Development programme reduces poverty in ethnic minority areas
The percentage of disadvantaged hamlets and communes in eight northeastern provinces has reduced 3 to 4 percent per year since 2016, heard a workshop held in Cao Bang province on November 8 to review the implementation Programme 135 for 2016-2020 period.
People from ethnic minority groups in Quang Ninh have health check-ups. (Photo: VNA)
Cao Bang (VNA) - The percentage of disadvantaged hamlets andcommunes in eight northeastern provinces has reduced 3 to 4 percent per yearsince 2016, heard a workshop held in Cao Bang province on November 8 to review theimplementation Programme 135 for 2016-2020 period.
The programme has been implemented in 683 communes (32 percent of totalcommunes nationwide) in eight provinces of the northeastern area, namely Quang Ninh,Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son and Bac Giang.
It has mobilised more than 7.3 trillion VND (nearly 315 million USD) from theState and provincial budget and achieved positive results, contributing tohunger elimination, poverty reduction and improving the lives of ethnicminority people.
Income per capita of local people has increased by 1.5 to 2 times. Transportinfrastructure, health care and education facilities have been upgraded. Peoplein all the disadvantaged villages have received new plant and animal breeds.
Addressing the event, Y Thong, Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Committeefor Ethnic Minority Affairs, said the workshop aimed to review the efficiencyof the programme and share exemplary poverty reduction models, which serves asa foundation to propose a framework for the national target programme onsocio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous area in 2021-20.
He said the programme “should be implemented in an easy, simple way and takeadvantage of the community along with empowering authorities at differentlevels.”
Participants said the national target programme must focus on improvingpeople’s lives, offer them stable jobs and ensure income per capita will doubleby 2025 compared to 2020. Ethnic minority and mountainous areas should beassisted to apply technology in production.
The Government’s Programme 135 was launched in 1999 under the Prime Minister’sdecision 135/1998/QD-TTg dated July 31, 1998, with the aim of improving livingconditions for rural residents with a particular focus on ethnic minoritycommunities./.
The National Assembly debated an overall plan on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited, mountainous and extremely disadvantaged areas, during a plenary sitting in Hanoi on November 1, the 10th day of sitting of the ongoing eighth session.
The Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam will continue implementing the 9th Party Central Committee’s Resolution 24-NQ/TW on ethnic affairs to boost development of minorities and mountainous areas.
Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong has affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s priority given to providing care for ethnic minority groups in remote, mountainous and extremely disadvantaged areas.
The programmes have brought about positive changes to rural infrastructure, comprehensively improved the material and spiritual lives of farmers, and contributed to Vietnam's economic restructuring, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.
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The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
People from ethnic minority groups in Quang Ninh have health check-ups. (Photo: VNA) 
