Nghe An meets with officials and leaders of ethnic minorities

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(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of December 28, the Provincial Ethnic Committee organized a meeting with leaders and former leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors and key leaders and former leaders at the district level who are ethnic minorities.

Many preferential policies for ethnic minority areas

Provincial leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

Attending the meeting were comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and leaders of a number of provincial and district departments, branches and sectors with ethnic minorities.

fellow countrymenethnic minorityNghe An accounts for 38.9% of the population, living in 12 districts and towns; of which 27 are border communes adjacent to Laos.

In recent times, all levels and sectors in the province have promptly, publicly, transparently, democratically and in accordance with regulations the policies and guidelines of the Party and State on investment in the development of ethnic minority areas andmountain,from infrastructure investment, socio-economic development, poverty reduction, national defense and security, especially border security.

Comrade Vi Van Son - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee affirmed that many policies for ethnic minority areas have been implemented with attention, creating momentum for regional development. Photo: Mai Hoa

Along with implementing the Central's policies and guidelines, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee also issued Directive No. 17 on ethnic and mountainous work; the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee issued resolutions, decisions, programs and plans to implement the National Target Program on ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Thanks to that, the socio-economic infrastructure in mountainous areas has received investment attention; many economic models have been developed, contributing to changing the mindset and will to improve the lives of ethnic minorities; the poverty rate has decreased annually. The appearance of rural mountainous areas has improved; national defense and security have been maintained.

Comrade Lo Xuan Viet - former Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee recommended that all levels pay attention to preserving and promoting cultural values among ethnic minorities. Photo: Mai Hoa

At the conference, besides affirming the attention of the Party, State and all levels in the province, contributing to creating many great changes in the socio-economic situation of ethnic minority areas; a number of leaders and former leaders of provincial and district departments and branches also raised many concerns and recommendations for all levels to continue to pay attention.

The most important thing is to preserve and promote the cultural values of ethnic minorities, especially their writing and language, which are increasingly fading away; to take care of training, fostering and improving the quality of ethnic minority cadres, in conjunction with recruiting ethnic people into state agencies at all levels. Along with that, it is necessary to pay attention to implementing resettlement projects in areas at risk of landslides; to completely resolve the backlog from hydropower projects...

Comrade Ly Ba Thai - Standing Deputy Secretary of Ky Son District Party Committee shared some difficulties in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Ky Son district. Photo: Mai Hoa

Focus on effectively implementing 3 target programs

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee informed about some socio-economic situations of the province with many outstanding results in economic scale, growth rate, investment attraction, budget collection...; at the same time, affirmed the innovations in leadership and direction methods of the province are both comprehensive and focused; focusing on comprehensive development of agricultural economy, industry, trade services and all regions, in which priority is given to the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Sharing the characteristics and difficulties, and affirming the policy of the Party, State and the province to continue paying attention to the development of ethnic and mountainous areas, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also emphasized a number of issues that need attention.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee said that the province is developing a project to train and foster ethnic minority cadres to meet the requirements of regional and general development of the province. Photo: Mai Hoa

In which, we focus on ensuring national defense and security, creating a stable environment, promoting socio-economic development; effectively implementing 3 National Target Programs on new rural construction, sustainable poverty reduction and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu also said that in recent times, Party committees at all levels have paid attention to the work of ethnic minority cadres; however, the proportion of ethnic minority cadres in provincial departments, branches and sectors has not reached the prescribed rate. Currently, the province has implemented a project to train and foster ethnic minority cadres to meet the needs of ethnic minority cadres in the coming time.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated the dedication and contributions of the team of leaders and former leaders of the province and district who are ethnic minorities, contributing to promoting the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas and the province in general.

On the basis of stating some development orientations and some key tasks of the province, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested all levels and sectors to pay attention to implementing well, contributing to improving and enhancing the material and spiritual life of the people.

At the same time, I hope that the leaders and former leaders of provincial and district departments and branches will continue to pay attention to contributing and participating in monitoring so that policies and projects can be effectively implemented. On the other hand, with their prestige and influence, they will contribute to preserving and promoting the cultural values and identities of the people as well as eliminating backward customs.