(HBO) – Kim Boi district is home to four main ethnic groups of Muong, Kinh, Dao, and Tay, with the Muong accounting for over 80 percent of the local population. To improve their access to health care, education, information, and clean water, and to narrow the development gap among the localities, the district has for years capitalised on resources for ensuring their social welfare.
Photo: An organic vegetable model by women in Nuong Dam
commune’s Lam Trong hamlet contributes to raising their incomes and boosting
local socio-economic development.
Bui Quang Hop, deputy head of the Kim Boi Ethnic Minority
Office, said over the past two years, complicated developments of the COVID-19
pandemic had affected the life and economic growth of the ethnic groups.
In fact, in the past three years, not much capital was
channeled into the district’s ethnic sector. Therefore, it has focused on
effectively using resources to ensure social security for the communities.
In 2021, Kim Boi distributed 3 billion VND (129,366 USD)
worth of non-refundable aid from the Irish Government among its communes of
Nuong Dam, Du Sang and Tu Son for the construction of four rural roads. It also
implemented the second phase of a project on strengthening self-reliance
capacity for local ethnic minority communities. Sponsored by the Bread for the
World, the project aimed at economic restructuring, income increase, job
creation, and new-style rural building.
Last year, the district completed 17 out of its 18 set
targets and its economy grew over 13.8 percent.The local average per capita income reached 37.3 million VND, while its
poverty rate decreased to 6.2 percent. The percentage of rural households
having access to hygienic water and electricity were 96 and 100 percent,
respectively.
This year, Kim Boi set out 17 goals, targeting an annual
average per capita income of 42 million VND and a 3.5 percent reduction in the
rate of poverty households.
Toward such goals, right from the beginning of the year,
drastic actions have been made to attract investment and support the ethnic
communities./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) factory at Da River Left Bank Industrial Park in Hoa Binh province on April 13. The electronic PCB factory is invested by Japan's Meiko Group at a total cost of 200 million USD.
In the first quarter of 2024, the credit institutions in the province have actively deployed the legal documents of the State and the State Bank relating to currency, credit and interest rates. At the same time, they have promoted the capital mobilization, focusing on the solutions to expand the credit investment along with strengthening the credit quality management, lending to priority programs to promptly meet the capital needs for export - business and consumer demand during Tet in 2024.
Outside the key economic region of Hoa Binh, yet Lac Son district has utilised its potential and strengths regarding labour, land, and transportation connectivity to attract investment to the locality, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.
In a move to expedite the execution and disbursement of the 2024 capital plan for ODA projects, aiming for a disbursement rate of over 90% of the allocated funding, the Hoa Binh People's Committee issued Document No. 483/UBND-KTN on April 3, 2024, regarding such efforts.
Nguyen Van Thap from Kim Duc hamlet, Vinh Tien commune, Kim Boi district, has built the brand of Hoa Qua Son for local fruits. His efforts have brought about income for his family and generated job opportunities for locals, helping hundreds of households escape from poverty.
The Hoa Binh administration was entrusted by the Prime Minister with a budget of 3.43 trillion VND (142.91 million USD) for investment in 2024. The provincial People's Council approved nearly 3.76 trillion VND, which has been meticulously allocated to projects, achieving 100% of the assigned capital plan.