Sustainable poverty reduction competition

Thanks to preferential credit loans for production and trading of seedlings and ornamental flowers, many households in Tan Thieng commune, Cho Lach have improved their lives.

Overcoming hardship

The history of the province records that from the evening of April 30, 1975 to the morning of May 1, 1975, the entire province was completely liberated. The independent and free life returned to the people. The country entered an era of independence, freedom and unity. Together with the people of the whole country, the people of the province set about healing the wounds of war and rebuilding their homeland. However, the province was heavily devastated by the war and had to face extremely serious difficulties.

The province embarked on rebuilding a new life from a low starting point. Many areas in the province had to be rebuilt from scratch. Agriculture was full of difficulties. Decades of war had severely damaged houses and fields. The technical infrastructure left by the enemy was too poor and backward. Along with all efforts to heal the wounds of war, the provincial leaders advocated mobilizing nearly 200,000 people who were previously forced to live in military bases, towns and cities to return to their old fields and gardens to make a living. At the same time, jobs were created and the lives of forty thousand puppet soldiers and puppet government employees who had disbanded on the spot after the rapid attack on April 30, 1975 by our army and people were stabilized.

The biggest and most urgent problem facing the revolutionary government at that time was to provide food for one million people. Meanwhile, the province suffered two consecutive crop failures in 1977 and 1978. With the spirit and determination to overcome all difficulties, the entire Party and people of the province strove to overcome the challenges, gradually bringing the provincial economy to a stable state.

After 50 years of arduous struggle, the province's economy has made remarkable progress. Based on the three strengths of the province that have been identified - agriculture, gardening, and fishing, the people of the province have brought the spirit of "Dong Khoi" in the past to the cause of production development, building technical infrastructure for industrialization, economic modernization, cultural development, and gradually improving people's lives. In particular, the field of poverty reduction has always been of interest to the Party and authorities at all levels, helping people have a stable life, contributing to building a civilized and prosperous homeland.

Many support policies

Overcoming the losses and pain of war, the province has constantly strived to care for the poor and disadvantaged in each period. In particular, in the most recent period from 2021 - 2025, the province has implemented many poverty reduction and social security policies for the subjects. Thereby, affirming the concern of "joining hands for the poor - leaving no one behind".

According to the Provincial People's Committee, the total budget for implementing the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2024 period in the province is 3,002 billion VND. From this funding source, the province has implemented many projects and policies to help reduce poverty sustainably. Specifically, supporting investment in developing socio-economic infrastructure for extremely disadvantaged communes in coastal areas with 321.7 billion VND to carry out 116 new construction projects, repair and maintain bridges and roads. Diversifying livelihoods, developing poverty reduction models, with 2,126 poor and near-poor households participating, with a total budget of 51.7 billion VND. Along with a number of other projects such as: Supporting production development, improving nutrition. Developing vocational education, sustainable employment...

From a province with food shortages before liberation, today, people's lives are constantly improving. Production is sufficient for export and competition. In 2024, the province's total export turnover will reach 1,750 million USD, an increase of 20.27% compared to 2023. Of which, foreign-invested enterprises will reach 1,240 million USD, an increase of 17.39%; domestic enterprises will reach 510 million USD, an increase of 27.91%. The province's main export items all increased compared to the target. Specifically, seafood exports reached 107% of the annual plan (plan 36 thousand tons, implementation 38.6 thousand tons). Export products such as: desiccated coconut, coconut milk, canned coconut water, activated carbon all increased.

Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Be Muoi said: In the coming time, the province will continue to widely and practically implement the emulation movement "The whole country joins hands for the poor - leaving no one behind" and the emulation movement "Eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the province by 2025", to encourage, motivate and create a spread in the community and people about poverty reduction work".

The province currently has 8,298 poor households, accounting for 2.05%; 9,052 near-poor households, accounting for 2.23%; 7/21 extremely disadvantaged communes in the coastal areas have been recognized as having escaped from the extremely disadvantaged situation and 3 communes have been recognized as meeting new rural standards. Basically achieving the targets set by the Provincial People's Committee for the period 2021 - 2025.

Article and photos: Thach Thao

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