New colors in the resettlement area in Thanh Chuong

Ngoc Lam resettlement commune in Thanh Chuong area is increasingly developing thanks to investment resources and support from ethnic policy projects and programs.

We have returned to Thanh Son and Ngoc Lam resettlement communes (Thanh Chuong district) countless times, and each time we feel new changes. The most obvious is that around the resettlement houses in the villages are no longer gardens full of weeds. Lush green banana bushes; cassava fields, vast acacia forests; children eagerly going to school... are vivid pictures of people's lives after nearly 20 years of construction efforts.

The leaders of Thanh Chuong district were also very excited when we mentioned the changes in the ethnic minority area after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Ethnic Minority Congress (2019-2024). That is, the poverty rate decreased from 44% (in 2019) to 30.9% (in 2023), an average annual decrease of 5%. The average income per capita in 2019 was 16.5 million VND, but by 2023, it was 31.5 million VND, nearly 2 times higher than in 2019.

Promoting the advantages of mountainous areas, people have boldly applied science and technology to production, shifted the structure of crops and livestock, focused on developing the hill and forest economy , contributing to accelerating poverty reduction and building new rural areas in localities. In particular, production is focused on promoting the application of scientific and technological advances, bringing new varieties with high productivity and quality into mass production.

People are supported with livelihoods from breeding pigs.

Along with the investment of the State, many people who did not accept poverty in the new land tried to rise up, compete to develop the economy, and enrich themselves. In the resettlement villages, many good production households appeared, building comprehensive economic models. The development models were diversified, using short-term to support long-term, creating sustainable income. Among those examples are the families of Mr. Luong Van Phuong and Mr. Luong Van Thai in Tan Hop village, Ngoc Lam commune; the families of Mr. Vi Van Tuyen and Vi Thanh Nghe in Thanh Duong village, Thanh Son commune...

Mutual support and solidarity, households have helped each other with capital and seedlings; built rice wards, money wards, and savings groups; and exchanged economic experiences between households and between ethnic groups in the community.

Closer to the people's lives, the people in the resettlement villages have benefited from many practical ethnic projects and policies such as providing 100 tanks of water for daily use and 156 breeding calves for poor and near-poor households; vocational training for 895 workers, of which over 146 workers participated in overseas export and hundreds of workers have jobs on the spot; the rate of trained workers in 2019 reached 54%, in 2024 it will be 64%. Many trees and seedlings have also been supported for the poor in the two resettlement communes, helping people have more conditions and opportunities to assert themselves in the new land.

Thanh Son and Ngoc Lam communes have 357 hectares of two-crop rice fields, basically solving the food problem for households.

Thanh Chuong ethnic minority area includes 2 resettlement communes Thanh Son and Ngoc Lam, in area III with 13 villages and hamlets; mainly inhabited by Thai and Kho Mu ethnic groups. During the implementation of the resolution of the Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Thanh Chuong district, the total budget allocated to the 2 localities was 24.52 billion VND to invest in the construction of 2 traffic works, 3 school works, 2 community houses, and the maintenance of 9 other works...

In addition, social security activities have also contributed significantly to increasing the NTM criteria by 2-3 criteria/commune, bringing the average economic growth rate over the past 5 years to 10.4%. Of which, the total production value in 2023 will reach 377 billion VND, 2 times higher than in 2019 at 180 billion VND.

It can be affirmed that after 5 years of implementing the resolution of the 3rd Congress of Ethnic Minorities in Thanh Chuong district in 2019, investment resources from ethnic policy programs and projects; the National Target Program have been implemented synchronously and practically to solve many essential problems of people's livelihood, thus achieving positive results.

Notably, the enhanced infrastructure has changed the face of rural areas in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; the material and spiritual life of ethnic minority people has been increasingly improved; historical and cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities have been maintained and effectively promoted; the poverty rate has decreased over the years; ethnic minorities are excited and confident in the leadership of the Party and the management of the State, and are confident in building a new life...

During the 4th term of the Thanh Chuong District Ethnic Minority Congress in 2024, many specific goals and targets were set. These include raising the rate of cultural families to over 70%; reducing the rate of poor households in ethnic minority areas to below 15%; producing 360 hectares of rice annually, with a yield of 65 quintals/hectare; ensuring a stable tea harvest area of ​​500 hectares by 2029...

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Source: https://baodantoc.vn/sac-moi-tren-vung-tai-dinh-cu-o-thanh-chuong-1719290038611.htm