Raising awareness for Front officials about ethnic work in the new period

At Nghe An bridge, comrade Le Van Ngoc - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Quynh

At the training conference, delegates were informed about the main topics including: History, tradition and basic issues of current Front work; The Party's policy on ethnic work according to Conclusion No. 65 dated October 30, 2019 of the Politburo; Basic contents of the Overall Project and National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2030...

The Standing Representative of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front affirmed that the organization of the training conference will help the cadres, civil servants working on ethnic affairs and prestigious people among ethnic minorities in the province to promptly update new knowledge on the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws on ethnic affairs. Thereby, improving the effectiveness of advising and effectively implementing ethnic affairs in localities and work units.

Attending the online conference at Nghe An bridge were representatives of cadres working on the Front and village elders, prestigious people among ethnic minorities in the whole province. Photo: Thanh Quynh

According to the report of the Steering Committee summarizing 15 years of implementing Resolution No. 24 of the 9th Central Executive Committee, by the end of 2019, 98.4% of ethnic minority and mountainous communes had car roads to the commune center; 100% of communes had access to the national grid; the rate of households using electricity reached 93.9%.

The economic growth rate of ethnic minority and mountainous areas is quite high, averaging over 7%, higher than the national average. The poverty rate is decreasing rapidly, averaging about 3% - 4%/year.

Education and health care have made much progress: 96.6% of communes have kindergartens/preschools; 100% of communes have met the standards for universal primary education; 93.2% of communes have junior high schools; 99.39% of communes have health stations; 77.8% of communes have met national health standards.

Nghe An is one of the localities that effectively implements ethnic work and puts ethnic policies into practice. Accompanying the Party Committee and government, the provincial Fatherland Front has deployed many campaigns and practical programs aimed at poor households and policy families in ethnic minority areas. Photo: Dinh Tuan

In addition to the achievements, ethnic work and ethnic policy implementation still face many difficulties and limitations. Specifically, up to now, there are 118 policy documents related to ethnic minority and mountainous areas (of which 54 projects and policies are still in effect), which are developed, managed and implemented by many agencies, so resources are lacking, scattered, and difficult to integrate and clearly define responsibilities.

The dissemination of the Party's Resolution, the State's policies and laws on ethnic affairs and the role of prestigious people and members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in ethnic minority areas has not been effective.

To effectively carry out the ethnic work of the Fatherland Front in the current period, Comrade Vu Duong Chau - Head of the Ethnic Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front emphasized 5 basic contents and goals including: Improving the effectiveness of propaganda work on the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups; Coordinating the implementation and implementation of campaigns and emulation movements suitable for ethnic minority areas; Coordinating the implementation of social supervision and criticism on ethnic policies and ethnic work; Participating in the implementation of people's foreign affairs of the Front in ethnic minority areas; Coordinating the implementation and participation in the development of mechanisms and policies, promoting the role of prestigious and typical people, improving the capacity of Front cadres in ethnic minority areas.

Thanh Quynh