Improving the lives of ethnic minorities in Quy Hop

Multiply the joy

Quy Hop Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities was established in 2011. Due to difficult conditions and lack of funds to invest in new construction, the school took over the second facility of the town's Primary School. This facility was built in the 1990s, so the school's facilities were seriously degraded. Students had to study and live in temporary rooms, lacking food, accommodation, and auxiliary facilities. This was the main reason why the school's key education quality at that time was only ranked 5th or 6th in the district.

Teacher Dinh Van Tu - Principal of Quy Hop Ethnic Boarding Secondary School said: From 2016 to now, the school has received attention from superiors, investment in spacious facilities, teachers and students are very excited. The implementation of special ethnic education work is guaranteed. Currently, the school has 1 2-storey school building, 12 classrooms; 1 boarding house, 13 rooms; 1 dining room; 1 multi-functional school building, 6 functional rooms. Teaching equipment, living utensils, and student care services are provided fully and promptly.

“In 2024, the school will continue to receive State attention to repair and upgrade the 2-storey school building to 3 floors, 18 classrooms; 3-storey student dormitory, 39 rooms; student dining room; build new boarding house, rice warehouse, canteen... with a total cost of more than 23.5 billion VND. Thanks to the investment in facilities, meeting the teaching and learning conditions of teachers and students, in recent years, the school's overall quality has ranked first in the district; excellent students have ranked second and third in the district", teacher Dinh Van Tu added.

Studying in a spacious environment, Lo Thi Khanh Bang, Thai ethnic, class 9A, Quy Hop Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, said: "In the classroom, there is a TV connected to the internet, so it is very convenient for us to apply information technology and exploit many useful documents. Therefore, our learning results are increasingly improving."

Ha Son is a particularly difficult mountainous commune located 21 km from the center of Quy Hop district, with National Highway 48D passing through. The whole commune has 1,101 households, with 4,637 people, distributed in 7 hamlets, of which ethnic minorities account for over 90%. To meet the health care needs of ethnic minorities, at the end of 2022, the commune health station project was invested in construction according to the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas. After nearly 1 year of focusing on accelerating the progress, the project was completed and put into use.

Ms. Truong Thi Hien - Head of Ha Son Commune Health Station (Quy Hop) said: "Previously, the commune health station was seriously degraded, there was a lack of working rooms, the doctor's room had to be given up to be an emergency room for patients. There was a time when, due to the change of seasons, dozens of children got sick, the station staff had to spread mats, put beds along the hallway, and give up the duty room for patients to lie down.

The Party and State have invested in building a new medical station with a total cost of 4.9 billion VND, designed with 2 floors with 16 spacious working rooms, clean and beautiful campus, meeting the needs of examination and treatment for patients. In the coming time, we will continue to improve the professional qualifications of the medical staff, contributing to ensuring the necessary conditions to build a commune medical station that meets national standards.

Create motivation for development

Implement documents of the Central and the province on implementing the National Target Program on socio-economic developmentethnic minority areasand mountainous areas in the period of 2021 - 2025, the program implementation in Quy Hop district has received the attention, direction and participation of the entire political system from district to commune. The District People's Committee issued a plan to review capital needs to implement the program, and established a Steering Committee for national target programs in the period of 2021 - 2025 in the district.

According to the results of implementing the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2025, Quy Hop district was allocated to invest in the construction of 130 projects, with a total capital of over 339.6 billion VND.

Up to now, the total capital allocated is 250.7 billion VND. With the disbursed capital, Quy Hop district has promptly supported 51/52 households to build houses with a disbursed capital of over 2 billion VND, reaching a rate of 72.22%; invested in the construction of 85 works, with a total allocated capital of 247.8 billion VND, disbursed 178.5 billion VND, reaching a rate of 72.05%. In 2024 alone, the whole district has 19/23 new works that have started construction with a total investment capital of 56.7 billion VND; of which, the allocated capital is 21.6 billion VND, the disbursed capital is 11.3 billion VND (disbursement rate of 52.41%).

Regarding career capital, up to now, the capital has been allocated 167.4 billion VND for 9/10 projects under the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2025 (allocated annually from 2022-2024). Of which, in 2024, 51.2 billion VND has been allocated. The capital disbursed to implement projects is over 24 billion VND, disbursement rate 22.91%. Programs, projects, and investment policies to support ethnic minority areas in the district are always organized and implemented synchronously, promptly, with correct objectives, objects, and regulations of the State.

With the support of the State and the efforts and striving of the people, the socio-economic situation in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Quy Hop district has been significantly improved. Infrastructure has been improved in a synchronous direction; the economic structure has continued to shift strongly towards commodity production; the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities has been constantly improved; traditional culture has been preserved and promoted; political security, order and social safety have been ensured; the grassroots political system has been consolidated and perfected...

By the end of 2024, all targets have been achieved and exceeded the set plan; 100% of communes have paved roads from the district to the commune center; 100% of communes and towns have medical stations, 98.7% of households have access to safe grid electricity; 100% of schools (where there are boarding students) in communes in extremely difficult and border areas have houses, kitchens, and sanitation facilities to meet the basic needs of students at all levels of education; 87% of the rural population has access to clean water; 100% of ethnic minorities in difficult areas, poor households, and near-poor households are granted health insurance cards; the rate of households using clean water is 87%. The whole district has 6 communes meeting new rural standards and 1 commune is building an advanced new rural area...

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In the coming time, the district will continue to accelerate the progress and finalize the projects completed in 2024; at the same time, deploy the plan to implement the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas in Quy Hop district for the period of 2022 - 2025 in time as prescribed; continue to recommend, propose, and make the most of the investment support capital from the Central and the province for investment projects for ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the district; coordinate to inspect, supervise a number of programs, policies, and projects that have been and are being implemented at a number of facilities in the area; strengthen coordination in organizing inspections of the implementation of regimes and policies for ethnic minorities in mountainous areas.

Mr. Hoang Van Thai - Vice Chairman of Quy Hop District People's Committee