Infrastructure investment for ethnic minority areas

  In the 2019-2024 period, the province has implemented 842 essential infrastructure projects, with a total investment of more than 118,100 billion VND, contributing to changing the face of rural areas and improving people's lives .

The old provincial road 31 connecting Doan Ket commune with Van Yen commune (Van Don district) through Khe Ngai village has been newly invested in construction to facilitate people's travel.

At the end of 2024, the old provincial road 31 connecting Doan Ket commune with Van Yen commune (Van Don district) through Khe Ngai village (Doan Ket commune) will be invested in new construction. With a wide road surface, asphalt and high-pressure lighting system, the road when put into use will bring much joy to the people of Khe Ngai village. Mr. Nguyen Duy Cong, Khe Ngai village, said: Previously, this road was degraded, making it difficult to travel, causing many inconveniences for people's trade and daily life. Thanks to the State's investment resources, the spacious and airy road has been completed. People travel more conveniently, and transporting goods is also easier.

Sharing the same joy as Mr. Cong, dozens of households in Lam Nghiep hamlet, Tan Oc 1 village, Dong Son commune (Ha Long city) were very excited when at the end of 2024, the spillway and Lam Nghiep - Khe Lan inter-hamlet road project with a total investment of more than 7 billion VND was put into use. Because the long-standing dream of a road that is not muddy and not cut off during the rainy and flood season has become a reality. After completing the project, it has helped people on both sides to travel more conveniently, no longer in the situation of "no one in or out" when the rain and flood come. Convenient traffic also makes it easier to transport agricultural products, opening up many opportunities for socio-economic development for people. Ms. Ninh Thi Sinh, Tan Oc 1 village, excitedly said: Before, traveling was very difficult, sometimes it rained and flooded for several days and people could not go to the other side to buy food. Now there is a concrete road and a spillway, people are very happy.

The spillway and the Lam Nghiep - Khe Lan inter-hamlet road in Dong Son commune (Ha Long city) have just been completed, helping people on both sides avoid being separated during floods.

As a locality with 67 communes and towns in ethnic minority, mountainous, border and island areas, Quang Ninh has embarked on implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period with the initiative and positivity of the entire political system.

The province has prioritized large resources from the state budget and mobilized all other resources to focus on investing in and developing strategic, synchronous and modern transport infrastructure; promoting the connection of dynamic regions with disadvantaged areas; linking with economic centers, urban centers, dynamic regions, economic zones and industrial parks to promote rapid and sustainable development. Many dynamic transport projects for rural, mountainous and border areas have been invested in such as: Inland waterway routes from Cai Rong port to the island communes of Ngoc Vung, Quan Lan and Ban Sen in Van Don district; the road connecting from provincial road 342 to National Highway 279 through the center of Son Duong commune, Ha Long city; the road from the district center to Quang Lam commune, Dam Ha district; the road connecting National Highway 18 through Quang Lam commune to San Cay Cooc village, Quang Son commune, Hai Ha district; upgrading the spillway system in Ba Che district, etc.

The road in Cai Gian village, Nam Son commune (Ba Che district) will be upgraded and renovated in 2024, bringing joy and excitement to the people. Photo: Le Nam.

Along with that, other essential infrastructure such as telecommunications, electricity, and water are increasingly consolidated and upgraded. Up to now, the rate of population covered by 4G mobile network has reached 100%. 100% of households have access to safe electricity; the rate of ethnic minority households using hygienic water has reached 100%. Education, health, and cultural infrastructure has received investment attention. In the period of 2021-2025, the province has invested in repairing and upgrading 24 schools at all levels ; supported localities to invest in new schools according to high-quality criteria; completed and put into use 3 large medical facilities and upgraded medical institutions at the provincial, district, and grassroots levels to better serve people's health care. 100% of ethnic minority villages and hamlets have cultural houses, meeting the cultural needs of the people.

Nguyen Ngoc

Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/dau-tu-ha-tang-cho-vung-dtts-3353977.html