Lac Son district, with 91% of residents from ethnic minority groups, has shown strong performance in implementing programmes, projects and policies regarding ethnic affairs, with a focus on building rural infrastructure system and supporting locals in economic development and improving living conditions.
At an event to popularise regulations on
reducing child marriage and consanguineous marriage held at the Lac Son
district’s Boarding School for Ethnic Minority Students, through skits, musical
performances and speeches presented by the school's students, the consequences
of child marriage and consanguineous marriage were conveyed in a vivid and
easy-to-understand manner.
Ha Cong Khanh, Vice Principal of the school said
that the school is among those receiving support from the sub-project No.2 of
Project 9 of the national target programme on boosting the socio-economic
development of ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the 2021-2025
period in Lac Son.
For the school, which has 330 students in 11
classes, the popularisation of knowledge and legal regulations on child
marriage and consanguineous marriage prevention is necessary, helping change
the awareness and actions of students and locals, thus curbing child marriage
and consanguineous marriage in ethnic minority-inhabited areas.
Over the years, the Party Committee,
administration, departments, sectors and organisations of Lac Son have paid
attention to effectively and fully implementing programmes, resolutions and
policies related to ethnic minority affairs.
The district disbursed 100% of the budget for
activities to reduce child marriage and consanguineous marriage for 2023. With
a budget of 500 million VND (19,642 USD), the district’s Division for Ethnic
Minority Affairs organised 13 conferences on reducing child marriage and
consanguineous marriage in different areas.
In 2023, the district received 64 billion VND to
implement 41 infrastructure works. By the end of the year, the construction and
capital disbursement of 19 works had been completed, while the remaining eight
projects are being sped up.
As part of efforts to implement the national
target programme on boosting the socio-economic development of ethnic
minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, the Lac Son People’s Committee has
issued a decision approving a list of projects and works to be invested in the
2024-2025 period, while choosing design consulting units and conducting direct
surveys at construction sites. Currently, all 67 works in the list have had
their site surveys completed.
At the same time, the locality has focused on
maintaining political security, social safety and order in ethnic
minority-inhabited and mountainous areas as well as improving locals’ living
conditions by expanding production and reducing poverty.
Quach Tuan Phong, Director of the Lac Son
Division for Ethnic Minority Affairs said that ethnic minority-related
programmes and policies have shown positive effects, contributing to improving
the material and spiritual life of ethnic minority communities. In the first
four months of this year, the district recorded no illegal migration cases, he
said, adding that in the rest of the year, the locality will continue to speed
up the progress of projects and sub-projects of the national target programme
on boosting the socio-economic development of ethnic minority-inhabited and
mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period as well as plans for 2023 and 2024.
