Ho Chi Minh City: Synchronously implementing many solutions to promote resources among ethnic minorities

With the theme "Ethnic minorities in the city are equal, united, dynamic and creative, building and developing a civilized, modern and affectionate Ho Chi Minh City", the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Ho Chi Minh City - 2024 will take place on December 6. Before the Congress, let's look back at the achievements of the City in the field of ethnic affairs, implementing ethnic policies after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Congress - 2019 to see that the City... Ho Chi Minh's setting of many high targets to develop all aspects of life for ethnic minorities is completely grounded. Implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 Period (National Target Program 1719), Dien Bien Province has been focusing on implementing investment and support policies to solve the most difficult and urgent problems in the province's ethnic minority areas. On the morning of December 5, in Ninh Thuan, General Secretary To Lam and the Central Working Group worked with the Standing Committee of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee, listening to a report on the results of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, the implementation of Directive No. 35-CT/TW of the Politburo, and the investment process of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project. Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, said that the fact that the Ba Chua Xu Festival on Sam Mountain was recognized by UNESCO is a great achievement. from a poor land, the border district of Sa Thay (Kon Tum) is now rising strongly. Temporary houses are being replaced by solidly built houses; spacious schools are welcoming students to school; poor ethnic minorities are supported in their livelihoods to escape poverty; The appearance of villages and hamlets in ethnic minority areas is improving day by day... That is the result of the determination of the entire political system of Sa Thay district in implementing the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2030, phase I: From 2021 - 2025 (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719). The authorities determined that more than 50,000 cans of energy drinks, nearly 114,000 cans... showed signs of infringing on the rights to registered trademarks. From December 4 to 10, the Women's Union of Chu Puh district, Gia Lai province organized 03 training conferences, guiding the establishment and operation of the "Leaders of Change" Club in 2024 at secondary schools in extremely disadvantaged villages and communes in the area. district table. On December 5, 2024, the Steering Committee for the implementation of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in Quan Ba ​​district (Ha Giang) held a ceremony to inaugurate and hand over the first housing project under the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the district. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The afternoon news on December 4, there is the following notable information: 2024 Western Thanh Hoa Trade and Tourism Fair. Discovering unique cultural heritages at Ba Den mountain. Female village chief in the Truong Son mountain range. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 Period (National Target Program 1719), Dien Bien Province has been focusing on implementing investment and support policies to solve the most difficult and urgent problems in the province's ethnic minority areas. Recently, Binh Gia District (Lang Son) handed over the first house out of a total of 344 houses built according to Resolution No. 188-NQ/TU/2024 dated October 24, 2024 of the Lang Son Provincial Party Committee on eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in Binh Gia District. With the theme "Ethnic minorities in the city are equal, united, dynamic and creative, building and developing a civilized, modern and affectionate Ho Chi Minh City", the Congress of Ethnic Minority Delegates of the City. The 4th Ho Chi Minh City Congress - 2024 will take place on December 6. Before the Congress, let's look back at the achievements of the City in the field of ethnic affairs, implementing ethnic policies after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Congress - 2019 to see that the City... Ho Chi Minh City's setting of many high targets to develop all aspects of life for ethnic minorities is completely reasonable. The Con Chim hamlet water supply project is one of three projects invested by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tra Vinh province (including: Con Co hamlet water supply station, Con Phung hamlet water supply station and Con Chim hamlet water supply station), with a total investment of 13 billion VND. In order to raise awareness of early marriage and consanguineous marriage (TH-HNCHT) in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, the People's Committee of Van Lang district, Lang Son province issued Plan No. 2820/KH-UBND of the People's Committee of Van Lang district on October 30, 2024 on Implementation of Sub-project 2, Reducing the situation of TH-HNCHT in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, under Project 9, National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas in 2024.

Thanks to the City's attention, the great national unity bloc has been increasingly strengthened. (In the photo: Delegates attending the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024, taking place on the morning of November 5, offered flowers and took souvenir photos at the Ho Chi Minh Monument Park).

Outstanding achievements from special policies

Ho Chi Minh City currently has 468,128 people from 53 ethnic groups, accounting for 5.2% of the city's population. Of which, 3 ethnic groups account for the majority and form communities: the Chinese ethnic group with 382,826 people (accounting for 81.8% of the total ethnic groups); the Khmer ethnic group with 50,422 people (accounting for 10.8%) and the Cham ethnic group with 10,509 people (accounting for 2.2%); the rest are other ethnic groups, with 24,371 people (accounting for 5.2%).

In recent years, along with the general achievements of the City, the economic life of ethnic minorities in the area has been improved; the poverty rate among ethnic minorities has decreased rapidly and sustainably. In early 2021, according to the national poverty standard, the whole City still had 2,622 poor ethnic minority households, with 11,105 people and 1,597 near-poor ethnic minority households, with 6,357 people, accounting for 7.89% of the total number of near-poor households in the City.

