Returning to Ho Moong commune, Sa Thay district in the harsh sunlight of the dry season in the Central Highlands, we felt the changes of this land. On the hills of coffee, rubber, and fruit trees, ethnic minorities are still enthusiastically working, taking care of and cultivating with their own hands, hoping for a more prosperous life thanks to these plants.
Mr. A Kuong, Village Chief, a prestigious person of Dak Wok village, shared: The village has 377 households, mainly of the Ba Na ethnic group. Previously, people did not know how to grow coffee and rubber trees, and life was very difficult. Since the Party and the State supported and promoted and encouraged people to change their crop structure, their lives have changed. The whole village has more than 200 hectares of coffee and more than 300 hectares of rubber. Currently, many households are growing durian and macadamia trees. Thanks to stable income, the number of poor households in the village has gradually decreased, now only 16 households.
Ho Moong Commune has 84.6% of the population being ethnic minorities. Thanks to investment resources from the National Target Programs, roads, electricity, schools, and stations have been gradually invested and completed. Currently, the commune has achieved 13/19 criteria for new rural construction; average income per capita reached 42 million VND/person/year; the poverty rate has decreased to less than 10%.
"The most gratifying thing is that ethnic minorities have changed their thinking, their way of doing things, and have the desire to improve their lives," said Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Moong commune.
Sa Thay is a border district, with 21 ethnic groups living together, ethnic minorities account for over 57% of the population. The whole district has 10 communes and 01 town with 64 hamlets and villages; of which, there are 45 hamlets and villages of ethnic minorities. From a poor district, with poorly developed infrastructure conditions and located in a dead-end traffic situation, the district initially encountered certain difficulties.
Ms. Ro Cham Lan, Vice Chairman of Sa Thay District People's Committee, said: In order to change the ethnic minority areas, the district has focused on implementing a total of 21 programs and policies of the State for ethnic minority areas. In particular, priority is given to the fields of infrastructure development, information and communication, health, culture, education ; fundamentally solving the problem of residential land and production land; transferring and applying science and technology to production.
At the same time, the district also issued and implemented a number of support projects for ethnic minorities, such as: Project on improving mixed gardens; Project on exploiting the potential and advantages of aquaculture on the Ia Ly and Plei Krong hydroelectric reservoirs; implementing 20 agricultural extension models to support ethnic minorities...
Along with that, the National Target Program on socio -economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2030 (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719) has been directed and implemented resolutely by the district.
From 2022 to present, the district has provided land and housing support to 57 households; job conversion for 658 households; distributed domestic water to 897 households; invested in 02 projects on planning, arranging, relocating and stabilizing residents in extremely difficult communes for 370 households to benefit; 80 infrastructure works of all kinds serving transportation, production, daily life...
Mr. A Khai (Ro Mam ethnic group), Le village, Mo Rai commune, shared: The Ro Mam people have received comprehensive investment from the Party, the State and the district, from roads, schools, communal houses and tree and animal breeds. Most of the villagers have coffee, rubber and cashew plantations, so their lives have changed and are no longer as poor as before.
With effective support policies from the State and the spirit of solidarity and high determination of the entire political system and ethnic people, Sa Thay district has made great strides in recent years. Infrastructure and the appearance of the district from the center to remote communes have been invested in.
The whole district has 05 communes meeting new rural standards, 01 commune meeting advanced new rural standards; 07 hamlets/villages recognized as new rural hamlets/villages in ethnic minority areas. Poor households have decreased to 1,025 households (accounting for 6.99% of households) and 698 near-poor households (accounting for 4.76%).
The above results are the premise and motivation for the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Sa Thay district to continue promoting the spirit of solidarity and building the district for sustainable development in the coming years.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/khat-vong-vuon-len-cua-dong-bao-dtts-o-huyen-bien-gioi-sa-thay-1715332502339.htm
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