Policies for ethnic minority-inhabited areas pay off
The living standards in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas have been improved in the past year thank to the Government and Prime Minister’s directions, the active engagement of administrations at all levels and sectors, coupled with the collaborative efforts of people from different ethnic groups in enforcing 188 policies related to them, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 2.
Hanoi (VNA) – The living standards in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas have been improved in the past year thanks to the Governmentand Prime Minister’s directions, the active engagement of administrations at all levels and sectors, coupled with the collaborativ🦹e efforts of people🔴 from differentethnic groups in enforcing 188 policies related to them, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 2.
At a national teleconference reviewing the performance of ethnic minority affairs in 20223 hosted by the GovernmentCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, Deputy Prime MinisterTran Luu Quang asked relevant ministries and agencies, from the central tolocal levels, to pay more attention to the proper implementation ofethnic minority affairs. He said tasks related to ethnic minority affairs require a certain levelof flexibility to adapt to the specific cultural, customary and livingconditions of each region. It is also essential to disseminate information tofoster unity among the public, preventing them from being manipulated orincited by hostile forces aiming to undermine the Party and the State. The leader suggested that the committee should continue to play acoordinating role in directing programmes for ethnic minority and mountainouscommunities among various ministries and agencies, avoiding overlapping effortsin the implementation. Emphasising the vital importance of building a competent team ofofficials dedicated to ethnic minority affairs, he urged localities to prioritise theallocation of experienced and capable personnel to support the work, as well asstep up the affairs through a decentralised approach. In order to fulfill ethnic affairs for 2024 andsubsequent years, he outlined key tasks such as effectively implementing nationaltarget programmes, building ethnic-specific projects and policies, amending andsupplementing relevant projects and policies to ensure uniformity, amongothers. On this occasion, former Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman ofthe Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Le Son Hai received a third-class Independence Order while formerDeputy Director of the committee’s Digital Transformation Centre was honouredwith a third-class Labour Order in recognition of their outstanding achievementsin ethnic minority affairs./.
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At the conference (Photo: VNA) 
