In order to eliminate early marriage and consanguineous marriage (CH-HNCHT), in recent times, Van Lang district, Lang Son province has strengthened the leadership of Party committees and authorities at all levels; promoted propaganda work to create unity in awareness and consensus of society to join hands in the prevention and control of CH-HNCHT in the area. In 2024, the socio-economic situation of Cao Bang province continued to change positively, achieving quite comprehensive results in the context of being heavily affected by natural disasters. One of the growth drivers of the province is the capital source of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period (National Target Program 1719). On the afternoon of December 12, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, General Secretary To Lam had a cordial reception for Comrade Miguel Mejia, General Secretary of the United Left Movement (MIU), Minister of Regional Integration Policy of the Dominican Republic, who is visiting and working in Vietnam. The Dominican Republic is a developing country with the fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2024, the socio-economic situation of Cao Bang province continued to change positively, achieving quite comprehensive results in the context of being heavily affected by natural disasters. One of the growth drivers of the province is the capital source of the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period (National Target Program 1719). General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news on December 12, there is the following notable information: The Northwest, the simple colors. Returning green forests to the mountains, bringing rice to the people. "Keeping the fire" of carpentry in the heart of the city. Along with other news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. In the cold weather, under the high roof of Kon Klor communal house, young men play solemn gongs, barefoot girls play graceful xoang rhythms, men weave and sculpt statues, women weave... The cultural space of ethnic minorities in Kon Tum is fully and vividly recreated, captivating many visitors from near and far when attending the 2nd Kon Tum Gong and xoang festival of ethnic minorities in 2024. On the afternoon of December 12, in Hanoi, President Luong Cuong visited and worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the morning of December 12, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Khau Vai commune (Meo Vac district, Ha Giang) coordinated with the charity group "San Dinh Charity Community" to organize the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a classroom building for the Ha Ca village preschool and primary school, Khau Vai commune. Shoulder. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news of December 12, has the following notable information: Preserving the beauty of traditional costumes of ethnic groups in Lang Son. Uncovering the source of medicinal herbs in Dak Nong. The story of land donation in Bang Coc. Along with other current news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Implementing the emulation movement of the whole country joining hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses launched by the Prime Minister, on the morning of December 12, officers and soldiers of Xin Cai Border Post (Border Guard of Ha Giang province) actively participated in supporting poor households in the area to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses. Being both the Party Cell Secretary, Village Chief and Prestigious Person of Phai Lau Village, Dong Van Commune, Binh Lieu District, Quang Ninh Province, in recent years, Mr. Tang Dau Tinh has become a reliable "support" for the Dao people in the border area here. He not only did a good job of propagating people to stay in their villages, protect their land, protect their forests, and protect their national borders, but he also did a good job in economics. In order to promote gender equality and solve urgent problems for children in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, Chu Puh district, Gia Lai province has established 3 models of "Leaders of Change" Clubs in secondary schools in especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets. Club members will be the pioneering "nuclei" to change perceptions, eliminate gender stereotypes right from school and in the community to develop together. Implementing Project 6, National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas (National Target Program 1719), recently, the People's Committee of Tuong Duong District (Nghe An) presented gongs, cymbals, loudspeakers and performance costumes to traditional art troupes. Located at an altitude of 1,086m above sea level, the Indochina junction in Bo Y commune, Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province is the junction between three countries: Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Known as the place where "a rooster crows, three countries can hear it", for many years, the Indochina junction has become an attractive destination attracting many tourists who are passionate about traveling, exploring and experiencing new things at the three-border landmark.
Mobilize resources, promote propaganda
Van Lang is a border district, with a total population of 50,245 people, with 4 main ethnic groups living together: Tay, Nung, Kinh, Hoa and a few other ethnic groups living together. The rate of ethnic minority households accounts for 96.54%. By the end of 2023, the whole district has 13,604 households, of which 1,025 are poor, the poverty rate is 7.53%; the total number of near-poor households is 1,277, the near-poor rate is 9.39%.
In order to minimize the situation of TH-HNCHT, Van Lang district has organized to disseminate and implement Decision No. 498/QD-TTg dated April 14, 2015 of the Prime Minister on approving the Project "Minimizing the situation of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority areas", period 2015-2025; Sub-project 2 "Minimizing the situation of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority areas", under Project 9, National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period 2021-2030, phase I: from 2021 to 2025 (National Target Program 1719)... to agencies, units, and localities in the district.
