4 billion VND awarded to support building houses for poor ethnic minorities and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in Nghe An

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

CONNECTING AND JOINING TO CARE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES

Over the past years, in addition to State resources, the Government's Ethnic Committee, as the state management agency for ethnic affairs, has actively connected and called for social resources to support ethnic minorities.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee presented a report on the socio-economic situation of the province. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, the Government's Ethnic Committee has connected with Dong Nai province to support housing construction for poor ethnic minorities in 8 northern mountainous provinces with a total amount of 20 billion VND, of which 3 billion VND was supported for Nghe An province.

At the meeting, after listening to the leaders of Nghe An province report on some socio-economic situations, Comrade Hau A Lenh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minorities expressed his joy at the results achieved by the province in recent times; including the work of caring for ethnic minorities and border areas.

Comrade Hau A Lenh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Referring to the support program of Dong Nai province for 8 northern provinces, including Nghe An province, implemented by the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities, comrade Hau A Lenh respectfully thanked Dong Nai province for its noble gesture towards ethnic minorities. This is a very meaningful work to concretize Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 of the National Assembly approving the Overall Project on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030.

The Minister and Chairman of the Government's Ethnic Committee hopes that in the coming time, Dong Nai province and other provinces with more socio-economic development will continue to coordinate with the Government's Ethnic Committee to carry out more specific and meaningful activities. The Government's Ethnic Committee is ready to join hands and coordinate to effectively implement support programs to contribute to improving the lives of ethnic minorities nationwide, including ethnic minorities in Nghe An province.

Leaders of Nghe An province at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Hong Linh - Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee expressed his joy to visit Nghe An; congratulated the province on its strong development in recent times, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic; wished the province steady development in the coming time.

Referring to the program to support ethnic minorities that Dong Nai province coordinated with the Government's Ethnic Committee to implement in some northern provinces, including Nghe An province, comrade Nguyen Hong Linh shared that although the gift was not large, it showed the sentiments of the Party Committee and the people of Dong Nai sharing the difficulties of poor ethnic minorities in Nghe An, thereby continuing to strengthen the close and deeper ties between the two provinces.

Comrade Nguyen Hong Linh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee thanked the Government's Ethnic Committee for helping, coordinating, and working closely with the province to implement this meaningful program, contributing to achieving the goals in Resolution No. 88/2019/QH14 of the National Assembly.

Provincial leaders and some departments and branches of Nghe An province at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

MOTIVATION FOR NGHE AN TO PERFORM EVEN BETTER
WORK TO CARE FOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES

Speaking at the program, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy expressed his pleasure to welcome the delegation of the Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee; the Provincial Party Secretary and the Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee to visit, work and present funding to support housing construction for poor ethnic minorities in Nghe An province who are still facing housing difficulties and to support Nghe An province to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An is located in the center of the North Central region, with the largest area in the country. Besides favorable conditions for development, Nghe An province has many very specific unfavorable factors. The vast mountainous area accounts for 83% of the area, the terrain is strongly fragmented, steep slopes, the population is about 1.2 million people, accounting for 41% of the province's population, of which ethnic minorities are nearly 500,000 people; life and living conditions in this area are still difficult, lacking, the poverty rate is high. Nghe An is a locality that is often strongly affected by natural disasters; the longest border in the country is 468.2km;...

Therefore, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy said that, along with focusing on economic development in the Eastern region as a driving force, the province always pays special attention to social security issues for the poor and disadvantaged; policies for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, mainly focusing on the Western region.

Accordingly, Nghe An focuses on implementing 5 policies managed and directed by the Government Committee for Ethnic Minorities and programs and policies managed and directed by other ministries and branches in a systematic and proper manner, ensuring that the policies reach the people.

Leaders of the Government's Ethnic Committee and Dong Nai province presented 3 billion VND to build houses for poor ethnic minorities in Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, at the provincial level, Nghe An also pays great attention to social security work and care for the poor. For 10 consecutive years, the province has organized the Tet for the poor program, with a total budget of over 720 billion, of which 131 billion in 2023 alone, ensuring that each poor household receives a gift worth at least 500,000 VND. In the period of 2020 - 2022, the whole province mobilized, built and repaired nearly 4,500 houses, with a total budget of nearly 173 billion VND.

However, currently, the whole province still has 55,348 poor households (6.41% of the population) and 53,571 near-poor households (6.20% of the population), of which over 15,000 households are in need of housing construction and repair. Therefore, Nghe An is aiming to basically eliminate temporary housing by the end of 2025 (including building 9,200 new houses and repairing 6,100 houses), "helping the poor and disadvantaged people to soon settle down and make a living".

Comrade Cao Van Quang - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province presented 1 billion VND to support overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. Photo: Thanh Duy

The province has launched a program to mobilize and support the construction of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in the area for the period 2023 - 2025; the Provincial Party Standing Committee has issued a Directive and established a Steering Committee to mobilize the strong and drastic participation of the entire political system to quickly and effectively resolve the housing problem for the poor. Responding to this policy, 11,042 houses have been mobilized so far, equivalent to more than 562 billion VND.

After more than two months of implementation, the whole province has built and repaired 1,717 solid houses; in 2023, the province strives to repair and build about 5,500 new houses.

Leaders of Dong Nai province presented souvenirs to Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Expressing his emotion when the delegation of the Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee of Dong Nai province did not mind the distance, bringing sentiments and funds to share and help Nghe An province in supporting the construction of houses for poor ethnic minorities and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, the head of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed that this is a very precious sentiment, a driving force for the province to better implement the socio-economic development goals, especially caring for the poor and ethnic minorities; at the same time, affirming that this source of funding will be used effectively and for the right purpose.

Leaders of Nghe An province presented souvenirs to the Government's Ethnic Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

Leaders of Nghe An province presented souvenirs to Dong Nai province. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the coming time, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy hopes to continue receiving attention, companionship and support from the Government's Ethnic Committee and Dong Nai province in the development process.

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