Today (December 16), in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front organized a meeting to grasp the thoughts and aspirations of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in the Central Highlands provinces in 2024.
The conference was attended by representatives of ethnic groups from 5 provinces in the Central Highlands region: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong.
Strengthening the trust of ethnic minorities in the Party and State
Located in the center of the Southern Indochina mountains, the Central Highlands holds a particularly important strategic position in terms of national defense and security. The entire region has a total natural area of 54,474 km2 (accounting for 16.8% of the country's area) with a population of about 6 million people (accounting for about 6% of the country). This is an area with 54 ethnic groups, ethnic minorities account for 36.52%, of which the local ethnic minorities from the Central Highlands account for about 25% including Ba Na, Gia Rai, Ede, Co Ho, Ma, Xo Dang, Mo Nong; other ethnic minorities account for over 10% (the largest are ethnic minorities from the northern provinces, such as Tay, Nung, Mong, Thai, Muong, Dao... migrating to live in concentrated communities).
According to Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Hoang Cong Thuy, in 2024, the general situation in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of the Central Highlands provinces will be basically stable: political security, social order and safety will be ensured, no serious incidents will occur; cadres, soldiers, and people in ethnic minority and mountainous areas will be excited and confident in the leadership of the Party and State; programs and projects for ethnic minority and mountainous areas will be effective; social security programs to help the poor, people facing difficulties and risks in life will be focused on; ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands will actively carry out campaigns and patriotic emulation movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, promoting the spirit of solidarity, mutual love, self-reliance, economic development, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and disease prevention and control.
The Fatherland Front system and member organizations at all levels in the region have actively and proactively coordinated the implementation of ethnic work, grasped the situation of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, forecasted complicated problems that may arise from the grassroots, and from there advised the Party Committee on leadership and direction solutions to ensure social stability, maintain security and national defense. In many places, the Fatherland Front has creatively and flexibly innovated forms of mobilization, gathered the masses, and firmly consolidated the trust of ethnic minorities in the Party and the State. Social supervision and criticism activities have been improved in both quality and quantity. Relief, social, humanitarian, charitable activities, and implementation of grassroots democracy regulations have been given special attention by the Fatherland Front system at all levels.
However, due to limited transport and communication infrastructure in some remote, isolated and border areas; ethnic minorities live scattered, so the propaganda and dissemination of the Party's policies and the State's laws have not achieved the desired results. The security and order situation in some places is still complicated. The prices of some essential goods have increased, diseases in humans and livestock have broken out, the climate has changed erratically, agricultural products are difficult to sell, etc., which have negatively affected the lives of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas.
Resolutely put an end to deforestation and destruction of the ecological environment.
According to Vice Chairman Hoang Cong Thuy, in preparation for this meaningful conference, many wishes and recommendations of ethnic minorities have been sent to the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee. Ethnic minorities requested that ministries and branches at the central level speed up the implementation of the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution 23 of the Politburo on the direction of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the Central Highlands region until 2030, with a vision to 2045; Decision No. 104 dated December 8, 2023 of the Prime Minister on promulgating the Project on socio-economic development associated with protecting national defense and security in the Central Highlands region; The national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, in coordination with other programs and policies in the area such as: National target program for sustainable poverty reduction and National target program for new rural construction, associated with restructuring the agricultural sector, adapting to climate change and protecting the environment sustainably, considering this as one of the breakthrough solutions for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of the Central Highlands in general.
Ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands also hope that state agencies and organizations need to step up propaganda, mobilization and strict handling of forest encroachment, resolutely put an end to deforestation and ecological environment destruction. Restore some good customs and "culture" of behavior towards forests of ethnic minorities; study and listen to the thoughts and aspirations of ethnic minorities regarding forest management and protection; and reasonably resolve issues arising from practice.
In particular, ethnic minorities wish that local authorities should do a better job of stabilizing nomadic and spontaneous migration; synchronously and promptly implement planning, compensation, support, migration and resettlement at hydropower projects in the area, ensuring that people's lives in new places are better than in the old places. Effectively implement housing support programs, planning for flood and landslide areas in the direction of safety, stability and sustainable development.
In addition, ethnic minorities suggested that local authorities in the region need to do a better job of management to ensure basic social services for people in terms of access to health care, education, information, and job opportunities for ethnic minority workers. Implement well the work of population management, household registration, birth certificates, etc. Focus on synchronous development of education, training, and health sectors to improve the quality of human resources for the Central Highlands, eliminating the situation of "human resource shortage".
The People's Committees of the Central Highlands provinces need to continue to effectively implement support policies for start-ups, product consumption, market access, and job creation for ethnic minorities; Continue to focus on directing and improving the quality of the grassroots political system, maintaining national defense and security in the Central Highlands region. Continuously consolidate the core force of mass organizations, enhance the development of party members, including ethnic minority party members in key areas and particularly difficult areas; promote the role of village elders, village chiefs, clan chiefs, and prestigious people; Complete and improve the quality of grassroots cadres, especially ethnic minority cadres; Well implement the grassroots democracy regulations; focus on building conventions, village covenants and organizing self-management movements on security and order; promote the effectiveness of self-management models in the community...
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