standards.

Mr. Ngo Van Chinh, Head of Ban Ten Hamlet, excitedly shared: “For many years, the road was difficult to travel on, it was impassable in the rain, and because of that, the villagers had difficulty doing business. Now that there is a new road, we are very happy, our children and grandchildren can go to school with more peace of mind, no longer worried like before. In particular, the villagers no longer have to worry about transporting goods for consumption...”.

These days, along with Van Lang commune, many ethnic minority communes in Thai Nguyen province are also actively implementing the construction of transport infrastructure works according to the National Target Program 1719. Thanks to that, there have been more solid bridges across streams, many inter-village, inter-commune and intra-field concrete roads have been renovated, upgraded and repaired. This is truly the "key", the driving force for development, improving people's lives.

For example, in the mountainous district of Vo Nhai, implementing the National Target Program 1719, the district has been implementing 40 projects. In which, the focus is on investing in building rural roads, irrigation canals, communal markets, medical stations, schools, cultural houses, and sports fields. Or Dinh Hoa district has also implemented 37 essential infrastructure projects to serve the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas...

It is known that in 2024, Thai Nguyen province has allocated over 600 billion VND from capital sources to implement the National Target Program 1719. In particular, the province strives to reduce the poverty rate by 2%; reduce 2 extremely disadvantaged communes in this area and 100% of villages and hamlets in the province have asphalt or concrete roads to the center; 100% of schools, classrooms and medical stations are solidly built...

Accordingly, Thai Nguyen province has focused on implementing essential infrastructure investment projects to serve production and life in ethnic minority areas with 65 rural traffic works serving production, business and people's lives, 5 community centers, 8 schools, 15 small irrigation works renovated and newly built. In addition, 56 infrastructure works in extremely difficult areas have been maintained and repaired and 1 work has been built to serve the study and life of teachers and students.

Mr. Phan Duc Cuong, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Thai Nguyen province, said that the completed projects have all been effective. Currently, dozens of projects are continuing to be invested in and newly built, contributing to changing the appearance and improving the material and spiritual life of people in disadvantaged areas. To achieve these results, the province has mobilized all support resources in combination with promoting local strengths and effectively implementing programs and policies, focusing on solving urgent needs of the people, building essential infrastructure to serve the people in socio-economic development in especially difficult communes and villages.

“In the coming time, Thai Nguyen will continue to increase investment in State resources and economic sectors to build a synchronous socio-economic infrastructure system with the goal of changing the face and improving the lives of people in mountainous, highland and ethnic minority areas,” Mr. Phan Duc Cuong added.

According to Van Khanh/baodantoc.vn



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