(HBO) - There are 8,500,000 people in Tan Lac district, of which nearly 7,400 people are ethnic minorities. According to the review of ethnic minority and the mountainous areas in the period of 2016-2020, the district has 14 communes belonging to Region III, 8 communes belonging to Region II and 2 communes belonging to Region I; among the communes belonging to Region II, there are 16 villages with extremely difficult circumstances.
From the Fund of Program 135, Tan Lac district has invested in roads in Phu Vinh commune, contributing to improving travel conditions and promoting production.
Mr. Bui Van Tinh, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Tan Lac district says that the district has implemented the measures to mobilize the investment resources, prioritizing the investment in socio-economic development, effectively implementing the projects and policies for the highland and the ethnic minorities of the Party and the State, improving the material and spiritual life of the people, preserving the traditional cultural values of the ethnic minorities. The bloc of great unity of ethnic people has increased and the defence security in the area has been strengthening and maintaining.
The district has led and directed the assistance to the extremely difficult communes and villages with a lot of practical activities such as building and strengthening the political system, ensuring the defence and security, deploying many other training activities, transferring science and technology, building models of production development, poverty reduction, building new rural areas. Through the implementation of the ethnic policies on the basis of integrating the support from other programs and projects, it has helped the ethnic minorities to develop production, create more jobs, and contribute to improving the material and spiritual life, improving people's intellectual standards of the ethnic minorities.
The socio-economic infrastructure of the areas of the ethnic minorities has significantly changed. The education system has been uniformly invested, which is more and more responsive to teaching and learning requirements. Up to now, there are 25 out of the 60 schools in the district meeting the national standards.
The district has met the standard of compulsory education for 5-year-old children, the primary compulsory education, and the elimination of illiteracy. 100% of the poor and the ethnic minorities in areas with difficult socio-economic conditions have been granted free health insurance cards. 100% of the communes have health stations, ensuring the initial hygienic and epidemic prevention and control. The rate of the poor households in the whole district remains 19.66% and that in 135 area is 32.47%. The average income per person in the communes with difficult socio-economic conditions is 23 million VND a person every year.
In recent years, the preferential loans from the Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) have been contributing to creating jobs for many employees in the province. This source of capital has helped many households invest in economic restructuring, increasing income, and reducing the sustainable poverty.
In the morning of May 9th, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to summarize the Project "Empowering women’s rights through the access to the Law on Cyber Security, Marriage and Family Law”.
Ms. Bui Thi Dinh, the President of the Women's Union of Dinh Cu commune (Lac Son) says: Dinh Cu is a particularly difficult commune of the district, Muong ethnic group accounts for 90%. When being selected to participate in the project "Empowering women’s right through the access to the Law on Cyber Security and Law on Marriage and Family”, especially establishing the model "Equality in marriage” in Muong Chong hamlet with the participation of 30 members, along with propaganda and dissemination work on gender, the Law on Marriage and Family, and the Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence has helped raise the awareness and qualifications for the officials and women members.
The club model "Women integrating in the online environment" is one of the two basic models of a project on empowering women through access to the Law on Cyber Security, and the Marriage and Family Law, sponsored by the Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund (JIFF) - EU Justice and Legal Empowerment Programme (EU JULE).
In recent years, Thung Nai commune on has undergone significant changes in its appearance, landscape, and lives of local residents. Road 435 from Hoa Binh City to Tan Lac district’s Suoi Hoa commune, passing through the Thung Nai commune, has helped attract many tourists to the area.
A seminar on promoting the startup movement among high school students has been held recently by the provincial Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at Tan Lac High School in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province.
