(HBO) – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province Nguyen Van Dung recently attended a conference reviewing ethnic affairs in 2018 and launching tasks for 2019 of the provincial board of ethnic affairs.

All programmes and projects have been effectively implemented in 2018. About 165.2 billion VND (7.1 million USD) from Programme 135 was allocated to infrastructure investment, production and capacity enhancement for the community and officials.

 The year’s plans have been fulfilled, and infrastructure for ethnic people improved continuously. All communes now have primary and junior high schools, electricity, space for cultural activities, communal houses and infirmaries to ensure hygiene and primary healthcare.

 Meanwhile, programmes for production activities prove effective and greatly contribute to the production improvement and local residents’ livelihood.

 Thousands of officials in villages received training and were updated on investment management and construction monitoring. Hence, the roles of the esteemed were enhanced, raising the ethnic projects and policies’ efficiency while consolidating trust, security, politics and the national unity.

 

Leaders of Hoa Binh province’s board of ethnic affairs honour organisations, individuals with outstanding achievements in 2018.

 

At the event, Dung asked the board to enhance collaboration with competent agencies to support local authorities in ethnic affairs policy implementation.

 The board is advised to mobilise and ensure efficient use of financial assistance for infrastructure and production in line with the province’s conditions. It should also encourage ethnic people to escape poverty, he added.

 Besides, the board was asked to provide consultations to launch a project for support of the 36 most impoverished localities in the province, striving to bring the poverty rate down by 4-5 percent and raise the annual per capita income by 2 million VND in disadvantaged villages, along with steering conferences on ethnic affairs of all levels.

At the event, the board launched a campaign to fufill tasks for 2019./.

 

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