Over the past years, Mai Chau district has put in place programmes, projects, and policies on ethnic minority groups, in tandem with specific tasks and solutions to improve their material and spiritual life.
Caption: Residents in Mai Hich commune, Mai Chau district, grow bitter gourd that yields high economic values.
Between 2021 and 2023, the district has completed the first phase of the Tau Na resettlement area in Cun Pheo commune, and another in Suoi Nhung hamlet, Son Thuy commune.
Last year, 30 households received support in livelihood change with funding of 300 million VND (12,372 USD), and the numbers are expected to rise to 50 households and 500 million VND this year.
With central, provincial, and district budgets, in the 2021 - 2023 period, the district has launched 173 projects worth 523 billion VND which have contributed to improving local infrastructure, thus gradually meeting socio-economic requirements.
To date, the district People’s Committee has approved investment plans for 29 projects with a total registered capital of over 2.01 trillion VND, of them 16 operational.
Apart from infrastructure development, the district has focused on agricultural restructuring; afforestation, striving to keep the forest coverage at 65.44%; tapping water surface potential for aquaculture; and opening vocational training classes for rural labourers.
Over the past two years, the district has coordinated to open 35 classes with the participant of 1,103 people, mainly in tour guide, brocade weaving, husbandry, farming, agricultural machine repair, and cooking.
Ha Cong Nghi, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the district Party Committee, said Mai Chau will continue to build, develop and replicate livelihood models, and implement the national target programmes for socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the time ahead.
Over recent years, the Farmers' Union of Mai Chau district has implemented numerous specific programmes and activities to support its members in developing products under the One Commune One (OCOP) programme. These efforts have contributed to enhancing local agricultural branding, increasing goods value, and improving incomes and living standards for residents.
Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
Hoa Binh allocated over 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.18 billion USD) to develop infrastructure systems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2019 - 2024. Priority was given to transport and irrigation infrastructure; markets; schools; medical stations; communal houses; and power grid, telecommunication, radio, and television systems.
The Hoa Binh provincial organising committee for anniversary activities on December 17 held a ceremony to unveil a ceramic mural on the local military-civilian ties and release a book on the Party and political work of the provincial armed forces during 1947 – 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
As a mountainous district still facing numerous challenges, Da Bac has made notable progress in advancing administrative reforms across various areas. The district has prioritised reorganising and streamlining its administrative apparatus, operating "one-stop-shop” units, and applying information technology (IT) in the handling of administrative procedures. Efforts have also been directed toward upgrading infrastructure and equipment to enhance service quality for residents and businesses.
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