With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.

 


The safe vegetable cultivation model in Doc Loc commune has created stable jobs for local ethnic minority residents.

The investment portfolio has catalysed significant infrastructure improvements, with such projects as water systems in Song and Mui hamlets of Doc Lap commune, housing support for impoverished families, rural transportation development, and wet market repair.

Besides, the money has been used to support the development of free-range chicken farming, safe vegetable production, and upgrade of warehouses and vocational training facilities.

Three years into implementation, the programme has demonstrated tangible impacts, boosting socio-economic development and improving local material and spiritual lives. The poverty rate among ethnic minority communities has reduced by 1.74% annually, while average annual income has climbed to 63 million VND per person by the end of 2024. Besides, infrastructure development has achieved remarkable milestones, with 100% of communes having concretised roads and all ethnic minority residents accessing electricity and clean water.

Along with relocating ethnic minority households in areas prone to flash floods and landslides, the city has paid due attention to doing away with temporary and dilapidated houses for poor ethnic minority communities and households.

Furthermore, it has maintained universal preschool education for five-year-olds and a 98% health insurance coverage rate among ethnic minority populations.

According to deputy head of the city’s board for ethnic affairs Nguyen Xuan Thang, the national target programme has delivered benefits to ethnic minority communities, modernising rural infrastructure and expanding successful production models. It has contributed greatly to improving living conditions as well as ensuring social order and safety in ethnic minority regions.

 

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