The workshop, held by the Ho Chi MinhNational Academy of Politics and Public Administration in collaborationwith the Southwest Steering Committee and the Can Tho City’s PartyCommittee, aimed to assess the Party and State’s policies for TherevadaKhmer Buddhism and Khmer ethnic minority people.
It is expected to finalise a master project compiled by the academy onpolicies for Therevada Khmer Buddhism and Khmer ethnic people insouthwest region until 2020.
More than 20 speeches presented at the workshop focussed on theregion’s socio-economic and cultural situation after more than fiveyears of implementing the instruction 68/CT-TW and urgent importantissues set for now until 2020.
The workshop also heard proposals to supplement policies for TherevadaKhmer Buddhism; the development of economic and technicalinfrastructure; education and training Khmer personnel resources andvocational training assistance, job generation and poverty reduction aswell as the land, housing, safe water and environmental hygienepolicies.
The delegates showed their special interest in the personnel resourcedevelopment, education and training, raising people’s awareness amongKhmer people.
They emphasised the need to exercise the equality among poor householdsin majority Kinh and ethnic Khmer people and raise Khmer people’sself-reliant spirit to get out of poverty./.