Van Lang District People's Committee has assigned the Department of Labor, War Invalids, Social Affairs - Ethnic Minorities to issue Plan No. 496/KH-LDTBXHDT dated December 6, 2022 on Propagating to reduce the situation of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority and mountainous areas under Project 9, National Target Program 1719 in 2022; Plan No. 267/KH-LDTBXHDT dated September 21, 2023 on organizing training on propaganda skills and propaganda to reduce the situation of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority areas in 2023 in Van Lang district.
Accordingly, the total budget allocated for the implementation of Sub-project 2, Project 9, National Target Chapter 1719, period from 2021-2023 in Van Lang district is 322 million VND, specifically: 69 million VND in 2022; 473 million VND in 2023.
With the above funding, in 2022, Van Lang district has built 30 billboards and 14,000 leaflets to raise awareness about the Law on Marriage and Family, the Law on Gender Equality and contents related to the situation of TH-HNCHT attached to places with high risk of early marriage, villages in the communes.
In 2023, Van Lang district organized 4 propaganda conferences for 1,105 participants at Van Lang High School, Hoi Hoan High School, Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, and the District Vocational Education and Continuing Education Center.
At the propaganda sessions, the students were informed by the reporter about the concept of TH-HNCHT; The current situation and causes of TH-HNCHT; The harms and consequences of TH-HNCHT; Some genetic diseases caused by incestuous marriage and intervention solutions, etc. The causes and consequences of gender imbalance at birth; How to take care of adolescent reproductive health.
Organized 05 training courses to improve capacity for cadres and civil servants working on ethnic affairs at all levels; legal propagandists in communes and towns, with a total of 557 participants.
In 2024, the People's Committee of Van Lang district issued Plan No. 2820/KH-UBND of the People's Committee of Van Lang district dated October 30, 2024 on the implementation of Sub-project 2: under Project 9, Chapter 1719 of the National Target Program in 2024. In which, focusing on promoting propaganda on the prevention of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority boarding schools and secondary schools in communes in the district. Currently, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs - Ethnic Minorities has basically completed the contents of the Plan. Thereby contributing to raising awareness of ethnic minority students about TH-HNCHT.
In particular, the District Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs - Ethnic Minorities is actively coordinating with the Ethnic Minorities and Development Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Ethnic Minorities Committee, to produce articles, reports, notes, etc. to provide information and disseminate laws to raise awareness and sense of responsibility of Party committees at all levels, local authorities, mass organizations and people in implementing legal regulations on marriage and family.
The cooperation of the whole society
In order to enhance the responsibility of Party committees, authorities, and mass organizations in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on marriage and family, Van Lang district has mobilized the combined strength of all levels and sectors, promoting the role of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations such as the Women's Union, Youth Union, Veterans Association, village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people among ethnic minorities to participate in propagating, mobilizing, and persuading people to eliminate backward customs on marriage and family; at the same time, detecting and preventing violations of laws related to marriage and family at the grassroots level.
Talking about the difficulties in preventing and combating TH-HNCHT in the district, Ms. Chu Thi Bich Hao, Head of the Department of Labor, War Invalids, Social Affairs - Ethnic Minorities of Van Lang district, said that due to the limited educational level of ethnic minorities, their understanding and awareness of the Law on Marriage and Family as well as the consequences of TH-HNCHT are still limited. The customs and practices of ethnic minorities have been deeply ingrained in the subconscious, and propaganda work has not been clearly effective because propagandists are still limited in applying knowledge and forms of propaganda...
For villages located far from the center, where transportation is still difficult, it is difficult to go to the place to propagate and popularize basic knowledge about the Law on Marriage and Family... However, the implementation of propaganda on reducing the situation of TH-HNCHT has been regularly and continuously coordinated by all levels and sectors and achieved positive results. Communes and towns have included the content of TH-HNCHT in the resolutions of the Party, People's Councils, annual work plans and village and hamlet conventions, included in the standards of cultural areas and cultural families and have been effectively implemented in practice...
Head of the Department of Labor, War Invalids, Social Affairs - Ethnic Minorities of Van Lang district, Chu Thi Bich Hao, said that thanks to the good implementation of propaganda work, especially the cooperation of the whole society, people's awareness of the Law on Marriage and Family, and TH-HNCHT is increasingly improved, the rate of child marriage has a tendency to decrease, from 2021 to September 30, 2023, in the district there are 8 couples of child marriage, of which in 2022 there were 6 couples; in 2023 there were 2 couples; in 2024 there were no cases detected. In particular, there were no cases of incestuous marriage in the area.
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