Ethnic affairs – strategic, long-term, urgent task: top legislator
The Party and State have consistently considered ethnic affairs a strategic, long-term and urgent task, Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said on December 3.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to delegates to the second national congress of ethnic minority groups. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Party and State haveconsistently considered ethnic affairs a strategic, long-term and urgent task, Chairwomanof the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said on December 3.
It is the task of the entire Party, people, army andpolitical system, the top legislator affirmed at a Hanoi meeting with delegates tothe second national congress of ethnic minority groups.
Ethnic groups should stay equal and united, respectand support each other in development, she stressed, adding that the State has adoptedcomprehensive development policies and facilitated the development of ethnicminorities.
Therefore, Ngan said, over the past time, resourceshave been allocated to ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in orderto spur their socio-economic development.
As a result, the poverty rate in these areas dropped2-3 percent annually. Between 2015 and 2019, 22 districts, 125 communes, and1,298 hamlets moved out of special difficulties, according to the leader.
Marked achievements have also been recorded ineducation-training, and job generation for ethnic minority people, she said, notingdue attention has been paid to health care, the conservation of traditionalculture, and Party building among the groups.
The great national unity has been consolidated and enhanced,and the groups’ trust in the Party and State has improved significantly, thechief legislator continued.
She called for more joint efforts in protectingnational sovereignty and border security as well as in building borders of peace, friendship, cooperation anddevelopment.
Regarding deforestation, she said the Party and the Statewill continue instructions for issuance of suitable mechanisms andpolicies to help ethnic minority groups benefit from forest protection and development.
Apart from socio-economic development and povertyreduction, it is necessary to eliminate backward practices and combine traditionalcultural preservation with community-based tourism, she requested./.
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Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met delegates to the second National Congress of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities in Hanoi on December 3. Standing Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong was also at the meeting.
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Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to delegates to the second national congress of ethnic minority groups. (Photo: VNA) 
