On the afternoon of April 21, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Council for Ethnic Minorities (Ethnic Council) Nguyen Lam Thanh led a survey delegation to work with the People's Committee of An Giang province on the results of the implementation of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period; Phase I: from 2021-2025, in An Giang province.
Member of the Provincial Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Phuoc; Vice Chairwoman of An Giang Provincial People's Council Dinh Thi Viet Huynh; Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of An Giang Province Trinh Lam Sinh and representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors received and worked with the delegation.In the 2021-2025 period, An Giang province has been allocated a total of 323.38 billion VND from the central and local budgets to implement projects under the Program. To date, 183.49 billion VND has been disbursed to implement projects under the Program, achieving many positive results.The whole province has 100% of communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas with asphalt and concrete roads to commune centers, hamlets and villages; 100% of communes have medical stations, irrigation works, radio stations, national grid or rural electricity, the number of households using hygienic water for daily life reaches 98%... In particular, the poverty rate among ethnic minorities decreases by 3 - 4% annually.
Specifically, the number of poor ethnic minority households from 4,026 households (14.85%) at the end of 2021 to the end of 2024 decreased to 1,545 households (5.2%).Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Council Nguyen Lam Thanh acknowledged the efforts of the province in organizing the implementation of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021-2030, Phase I: From 2021-2025 in the area. Thereby, it is recommended that in the coming time, An Giang province continue to pay attention to and direct departments, branches and districts to well implement the goals, targets and projects of national target programs, especially the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas. In particular, promoting the propaganda and dissemination of the viewpoints, guidelines and policies of the Party and State on ethnicity and religion.
An Giang province needs to pay attention to investing in infrastructure and roads; effectively organize and implement mechanisms and policies to support people and ethnic minorities in the area to access policy capital to apply scientific and technical advances and high technology in production and business; replicate effective production models; improve the quality of vocational training, train high-quality human resources, etc., contributing to improving the quality of material and spiritual life for people./.
News by Trung Hieu
Translation by Thi Huynh