(HBO) - Yen Thuy district is home to seven ethnic groups living together, including 49,239 ethnic minority people, making up 69.53 percent of the district’s population. In recent years, Yen Thuy has stepped up the implementation of programmes, projects and policies to support ethnic minority areas, including the mobilisation of resources for socio-economic development.
Thanks
to the Government’s Programme 135, many roads in the particularly disadvantaged
commune of Lac Hung in Yen Thuy district have been concretised.
The policy system on sustainable poverty
reduction has been strengthened while many related policies have been brought
into reality and proved efficient such as the Programme 135, the loan policy
for poor households, and the transfer of plant and animal structure.
In the 2014-2019 period, with the total
investment of over 894 trillion VND from central, provincial and district
budgets and the World Bank, the electricity system along with schools and roads
across Yen Thuy have been improved, contributing to promoting socio-economic development
in ethnic minority areas. Besides, the district also promotes the
implementation of the preferential credit loan support policy.
The district has backed the construction of
houses for 203 poor households, offered tuition exemption and reduction for
8,636 needy students, and provided free health insurance cards for 100,607
underprivileged people, as well as supported electricity for 28,189 poor
families with total expenses of 4.143 trillion VND.
Besides, Yen Thuy has supported over 1,426
people with short-term vocational training courses, mainly those from poor,
nearly-poor, and ethnic minority households.
Thanks to the diversification of poverty
reduction activities over the past five years, the rate of poor households in
the district has been reduced by over 2 percent per year to 13.9 percent in
2018./.
At HANOI JVC Training Center (Hanoi), the Farmers’s Support Center, the Provincial Farmers' Union and VTC1 International Development joint Stock Company recently held a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement to link consulting and create the labor resources working abroad for a limited period of time.
In recent years, the education career in Yen Thuy district has changed positively. The school facilities have newly been built and the quality of education has improved.
The Board for Women's Advancement of Hoa Binh province on November 11 officially launched the Action Month for Gender Equality, focusing on preventing and addressing gender-based violence. As part of the event, a special talk was held on the theme of sharing household work for a happy family. The event drew 300 delegates, including Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the provincial Board for Women's Advancement.
The people in Hoa Binh province are aware of the need to build and preserve the cultural traditions and unique customs of their communities, especially those related to ethnic identities and family values which serve as foundation for a vibrant, tradition-rich Hoa Binh, enriching community life. In recent years, the province’s Party Committee, authorities, and residents have paid heed to building and developing family values and fostering human standards in the new era.
The festival of great national solidarity and culture in 2024 was held at the communal house of Da Bac district on November 5. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan and leaders of departments and sectors attended the event.
The Labor Federation of Da Bac district has focused on protecting workers' rights while actively participating in patriotic emulation movements to enhance the creativity and productivity of the local workforces across agencies, organisations and enterprises.
