Policies aim to better lives of ethnic minority people in Mekong Delta
Around 100 policies and documents related to ethnic minority groups in the Mekong Delta have been implemented to develop essential infrastructure and production, reduce poverty and improve the living standards of local residents.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a meeting of outstanding delegates from Khmer ethnic minority group in Can Tho city in April 2019 on the occasion of the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Around 100 policies anddocuments related to ethnic minority groups in the Mekong Delta have beenimplemented to develop essential infrastructure and production, reduce povertyand improve the living standards of local residents.
According to Hung Thi Somaly, an official fromthe Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, the rate of poor ethnicminority households in the region reduced significantly to 17.42 percent in2017 from 23.45 percent in 2016.
Localities in the delta are working towardpoverty reduction among ethnic minority groups, including Khmer – which make up16.5 percent of poor households in the delta.
Minister-Chairman of the Committee for EthnicMinority Affairs Do Van Chien said the rate of households living under thepoverty line in the Khmer ethnic group has been decreasing on an average of 3-5percent per year in recent years.
The State has supported building houses for morethan 120,000 Khmer households and land production for nearly 10,000, as well asprovided vocational training for 98,000 locals and generated jobs for some142,000 workers. More than 521,000 households are entitled to preferentialloans for production development, he added.
Since 2004, localities in the Mekong Delta haveinvested in building nearly 230 water supply facilities, supported landproduction for more than 9,720 households, and offered vocational training for11,380 workers.
Since 2001, localities have also implementedprice subsidy policies for ethnic minority households.
Transport, schools, medical examinationfacilities, irrigation and electricity systems have also been improved.-VNA
Programme 135 has assisted people living in mountainous areas, especially the ethnic minority people, in northern Yen Bai province escape from poverty in a sustainable manner.
The number of low-income households is growing in ethnic minority areas, with the poverty reduction tempo in these communities also lower than the national, according to Minister-Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Do Van Chien.
Close to 6.7 million poor households and policy beneficiaries gained access to preferential loans worth over 62 trillion VND (2.66 billion USD) in 2018.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is implementing a vocational training programme for ethnic minority people worth 200 billion VND (8.6 million USD), including more than 90 billion VND from the local budget.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a meeting of outstanding delegates from Khmer ethnic minority group in Can Tho city in April 2019 on the occasion of the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival (Photo: VNA)
