Improve the lives of ethnic minorities

Tram Tau is a mountainous district of Yen Bai province, and is also one of the 63 poor districts in the country. The district has 12 communes and towns, including 10 mountainous communes with over 36,700 people, the proportion of ethnic minorities accounts for 94%. Moreover, the educational level of the people is uneven, most of them are agricultural producers, poor and near-poor households account for over 64% (in 2023).

Tram Tau district proactively and actively implements social security policies for ethnic minorities, especially poor and near-poor households.

Implementing the Resolution of the 16th Congress of the Tram Tau District Party Committee and the Resolution of the 19th Congress of the Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee, right from the beginning of the term, the Tram Tau District Party Committee has identified tasks and solutions to achieve the goals of the Congress resolution. In particular, the task of ensuring social security policies to contribute to improving the quality of life and ensuring political security in ethnic minority areas is one of the important tasks.

Mr. Giang A Thao - Secretary of Tram Tau District Party Committee said: After nearly three years of implementing social security policies, Tram Tau district has achieved many results. The regimes and policies for people with meritorious services have been fully and promptly implemented, providing preferential subsidies to 569 beneficiaries with a budget of over 1.7 billion VND, reaching 100% of the assigned plan. Poverty reduction work has been effectively implemented, with resources from the central government and the province, along with the support and assistance of the provincial and district departments, branches and sectors, and the efforts of the people. The annual poverty rate has decreased by 6.5% or more, of which in 2021 it decreased by 7.02%; in 2022 it decreased by 6.96%, many households voluntarily wrote applications to escape poverty.

In addition, education support policies have been fully implemented. The central and local budgets have supported over 100 billion VND and 1,400 tons of rice for over 30,000 students of boarding and semi-boarding schools. The policy of supporting house construction for interested subjects has been implemented effectively. During the half-term, Tram Tau district has built over 150 houses. The housing support project for poor and near-poor households in the 2023-2025 period has been implemented with the goal of completing 755 houses for poor and near-poor households. The work of taking care of Tet for interested subjects every year ensures that 100% of poor and near-poor households have Tet.

Along with that, social security policies, health insurance support, credit support for production development loans, and electricity bill support for poor households are well implemented...

z4683183037068_a4b5ca25e912f09a21d450d17dbcdedb(1).jpg — People's quality of life is improved thanks to good social security work.

However, despite the achievements, the implementation of social security policies in the district still faces some difficulties. In particular, the quality of jobs and human resources is still limited, the shift in labor structure is slow; poverty reduction is not sustainable, the risk of falling back into poverty is high. The level of social assistance is still low, not meeting the minimum needs of the people....

In the coming time, in order for social security policies to continue to contribute to improving the quality of life and ensuring political security in ethnic minority areas, Tram Tau district needs to continue to creatively and effectively apply the province's policies to the actual conditions of the district. In particular, it is necessary to effectively implement the three national target programs and support policies of the central government and the province to promote socio-economic development, build infrastructure, and improve the material and spiritual life of the people.

At the same time, the district needs to continue to fully and promptly implement policies for subjects such as meritorious people, social protection subjects, and the poor; do a good job of vocational training associated with job creation; support and guide people to borrow capital to develop production; strictly implement education support policies, especially boarding and semi-boarding schools; effectively implement the Housing Support Project for the period 2023 - 2025...

On the other hand, the district continues to mobilize the participation of organizations, individuals, and philanthropists in support, especially support for people with meritorious services and poor households. At the same time, it actively propagates and mobilizes people to enhance their will to be self-reliant and improve their lives; Strengthens inspection and supervision of the implementation of policies and regimes for the subjects, ensuring that policies and regimes reach the people and are effective.

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