By the end of 2022, the City will have no more poor or near-poor households according to the National poverty standards. According to the City's poverty standards, as of December 31, 2023, the entire City still has 432 poor ethnic minority households with 1,743 people and 1,082 near-poor ethnic minority households with 4,587 people.

In celebration of the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in the City, on November 22, 2024, the Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic Minorities Committee coordinated to organize the Photo Exhibition "Ethnic minorities are equal, united, dynamic and creative, building and developing a civilized, modern and affectionate Ho Chi Minh City" at Nguyen Hue Walking Street, District 1.

Along with economic development and improving living standards, the study and improvement of intellectual level of ethnic minorities in the city are paid attention to, the cultural identity of ethnic minorities continues to be preserved and promoted. Ethnic minorities in the city are stable, secure in their work and life, trust in the leadership of the Party, gradually integrating into the general development trend of the city.

These achievements come from the City's specific policies in the field of ethnic affairs and implementation of ethnic policies. Ho Chi Minh City has all 53 ethnic minorities from the whole country residing there.

However, apart from the three ethnic groups that make up the majority and form the community, the Chinese, Khmer and Cham, the majority of other ethnic minorities are temporary residents, work seasonally and frequently change their place of residence.

Therefore, the field of ethnic affairs and implementation of ethnic policies in the City is more specific than in other localities in ethnic minority and mountainous areas across the country. In recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has applied the policies of the Central Government and based on the actual situation of ethnic minorities in the area to propose many specific policies and guidelines, suitable to practical requirements, in order to stabilize and comprehensively develop ethnic minorities.

The specific ethnic policies in the city focus on the areas of ensuring social security; supporting education and vocational training; preserving and promoting the traditional culture of ethnic minorities. The specific policies have created conditions and encouraged people to proactively choose careers that are suitable to their abilities, cultural level and religious beliefs of their ethnicity, contributing positively to the implementation of the policy of great national unity of our Party and State.

These include tuition exemption policies for Khmer and Cham students from kindergarten to high school (including continuing education) at public educational institutions from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2023-2024 school year; education support policies for preschool children, students, graduate students and postgraduate students who are ethnic minorities in the City from the 2022-2023 school year; policies to support study costs for ethnic minority students who are members of poor and near-poor households studying at higher education institutions.

Delegates attending the preparatory session of the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic Minority Congress in 2024, taking place on the morning of November 5.

From 2019 to present, 10,081 students have accessed the tuition support policy for ethnic minority students; 278 students have accessed the study cost support policy; 20 cases have accessed the policy to support graduate students and PhD students who are ethnic minorities;... Specific ethnic policies supporting education have resulted in the rate of mobilizing ethnic minority children to go to school by age: 100% at preschool level; 100% at primary level; over 98% at secondary level; 99% at high school level.

Many ethnic minority students after graduating from university have continued to study for Master's and PhD degrees; many ethnic minority families have created conditions for their children to study abroad, thereby contributing significantly to the process of improving the quality of human resources and socio-economic development, and sustainable poverty reduction among ethnic minorities in the city.

Focus on comprehensive development

Five years ago, the 3rd Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Ho Chi Minh City in 2019 had the theme: “Ethnic minorities in Ho Chi Minh City are equal, united, and promote their internal strength to build a smart, civilized, modern, and humane city”. This theme has been thoroughly understood by the City and implemented with creative solutions after five years of implementation.

The photo exhibition “Ethnic minorities are equal, united, dynamic and creative, building and developing a civilized, modern and humane Ho Chi Minh City” at Nguyen Hue Walking Street, District 1 displays 83 photos collected and introduced according to 3 themes. (In the photo: Delegates visit the valuable photos displayed at the Exhibition).

According to Mr. Huynh Van Hong Ngoc, Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic Minorities Committee, in the past 5 years, implementing Conclusion No. 65-KL/TW dated October 30, 2019 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the 9th Party Central Committee on ethnic work in the new situation and Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 dated November 18, 2019 of the National Assembly approving the Master Plan on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030, the City has creatively and effectively implemented the programs, guidelines and policies of the Party and State for ethnic minorities. Thereby contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc as well as constantly improving the lives and developing the culture of ethnic minorities in the City during the integration period.

Ho Chi Minh City always creates a favorable business environment, helping ethnic minority businesses feel secure in expanding production and business. The whole city currently has 29,109 ethnic minority business owners investing in production and business in the area; of which 24,709 are Chinese, 1,148 are Khmer, 534 are Cham, and 2,718 are other ethnic groups.

The City People's Committee has directed and operated all levels and sectors to comprehensively implement the ethnic policies of the Party, the State and the City's specific ethnic policies to care for the socio-economic development of ethnic minorities. Over the past 5 years, the City has effectively implemented ethnic policies in the fields of social security, preserving and promoting ethnic cultural identity, contributing to improving the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities, maintaining political stability and social order and safety.

