Support for development in ethnic minority areas extended to 2025
The implementation of a project on strengthening international cooperation to support socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited areas will be extended to 2025 under a decision signed recently by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Hanoi (VNA) – Theimplementation of a project on strengthening international cooperation tosupport socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited areas will be extendedto 2025 under a decision signed recently by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The project will be carried out from 2021 –2025, with the aim of promoting cooperation in attracting financial assistance,science and technology and experience from countries, international organisations,overseas collectives and individuals to invest in socio-economic development inethnic minority and mountainous areas, towards effectively performing thenational target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority andmountainous areas in the 2021 - 2030 period.
By 2025, the project strives to maximize attraction of internationalresources, especially non-refundable aid, official development assistance (ODA)and preferential loans for the programmes.
It encourages international investment in socio-economic development in ethnicminority and mountainous areas based on actual demand and potential andadvantages of each locality and ethnic group, and on the principles ofpreserving and developing traditional cultural values and protecting theenvironment.
The project also aims to mobilise technical support from internationalorganizations and individuals to support capacity building for people in ethnicminority and mountainous areas, and civil servants and public employees workingin ethnic affairs at all levels.
The project is expectedto help address the shortage of residential land, housing, productive land, andwater in ethnic minority-inhabited areas.
It will focus on developing agricultural and forestry production, and fullytapping potential and strengths of regions for commodity production in valuechains.
Attention will be also paid to developing infrastructure serving production, promotingeducation and training to improve the quality of human resources from ethnicminority groups, preserving and upholding traditional cultural values in associationwith tourism development, taking care of people's health, preventing childmalnutrition, promoting gender equality, and solving urgent issues for womenand children./.
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