In the past time, under the close leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Hoa Binh province and the coordination and facilitation of departments, branches, Party committees and authorities at all levels, along with the proactive and active advice on organizing the implementation of the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719) in a synchronous manner with key tasks, many positive signals have been received. Recently, the Working Group of the Department of Ethnic Education (Ministry of Education and Training) conducted an inspection and survey on "Improving the quality of ethnic minority language subjects in the general education program for the period 2021 - 2030" at the Department of Education and Training of Ninh Thuan province. In the joyful and exciting atmosphere to welcome the new school year of the education sector nationwide, on November 2, the Central Ethnic University Preparatory School (Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province) solemnly held the Opening Ceremony of the new school year 2024 - 2025. Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh attended and presented flowers to congratulate the school. Thanks to the promotion of Project 1, the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021 - 2030 period (National Target Program 1719), in recent times, the shortage of residential land, housing, production land, and domestic water among ethnic minorities in Ninh Thuan province has been basically resolved. In the villages of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, prestigious people are like "big trees" providing shade for the people. Prestigious people have an extremely important role and position in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. The issuance of policies for Prestigious People is a correct policy, a concretization of the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State on ethnic issues and ethnic affairs; demonstrating the Party and State's concern for ethnic minorities in general and Prestigious People in particular. Gently stroking her hands that have been calloused by the marks of time, artisan H'Phiet Uong diligently walks beside the pottery table. She whispers to the soil as if whispering to herself, to her ancestors. Pottery is no longer able to support itself like in the past, but people like H'Phiet Uong, H'Lum Uong or H'Huyen Bhok still silently work with the soil in the hope of reviving the craft village. The exhibition of OCOP export products (VIETNAM OCOPEX) officially opened on October 31. This event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance. On October 29, the President of the Women's Union (WU) of Thuan Chau district organized a ceremony to launch a communication campaign on eliminating gender prejudice and gender stereotypes, building a safe living environment for women and children on "Changing thinking and doing" in 2024. The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on November 1, had the following notable information: Approval of the Project on developing community tourism in Vietnam. "Men men. Unique culinary culture of the Mong people. Pioneer in Ha Let village. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In the past time, under the close leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Hoa Binh province and the coordination and facilitation of departments, branches, Party committees and authorities at all levels, along with the proactive and active advice on organizing the implementation of the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719) in a synchronous manner with key tasks, many positive signals have been received. From November 3 to 10, the Central region may be affected by some forms of bad weather causing heavy rain; After November 10, heavy rains in the Central region continued to develop complicatedly with 2-3 very heavy rains. Once glorious and prestigious, now Dong Duong Buddhist Institute has nothing left but a foot of Sang Tower with a lot of broken bricks around and a tangle of supports to fight against the ravages of time. This special national relic has been proposed by Quang Nam province for conservation with the Project of Restoration, Reinforcement, Restoration and Promotion of the Value of Sang Tower. However, for many reasons, the relic restoration plan has not yet been implemented. Although there are many difficulties in implementing the socio-economic tasks in 2024, in the first 9 months of 2024, Nam Son ward, Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province has achieved a number of important results in the plan, creating steps for economic development, improving income and quality of life of the people. Overcoming many difficulties and challenges, with the spirit of daring to think, daring to do, many individuals in the ethnic minority area in Muong Ang district (Dien Bien province) have pioneered in economic development, gradually helping families and people escape poverty sustainably on their homeland.
Providing livelihoods, helping people escape poverty
As a household that just escaped poverty in 2023, Mr. Bui Van Binh's family (in Mui hamlet, Doc Lap commune, Hoa Binh city, Hoa Binh province) was happy to receive support from the government for breeding cows from the National Target Program for Poverty Reduction.
Mr. Binh shared: “My family would like to thank the Party, the State and the authorities at all levels. Since receiving support and regularly being trained by agricultural and extension officers on knowledge and skills in raising cows, households like ours have learned how to take care of their 'industry'. We have planted more grass to supplement nutrition, combined with concentrated feed sources, kept cows in captivity, kept them warm in cold weather and paid attention to vaccinating against common livestock diseases. Thanks to that, the herd of cows has been protected in adverse weather conditions and has developed stably. Up to now, my family has officially escaped poverty.”
