(HBO) - Yen Thuy district is home to seven ethnic groups living together, including 49,239 ethnic minority people, making up 69.53 percent of the district’s population. In recent years, Yen Thuy has stepped up the implementation of programmes, projects and policies to support ethnic minority areas, including the mobilisation of resources for socio-economic development.
Thanks
to the Government’s Programme 135, many roads in the particularly disadvantaged
commune of Lac Hung in Yen Thuy district have been concretised.
The policy system on sustainable poverty
reduction has been strengthened while many related policies have been brought
into reality and proved efficient such as the Programme 135, the loan policy
for poor households, and the transfer of plant and animal structure.
In the 2014-2019 period, with the total
investment of over 894 trillion VND from central, provincial and district
budgets and the World Bank, the electricity system along with schools and roads
across Yen Thuy have been improved, contributing to promoting socio-economic development
in ethnic minority areas. Besides, the district also promotes the
implementation of the preferential credit loan support policy.
The district has backed the construction of
houses for 203 poor households, offered tuition exemption and reduction for
8,636 needy students, and provided free health insurance cards for 100,607
underprivileged people, as well as supported electricity for 28,189 poor
families with total expenses of 4.143 trillion VND.
Besides, Yen Thuy has supported over 1,426
people with short-term vocational training courses, mainly those from poor,
nearly-poor, and ethnic minority households.
Thanks to the diversification of poverty
reduction activities over the past five years, the rate of poor households in
the district has been reduced by over 2 percent per year to 13.9 percent in
2018./.
Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.
Voluntary blood donation (HMTN) is a noble and humane gesture. 24 years ago, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 43/2000/QD-TTg on mobilizing and encouraging Voluntary blood donation and designated April 7 every year as "All-People Voluntary blood donation Day”. This is an important milestone in the movement of voluntary blood donation, creating a strong change in the awareness and action at all levels of the government and people from all walks of life.
Yen Thuy is aiming to become a new-style rural district by 2025. To achieve this goal, the district has been mobilising the entire political system and local people to early fulfil required criteria.
From a normal bamboo tree, Nguyen Van Nam in Yen Tri commune, Yen Thuy district has transformed it into a "bamboo dragon". His works have been present in many countries.
On March 27th, the Public Security of Cao Phong District launched the model of clever mobilization "The Adopted Children of the Communal Police” advised and implemented by the Police of the communes and the town in coordination with the Youth Communist Union and the Women’s Union of the District Police.
According to the People's Committee of Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province, by the end of 2023, Tan Lac district has 10/15 communes that meet new rural standards, with an average of 16 criteria per commune. The entire district has 14 OCOP products, including 13 3-star OCOP products and 1 4-star OCOP product; 18 model residential areas and 57 model gardens were recognized.
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