Signing of the Coordination Program between the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Nghe An province and departments, branches and sectors

Attending the ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - President of the Provincial Women's Union; Vi Van Son - Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee; representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Working scene. Photo: Thanh Le

Ethnic minority and mountainous areas in Nghe An account for 83% of the province's natural area; with 131 communes, including 55 communes in area 1, 76 communes in area 3 in 12 districts and towns.

In particular, Nghe An has 27 communes in the border area adjacent to Laos. Socio-economic development of ethnic minority areas is a policy that the Party, State and Nghe An province pay special attention to.

In order to effectively implement the Party and State's policies and guidelines to ethnic minority areas, the Provincial Ethnic Committee has had a coordination program with departments, branches and sectors.

Comrade Vi Van Son - Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le

Accordingly, immediately after the coordination program is signed, the parties will include the coordination content in the leadership resolution of the Party Committee and the agency's plan for implementation.

Comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports suggested that the two units coordinate more effectively in preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minority areas. Photo: Thanh Le

Based on the content and coordination program for the entire period, every year the Ethnic Committee and related departments, branches and sectors have selected and identified key contents suitable to the situation and requirements of each sector to focus on coordination and direction of implementation.

During the implementation of the coordination program, the Ethnic Committee and related departments, branches and sectors have paid attention to information exchange; promptly resolved difficulties, and at the same time promoted the role of functional agencies in advising, guiding and directing the implementation of the program.

Leaders of the Provincial Ethnic Committee attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le

According to the assessment of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Nghe An province, the results of the implementation of the coordination program between the Ethnic Minorities Committee and provincial departments, branches and sectors in the period of 2016 - 2021 have promoted the combined strength in successfully implementing the Party's policies and guidelines and the State's laws. At the same time, mobilizing the strength of the masses, making an important contribution to building, consolidating, improving the quality and effectiveness of the activities of socio-political organizations and the cause of socio-economic development of the province in general, and ethnic minority and mountainous areas in particular.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Chairwoman of the Provincial Women's Union said: The Provincial Women's Union has devoted a lot of love and resources to ethnic minorities; built many livelihood models for women in ethnic minority areas. Photo: Thanh Le

However, the implementation of the coordination program still has some limitations; some contents of the coordination program are still scattered, the implementation results are not clear and need to be overcome in the coming time.

At the ceremony, the Provincial Ethnic Committee signed a Program of coordination between the Ethnic Committee and departments, branches and sectors of Nghe An province for the period 2022 - 2025. Photo: Thanh Le

Discussing at the conference, representatives of departments, branches and sectors exchanged and shared the results as well as the shortcomings and limitations in implementing the coordination program with the Provincial Ethnic Committee; focusing on implementing the National Target Programs for ethnic minority areas annually and periodically.