Improving the effectiveness of socio-economic development programs for ethnic minority areas in Tinh Bien town

On April 21, the National Assembly's Ethnic Council delegation led by Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Nguyen Lam Thanh came to survey and evaluate the results of implementation for the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021-2030; Phase I: from 2021 - 2025 in Tinh Bien town.

The Ethnic Council delegation surveys Tinh Bien town
Members of the working group express their opinions
Representative of Tinh Bien town reports and explains the contents of the Program implementation
Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Council Nguyen Lam Thanh concludes the working session

In the period of 2021-2024, the People's Committee of Tinh Bien town has been allocated 48,296 billion VND of public investment capital to implement projects to support residential land, housing, production land, and domestic water for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, along with infrastructure investment projects. Specifically, 6 water supply pipelines have been deployed, supporting 134 households with housing, 17 households with residential land and housing; implementing 12 rural traffic works, building new schools, and renovating schools with a total disbursed capital of more than 29.3 billion VND. The People's Committee of Tinh Bien town also disbursed 7,788 billion VND from public capital for projects under the Program.

Tinh Bien Town People's Committee proposed that the Central Government review and adjust the National Target Programs to suit the characteristics of each region, promptly issue and provide synchronous instructions for effective implementation by localities.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Nguyen Lam Thanh highly appreciated the results achieved by Tinh Bien town in the recent time. At the same time, he also requested the locality to continue to make efforts and effectively utilize capital sources, mechanisms and policies to effectively implement the Program; Take measures to overcome difficulties and obstacles to support local ethnic minorities to access policies from the Program in order to improve their lives./.

News by Thanh Tien
Translation by Hoang Oanh