Prioritize communes and villages considered to be particularly disadvantaged
On the afternoon of May 16, at the headquarters of Thanh Long commune (Thanh Chuong), the working delegation of the Government's Ethnic Committee worked with Thanh Long commune (Thanh Chuong) and Thanh Chuong district on the inspection, review and identification of extremely disadvantaged villages, communes in areas I, II, III in ethnic and mountainous areas in the period 2012-2015. Comrade Hoang Xuan Luong - Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee was the head of the working delegation. Accompanying the delegation were representatives of relevant departments, branches and representatives of the Provincial Ethnic Committee.
(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of May 16, at the headquarters of Thanh Long commune (Thanh Chuong), the working delegation of the Government's Ethnic Committee worked with Thanh Long commune (Thanh Chuong) and Thanh Chuong district on the inspection, review and identification of extremely disadvantaged villages, communes in areas I, II, III in ethnic and mountainous areas in the period 2012-2015. Comrade Hoang Xuan Luong - Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee was the head of the working delegation. Accompanying the delegation were representatives of relevant departments, branches and representatives of the Provincial Ethnic Committee.
Pursuant to Decision 30 of the Prime Minister on criteria for determining extremely disadvantaged villages, communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in regions I, II, III and documents of relevant ministries and branches, Thanh Long Commune People's Committee has reviewed the criteria. Specifically: The number of poor and near-poor households is 574/982 households, accounting for 58.4%, of which poor households account for 28.1%. The rate of households without clean water is 38.8%; The rate of untrained workers is 81.5%. The commune has 8/13 extremely disadvantaged villages, accounting for 61.5%. There are 332/982 households lacking production land according to regulations. The commune and inter-commune roads have not been asphalted...
Based on the review criteria, Thanh Long commune proposed that all levels consider recognizing Thanh Long commune as a commune in region III for the period 2012-2015. As for Thanh Chuong district, based on the criteria, appraisal and verification results, the District Review Council approved 131 extremely disadvantaged villages; 11 mountainous communes in region III, an increase of 7 communes compared to the period 2006-2010; 16 mountainous communes in region II, an increase of 4 communes compared to the period 2006-2010 and 4 mountainous communes in region I.
Comrade Hoang Xuan Luong delivered a concluding speech at the working session.
Concluding the meeting, Comrade Hoang Xuan Luong shared the difficulties with Thanh Long commune due to unfavorable natural conditions causing difficulties for economic development and requested the commune to review and complete the criteria to make the dossier more convincing. As for Thanh Chuong district, he requested the district to review and complete the dossier, especially clarifying the reasons for the increase in the number of communes in region III compared to the previous period. At the same time, the district needs to consider arranging the priority order of communes and villages considered as particularly difficult communes and particularly difficult villages for consideration by the Councils at all levels./.
Thanh Duy
