11:03, 31/03/2018

Socioeconomic program for mountainous areas: Priority to production

This year, capital for the socioeconomic development program for areas of ethnic minority people and mountainous areas in Khanh Hoa Province has been raised more.

This year, capital for the socioeconomic development program for areas of ethnic minority people and mountainous areas in Khanh Hoa Province has been raised more. The capital will focus on supporting people to develop production and reduce poverty sustainaly.
 
In 2017, nearly 400 households of ethnic minority people were supported to develop economic development with total expenditure of nearly VND4.5 billion. By tens of farming encouraging classes, farmers have been guided about planting and breeding, 40 households have learned experiences from models of the ethnis minority people in the southern provinces. Besides, nearly VND400 million has been supported for poor households to carry out planting models of durians, rambutans, green-skin grapefruits in Son Trung Commune and Son Hiep Commune, Khanh Son District.
 
In social protection, the State has invested VND3.2 billion to drill 14 wells, dig 33 wells and 6 water storage tanks for the ethnic minority people. 565 houses have been installed water pipes. 724 ethnic minority people have been given agricultural and non-agricultural vocational training. 
 
Besides, the province attended to investing infrastructure by spending nearly VND33 billion to improve 18 traffic works to facilitate travel as well as farm product transport. 
 

 

Harvesting green-skin grapefruits in Khanh Vinh District
Harvesting green-skin grapefruits in Khanh Vinh District
 
In the framework of the socioeconomic development program for areas of ethnic minority people and mountainous areas. Program 135 in 2017 for 5 difficult communes and 8 difficult hamlets in the province poured remarkable investment in supporting investment, improving capacity of the State staff, maintaining works and developing infrastructure. Beside supporting nearly VND2 billion for 179 households to develop production, the provincial authority poured VND6.5 billion to build and maintain works of traffic, irrigation, water, community houses, etc.
 
However, poor household rate in ethnic minority people in 2017 was 53.72%. a 4.24% decrease year-on-year. To continue lowering this figure, it requires more effects of the authority.
 
In 2018, total capital for the socioeconomic program in mountainous areas is about VND74 billion, increasing by VND23.2 billion over that in 2017. VND45 billion of the sum is for the socioeconomic development program for areas of ethnic minority people and mountainous areas, and the rest is for the Program 135. In the capital structure, over VND55 billion will be used for building infrastructure, VND11 billion will be used to support production, and the rest will be for propaganda and social security.
 
According to Dang Van Tuan, Head of the province’s Ethnic Minority Section, under Decision of the Prime Minister, from 2018, 16 difficult communes and 20 difficult hamlets in Khanh Hoa Province will be invested by the Program 135. From the capital of VND11 billion, VND3.2 billion will support installing pipe system leading water to houses and digging wells to supply fresh water for the ethnic minority people. 
 
H. Dang
 
Translated by T.T