In particular, the City has organized activities and taken care of the occasion of Lunar New Year; annual festivals of ethnic minorities such as: Lantern Festival of the Chinese people; Chol Chnam Thmay, Sen Donta festival of the Khmer people; Ramadan month, Raya Idil Ahha festival, Kate festival of the Cham people; visited and presented gifts to veteran revolutionaries, heroic Vietnamese mothers, intellectuals, families of the Hoa Van Committee and poor and near-poor households of ethnic minorities in the City.

From 2019 to present, the City Ethnic Committee has organized to take care of the regime and policies for Prestigious People among ethnic minorities in the area. The city currently has 1,185 Prestigious People among ethnic minorities, who are the core force, have great influence on the ethnic minority community, and are an important bridge between the Party Committee, the government and the people. In addition, the People's Committees of districts have proactively organized visits and presented gifts annually to over 17,336 ethnic minorities under policy, poor households, near-poor households, single elderly people, workers, and students in difficult circumstances with a total amount of more than 11 billion VND/year.

Set high goals

According to the Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Huynh Van Hong Ngoc, the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Ho Chi Minh City in 2024 takes place in the context that the Party Committee, government and people of the City are striving to compete, seize opportunities, overcome difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the 11th Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress (term 2020 - 2025).

The Congress is also an important socio-political event, creating a competitive atmosphere among the city's ethnic minorities to celebrate important events and ceremonies of the country, towards the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025); effectively implementing Resolution No. 31-NQ/TW dated December 30, 2022 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Ho Chi Minh City to 2030, with a vision to 2045 and Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City always pays attention to providing spiritual and material support for economic development, raising the awareness and cultural level of each individual and community. (In the photo: Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic Minorities Committee hands over charity houses to ethnic minorities in District 11)

Therefore, the Steering Committee of the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Ho Chi Minh City - 2024 agreed on the theme: "Ethnic minorities in the City are equal, united, dynamic and creative, building and developing a civilized, modern and humane Ho Chi Minh City". The theme of the 3rd Congress - 2019 is: "Ethnic minorities in the City are equal, united, promoting internal strength together to build a smart, civilized, modern and humane City".

The new point in the theme of the 4th Congress - 2024 also comes from the City's goals in the field of ethnic affairs, implementing ethnic policies in the area in the coming years. In addition to the goal of basically no more poor households among ethnic minorities according to the national poverty standard by the end of 2025, and less than 0.5% of poor households among ethnic minorities according to the City's poverty standard, Ho Chi Minh City also sets many high targets to develop all aspects of life for ethnic minorities.

The following indicators can be mentioned: The rate of ethnic minority boys and girls completing primary education will reach over 90% by 2025 and over 99% by 2030; the rate of completing lower secondary education will reach 85% by 2025 and 90% by 2030; 100% of ethnic minorities will participate in health insurance; the average life expectancy of ethnic minorities will reach 77 years, of which the healthy life expectancy will reach at least 68 years; over 95% of commune-level cadres and civil servants will have intermediate or higher professional qualifications and will be trained in fields and tasks that meet requirements, of which over 70% will have university degrees and intermediate political theory degrees or higher;...

According to Mr. Huynh Van Hong Ngoc, Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Ethnic Minorities Committee, to achieve these targets and objectives, in the coming time, the City will continue to focus on reviewing, arranging, and perfecting the organizational structure, improving the capacity and effectiveness of State management of State administrative agencies at all levels in the field of ethnic affairs. Promote the rotation of cadres, civil servants, and public employees, increase the number of young cadres, civil servants, and public employees, and ethnic minorities working at the grassroots level, especially in areas with a large number of ethnic minorities, disadvantaged areas, and rural areas to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of State management; create a basis for propaganda, mobilization, and strengthening the relationship between the Party, the State, and the ethnic minority community at the grassroots level.

In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City will organize the Children's Cultural Festival of Ethnic Groups for the first time, creating a playground for learning about culture and preserving traditional cultural identities for team members and students of the city.

The city continues to implement specific policies for ethnic minorities to improve the intellectual level of the people, help promote sustainable poverty reduction and improve the living standards of ethnic minorities; prioritize solving health problems of ethnic minorities; increase access to and provide quality health and population services, reduce the burden of health care costs for ethnic minorities; preserve and promote traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities;...

In the economic field alone, along with the implementation of ethnic policies in the process of implementing socio-economic development programs and projects of the City, Ho Chi Minh City continues to create favorable conditions to promote the economic capabilities and potentials of ethnic minorities to develop industries and economic sectors in accordance with the law, encourage ethnic minorities to call on relatives abroad to invest in the City; encourage ethnic minority entrepreneurs and businesses to actively participate in developing industries and sectors related to the 4.0 industrial revolution; synchronously implement many socio-economic development solutions to promote all resources of ethnic minorities.

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