Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the northernprovince of Hoa Binh to intensify poverty reduction and improve theliving conditions for its ethnic minority communities, especially thoseliving in far-flung areas.
Speaking at theprovince’s conference for ethnic minorities on November 14, Phuc, who ishead of the Northwestern Region Steering Committee, emphasised the needto address issues ethnic minority people are facing relating tocapital, land for production and accommodation, and clean water.
Theprovince should guide them how to apply advanced technologies inproduction in an effort to raise labour productivity and incomes, hesaid.
The Deputy PM asked local authorities tocombine vocational training with job generation, as well as ensurepolitical security and social order.
Theprovince was also requested to make full use of all resources to betterthe socio-economic infrastructure system in ethnic-inhabited areas, withthe focus on building or upgrading roads, schools, and water andmedical facilities.
Hoa Binh province is now home to a number of ethnic groups, including Muong, Kinh, Thai, Tay , Dao, Hmong and Hoa.
During the 2009-2014 period, thanks to nearly 540 billion USD (25.38million USD) funded by the national target programme on sustainablepoverty reduction, the province has built 1,815 infrastructurefacilities and 59 water supply works in disadvantaged communes, andhelped poor households buy production machines, seeds and breeds.-VNA
Speaking at theprovince’s conference for ethnic minorities on November 14, Phuc, who ishead of the Northwestern Region Steering Committee, emphasised the needto address issues ethnic minority people are facing relating tocapital, land for production and accommodation, and clean water.
Theprovince should guide them how to apply advanced technologies inproduction in an effort to raise labour productivity and incomes, hesaid.
The Deputy PM asked local authorities tocombine vocational training with job generation, as well as ensurepolitical security and social order.
Theprovince was also requested to make full use of all resources to betterthe socio-economic infrastructure system in ethnic-inhabited areas, withthe focus on building or upgrading roads, schools, and water andmedical facilities.
Hoa Binh province is now home to a number of ethnic groups, including Muong, Kinh, Thai, Tay , Dao, Hmong and Hoa.
During the 2009-2014 period, thanks to nearly 540 billion USD (25.38million USD) funded by the national target programme on sustainablepoverty reduction, the province has built 1,815 infrastructurefacilities and 59 water supply works in disadvantaged communes, andhelped poor households buy production machines, seeds and breeds.-VNA
