Party General Secretary meets with ethnic minority exemplars
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting in Hanoi on December 18 with 80 ethnic minority exemplars who are prestigious persons, intellectuals and entrepreneurs.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets with 80 ethnic minority exemplars in Hanoi on December 18 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong had a meeting in Hanoi on December 18 with 80 ethnic minority exemplarswho are prestigious persons, intellectuals and entrepreneurs.
They are among 512 role models from the 53ethnic minority groups in 52 provinces and cities nationwide who are honouredfor their efforts and achievements.
The oldest is Mua A Pao of the Mong ethnicgroup, born in 1930, while the youngest is Khmer woman Thach Thi Kim Danh, bornin 1992.
The delegates appreciated the Party, the Stateand all-level authorities’ attention to ethnic communities, affirming theirabsolute trust in the Party’s leadership.
They informed the Party leader about the worksthey have done such as encouraging local residents to keep solidarity andsecurity, prevent social crimes, promote production, and protect theenvironment, helping children to go to school, building civilised lifestyle,and maintaining their ethnic groups’ cultural identities.
They asked the Party and State to continuesupporting ethnic minority communities so as to improve their material andspiritual lives.
General Secretary Trong emphasised that theParty and State always pay attention to people of ethnic minorities and inmountainous and remote regions. Many programmes and policies targeting themhave been issued and carried out effectively, especially those on povertyreduction, infrastructure building, and manpower training.
As a result, 98 percent of the communes inmountainous ethnic minority areas have been accessible by car while 98.5percent have had medical stations and 94 percent have accessed electricity fromthe national power grid. All communes have had kindergartens as well as primaryand junior high schools. The household poverty rate in ethnic minority areashas dropped to around 20 percent.
He partly attributed those attainments toefforts and wisdom of the prestigious persons, intellectuals and entrepreneurs.
He called on the honoured persons to continueencouraging their communities to uphold the patriotism tradition and solidarityto overcome difficulties, contribute to socio-economic development, and build awell-off and happy life.-VNA
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets with 80 ethnic minority exemplars in Hanoi on December 18 (Photo: VNA) 
