(HBO) – The Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 1719/QD-TTg dated October 14 approving the National Target Programme on boosting socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the 2021-2030 period, with its first phase spanning from 2021 to 2025. The approval of the progamme has specified the Party, State and Government’s policies on ethnic affairs, while giving solutions to boost socio-economic growth in association with the implementation of the policies, meeting the expectations of ethnic minority groups.
Photo: Thanks to investment from programmes and projects, a
number of schools in Nanh Nghe commune in Da Bac district of Hoa Binh province
have been built to meet locals’ demand.
The programme has ten component projects, focusing on solving the shortage of
land for housing and farming as well as clean water; arranging and stabilising
the living conditions of residents in difficult areas; developing sustainable
agricultural and forestry production; building essential infrastructure system;
improving the quality of education and training to develop human resources;
preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities
in association with tourism development; improving health care services for
people; implementing gender equality; investing in the development of ethnic
minority groups with very few people and groups facing many difficulties;
strengthening communications in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous
regions.
Hoa Binh has 145 out of 151 communes, wards and towns which are ethnic
minority-inhabited and mountainous areas with 86 villages and hamlets facing
extreme difficulties. In the past years, the province has prioritised the
allocation of human resources to investment programmes and projects for ethnic
minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, especially those with extremely
difficult conditions. The efforts have made positive impacts on people's lives,
creating a motivation for the development of ethnic minority-inhabited and
mountainous areas, gradually narrowing the development gaps among
regions.
Mountainous areas have seen many positive changes. However, according to the
provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, due to a low starting point,
the living conditions of people from ethnic minority groups in the villages and
communes with extremely difficult economic conditions remained poor. They
mostly live on small-scaled agricultural and forestry production. Their
livelihood remains unstable, and their access to social service is still
limited. Although the ratio of poor households has decreased, the risk of
falling back into poverty is high, while the quality of human resources is low,
with modest capacity of local officials. In addition, gender equality remains a
problem among ethnic minority groups, along with outdated customs such as child
marriage, consanguineous marriage, social evils, and socio-economic development
gaps among regions.
In this context, the building and approval of the National Target Programme on
socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas
in the province has an important and urgent significance, aiming to promote
sustainable development, consolidate and enhance people's confidence in the
Party and State.
The objectives of the ten component projects in the period of 2021 - 2025
include doubling income of people from ethnic minority groups in 2020; reducing
the ratio of poor households by 2.5-3 percent each year; bringing 50 percent of
communes and villages out of the list of areas with extremely difficult
conditions; building roads for automobiles to 100 percent of communes,
concreting 90 percent of roads connecting the centres of communes and villages;
upgrading 100 percent of schools and health care stations; and establishing
public internet service supply centres in all communes./.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has held a conference to announce decisions regarding the apparatus restructuring of the province’s political system and personnel affairs.
Following the results of the military enlistment examination for 2025, Lac Son district has seen 100 young men and women volunteering to enlist in the military. Among these recruits, there are several families where two siblings have both written voluntary enlistment letters, eager to undertake the sacred task of protecting the nation.
As the Party Organisation and people of Hoa Binh province welcome the arrival of spring, they take pride in the remarkable achievements obtained under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which turns 95 this spring. With a shared determination to build a prosperous future, they embrace ambitious aspirations for national development, joining hands with the whole country to prepare to enter a new era-one of national progress and advancement.
In 2023, the relic site where President Ho Chi Minh visited the Chi Hoa Production Group in Lam Son commune, Luong Son district of Hoa Binh province, was officially recognised as a provincial-level revolutionary historical site. Each year, it draws numerous visitors from across Vietnam and abroad, becoming a "red address" for educating young generations on the nation's revolutionary traditions.
According to the Party Charter, Party members who have been active in the revolution for a long time, and have maintained their Party membership for 30 years and more, will be awarded the Party badge. This is a noble reward, not only a source of pride and excitement for the Party members themselves and their families, but also a source of pride for the Party organisation that has such outstanding members who are shining examples for everyone to learn from and follow.
On the occasion of the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930–2025), the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board offered flowers and incense in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh at the relic site of the late leader’s visit to the Chi Hoa production group in Luong Son district on February 3. The delegation included Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Bui Duc Hinh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, and leaders of the Party Committee of Luong Son district.
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