Ninh Thuan: ethnic communities assisted to effectivley use IT
The People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan province plans to use the application of information technology to help ethnic minority people gain access to important government information.
Officers at Ma Noi commune's People's Committee in Ninh Son district of Ninh Thuan province have applied IT to manage information (Photo: baoninhthuan.com.vn)
Ninh Thuan (VNA) - The People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan provinceplans to use the application of information technology to help ethnic minoritypeople gain access to important government information.
This is part of an action plan under the Government’s project to strengtheninformation technology applications to support ethnic minority people from2021-2025.
The system will help ethnic minority people access the latest information oneducation, health, science and technology and markets as well as the policiesand laws of the State and Party.
By 2023, the south-central province wants all reputable people in the communityand 90 percent of ethnic minority people to understand the policies and laws ofthe State, and be able to access information on security and order, forest fireprevention and control, natural disaster prevention and disease prevention.
The province will use IT to ensure that 80 percent of the festivals and customsof ethnic minorities will be preserved in the form of digitised and multimediadatabases.
An electronic library, which includes information on local ethnic minority groups,will be built to serve the communities.
By 2025, the province will complete the database system on ethnic minoritygroups, contributing to socio-economic development, and helping to maintainsecurity and order in the areas in which ethnic minority people live.
Currently, only a low percentage of people in these areas have computers andinternet connections while local officials, civil servants and teachers do havecomputers provided by the province and district.
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee Nguyen Long Bien said in order to achieve theabove goals, the province needs to assign relevant units to upgrade ITequipment and infrastructure, guide people through the use of smart mobiledevices to support the dissemination of policies and laws, provide employmentinformation and support remote medical diagnosis and treatment for ethnicminority people.
The province would strengthen education on searching and using online publicservices provided by State agencies and improve information dissemination andknowledge about information technology.
There are 32 ethnic minority groups with 144,200 people living in the province,accounting for 24.4 percent of the province's population.
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Officers at Ma Noi commune's People's Committee in Ninh Son district of Ninh Thuan province have applied IT to manage information (Photo: baoninhthuan.com.vn) 
