Representatives from a number of mountainous provinces, businesses andexperts gathered in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa from July16-18 to discuss how to maintain infrastructure facilities indisadvantaged areas.
The workshop also saw theparticipation of Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Government’sCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Son Phuoc Hoan and Fiona Quinnfrom the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam.
Duringthe three day event, participants shared their experience inmaintaining small-scale facilities in disadvantaged areas, which havebenefited from the Government’s Programme 135 on developing isolatedand mountainous areas.
They highlighted theimportance of involving local authorities, communities and diversefinancial resources, especially in the construction, management andoperation of the facilities.
They also discussedsolutions to deal with the difficulties faced by localities, includingthe establishment or improvement of the legal framework, while alsoenhancing the capacity and roles of communities.
Under Programme 135, hundreds of thousands of infrastructure facilitiesin various scales have been built in particularly disadvantagedmountainous communes, making a significant contribution to localsocio-economic development.
The Government alsoapproved an investment of almost 12.4 trillion VND (579 million USD),with a majority of funding allocated from the State budget for themaintenance of infrastructure facilities in disadvantaged areas as partof the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction in the2012-2015 period.
Chairman of the People’sCommittee of Du Sang commune in Kim Boi district in Hoa Binh province,Bach Cong Quynh, highlighted the role of local residents in maintaininghundreds of communal facilities.
A project funded byIrish Aid has been piloted in the six poorest communes in the provincesince late 2013, and has proven effective in terms of maintenance,according to Quynh.-VNA
The workshop also saw theparticipation of Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Government’sCommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Son Phuoc Hoan and Fiona Quinnfrom the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam.
Duringthe three day event, participants shared their experience inmaintaining small-scale facilities in disadvantaged areas, which havebenefited from the Government’s Programme 135 on developing isolatedand mountainous areas.
They highlighted theimportance of involving local authorities, communities and diversefinancial resources, especially in the construction, management andoperation of the facilities.
They also discussedsolutions to deal with the difficulties faced by localities, includingthe establishment or improvement of the legal framework, while alsoenhancing the capacity and roles of communities.
Under Programme 135, hundreds of thousands of infrastructure facilitiesin various scales have been built in particularly disadvantagedmountainous communes, making a significant contribution to localsocio-economic development.
The Government alsoapproved an investment of almost 12.4 trillion VND (579 million USD),with a majority of funding allocated from the State budget for themaintenance of infrastructure facilities in disadvantaged areas as partof the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction in the2012-2015 period.
Chairman of the People’sCommittee of Du Sang commune in Kim Boi district in Hoa Binh province,Bach Cong Quynh, highlighted the role of local residents in maintaininghundreds of communal facilities.
A project funded byIrish Aid has been piloted in the six poorest communes in the provincesince late 2013, and has proven effective in terms of maintenance,according to Quynh.-VNA