Sharing the joy with Mr. Binh's family, Mr. Nguyen Van Quyet and his wife in Song hamlet also received support for a breeding cow. His family happily shared: "On behalf of 38 poor households in Doc Lap commune who received livelihoods, we sincerely thank the State for helping people develop the economy and escape poverty."
Previously, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dam in Nua hamlet had to work for neighbors all year round with an unstable income, just enough to get by. Despite her "hardworking" spirit, she still could not escape poverty due to lack of accumulated capital. However, thanks to receiving support for breeding cows during the 2020 livelihood handover, she told herself that she would make an effort to develop her family's economy. With diligence and hard work, by 2022, Ms. Dam's family had enough to eat and continue to invest, thereby officially escaping poverty.
Mr. Binh, Mr. Quyet and his wife, and Ms. Dam are just 3 of many households that benefit from the National Poverty Reduction Program in Hoa Binh City in particular and Hoa Binh Province in general.
Implementing the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, in recent years, Hoa Binh has focused on supporting livelihood diversification, developing poverty reduction models to create jobs, sustainable livelihoods, increase income, improve the quality of life for poor households, and ensure harmony between economic development and social security.
Many positive signals from National Target Program 1719
In recent times, under the close leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province and the coordination and facilitation of departments, branches, Party committees and authorities at all levels, together with the proactive and active advice on organizing the implementation of the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, period 2021-2025 in a synchronous manner with key tasks, many positive signals have been obtained.
In recent years, market projects have been invested in new construction, upgrading and renovation, gradually meeting the production and living needs of the people, especially in ethnic minority areas and difficult areas. Many effective production models have been implemented, contributing to reducing the poverty rate, improving the cultural and spiritual life of the people, while ensuring political security and social order and safety. The development of these activities has promoted the strength of the people in building new rural areas, bringing a new look to ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
To date, the province has invested in the construction, renovation and upgrading of a total of 15 market projects, including 1 newly built project and 14 renovated and repaired projects. According to the target set out in Document No. 4292/BCT-TTTN, dated July 25, 2022 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the number of new markets exceeded the initial target by 1 project, however, the number of renovated and upgraded projects only reached 14/16, lower than the target of 2 projects.
The results of local implementation with central funding have helped organize many activities to attract investment, fairs, and promote product consumption for ethnic minority and mountainous areas. A number of product consumption models have been built and implemented, and consumption connection activities have been organized through cultural fairs, exchange fairs, forums, and festivals linking trade with tourism. In addition, training of trade human resources and product promotion communication have also been promoted.
The total budget allocated for the 2021-2025 period is 17,120 million VND, of which the central budget supports 17,000 million VND, the local budget 80 million VND and the people's contribution is 40 million VND. In 2024, the total allocated capital is 3,100 million VND from the central budget, to renovate, upgrade and build 4 new projects in Da Bac district (2 projects), Lac Thuy (1 project) and Cao Phong district (1 new project). In 2025, 3 projects will be carried out from 2024 with a total budget of 4,600 million VND, including 2 projects in Da Bac district and 1 project in Cao Phong district.
Currently, the province has 94 markets, mainly grade 3 and temporary markets, with degraded facilities and small construction areas that do not meet the buying and selling needs of the people. Investment capital for building rural market infrastructure is still very limited, mainly mobilized from other sources.
In the period of 2021-2025, from the capital of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas, Hoa Binh province has assigned the People's Committees of districts to invest in building, renovating and upgrading the market network, in order to meet the needs of buying and selling, exchanging goods of the people. Along with that, the province has also promoted trade promotion activities, organized fairs, connected product consumption, linked trade with tourism, and built effective product consumption models for ethnic minority areas.
Product promotion and consumption are identified as important factors to help connect businesses to invest in production and increase product value. The effective deployment of capital from the National Target Program has supported businesses and cooperatives, improving production capacity and competitiveness. At the same time, the province has actively participated in trade fairs, conferences to promote trade and connect supply and demand in provinces and cities. Through these promotion activities, products of ethnic minority areas in Hoa Binh province have been promoted to a large business community and consumers, creating a stable market and expanding consumption channels.
In the 2026-2030 period, Hoa Binh province aims to achieve 100% of households using the national grid and other suitable power sources. The province will also continue to invest in building new, renovating and upgrading markets in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, while organizing investment promotion activities, fairs, cultural exchanges and product consumption connections.
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