Minister - Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh: Building the ethnic minority region of Nghe An to be economically rich, imbued with identity, and strong in national defense and security

At this 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities, I propose that the Party Committee, government and people of ethnic minorities in Nghe An province continue to strongly affirm the proud and exciting achievements in the past 5 years, increase confidence in the innovation cause of the Party and the locality, and be determined to strive for higher and greater achievements along with a deeper assessment of the difficulties, challenges, potentials and advantages of the locality, innovation, and specific determination of tasks and solutions for the 2024-2029 period, considering this one of the important political tasks to be included in the Resolution of the Provincial Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term.

In that spirit, I would like to respectfully propose to the Congress some specific contents, which are:

The first:Respectfully request Party committees at all levels, authorities, socio-political organizations, cadres and Party members in the province to continue to study and raise awareness of the Party and State's viewpoints, policies and guidelines on ethnic work, great national unity and ethnic policies; continue to disseminate, thoroughly grasp and effectively implement Conclusion No. 65-KL/TW dated October 30, 2019 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW of the 9th Party Central Committee on ethnic work in the new situation; Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 and Resolution No. 120/2020/QH14 of the 14th National Assembly on approving the Overall Project and Investment Policy of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period; and other directives and resolutions of the Central Committee; projects issued by the Government and the Prime Minister related to ethnic work and ethnic policies.

Monday:Continue to innovate thinking, act decisively, with high political determination, promote the potential and advantages of the province, focus resources on investment in socio-economic development, promote poverty reduction, build new rural areas, improve the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities, effectively implement 3 national target programs, especially the national target program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030 in the province.

Tuesday:Focus on building and consolidating the grassroots political system in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, especially in remote communes and areas with special difficulties. With the good premise of education and training results in the province in recent years, it is necessary to focus on training and developing human resources, especially local ethnic minority cadres and ethnic minority cadres of very small ethnic groups, increasing the number of capable and dedicated cadres to work in difficult areas; regularly organize and have appropriate forms to honor, commend, train and promote the role of prestigious people in the community; arouse the confidence, self-reliance, self-reliance, consensus of all classes of people and promote the role of intellectuals and ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the socio-economic development of the locality.

Wednesday:Combine economic development with ensuring national defense and security, especially in key areas and border areas; proactively build a national defense posture, a people's security posture, associated with a solid people's heart posture. Proactively resolve all conflicts and problems arising from the grassroots; create consensus, build villages and hamlets that are united, peaceful and developed.

Thursday:Continue to pay attention to preserving and promoting fine traditional cultural values, tangible and intangible cultural heritages of ethnic minorities; eliminate backward customs; promote and improve the quality and effectiveness of education and training, especially training, fostering and vocational training for ethnic minority youth; strengthen health care for the people, ensuring ecological environmental sanitation.

Friday: Focus on building and nurturing the great solidarity of ethnic groups, this is the source of strength, a precious tradition that has been persistently built and nurtured by many generations of ancestors; promote the self-reliance and self-reliance of ethnic groups with the spirit of mutual love and affection; trust and join hands and hearts with the Party Committee and the provincial government to successfully implement the Resolution of the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Nghe An province in 2024, practically making achievements to welcome Party congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Party Congress and major political and historical events of the country.

...Under the leadership of the Party and State; the close guidance of the Party Committee and the provincial government, I believe that Nghe An province, with its strategic location, potential and advantages in forests and seas, and its hard-working, intelligent and studious people, will have strong breakthrough developments, the 47 ethnic groups will continue to promote the tradition of loving their homeland, the revolutionary tradition and enthusiastically compete in labor production, support each other to overcome all obstacles, build the ethnic minority region of Nghe An province to be rich in economy, imbued with national identity, strong in national defense and security, successfully implement the goals of the provincial Party Committee, the goals in the Resolution Letter of the Congress, and at the same time, Nghe An will be a model for other provinces to learn from and follow to develop together.

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(Title by Nghe An Newspaper)