From the success of the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, many ethnic minority (DTTS) delegates proposed to continue to pay more attention to education, employment and health care for people in remote, deep and isolated areas, according to VNA.
Delegate Na Thi Dinh (Lo Lo ethnicity, delegation of Cao Bang province) said that the lives of ethnic minorities in the locality have had many positive changes thanks to the attention of the Party and State. Living conditions, material and spiritual life of people have been gradually improved.
In the field of education, students in ethnic minority areas are given more adequate learning conditions than before. The Vietnam Fatherland Front also supports people with social security such as building and repairing houses, removing temporary and dilapidated houses.
However, according to delegate Na Thi Dinh, in the locality, there is still a situation where some students finish 9th grade and then drop out of school. A part of the population still maintains superstitious customs, and when sick, they do not proactively go to medical facilities for medical examination and treatment.
Faced with that reality, the locality promotes propaganda and mobilizes people to change their perceptions, encourages people to go for medical examination and treatment at medical facilities, and encourages students to continue going to school.
According to delegate Na Thi Dinh, propaganda work is currently mainly carried out directly because a part of the population is illiterate and has difficulty accessing information through social networks such as Zalo and Facebook. Compatriots live scattered in remote and isolated areas, so in many cases officials have to go to each family to mobilize and propagate.
Delegate Vuong Thi Thuong - Member of the Lang Son Provincial Fatherland Front Committee - said that ethnic minorities not only preserve their traditional cultural identity but also make important contributions to the economic development of the highlands, protect border security and consolidate the great national unity bloc.
According to Ms. Thuong, thanks to support policies, people's lives are becoming more stable, and traffic is more convenient. People are gradually learning how to do business, sell online, and process agricultural products to increase income instead of just selling raw materials as before.
From local practice, she proposed strengthening direct dialogue at the grassroots level so that the voices of ethnic minorities are reflected more fully, and at the same time encourage young people and women to participate in community activities.
As the youngest delegate attending the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Lo Thi Nga (born in 2003, Lao ethnicity, Dien Bien province) shared the difficulties of many young people in mountainous areas when they have university degrees but job opportunities in the locality are still limited.
The female delegate hopes that the Party and State will continue to have priority policies to recruit and support entrepreneurship for children of ethnic minorities right in their hometowns, helping young people have stable jobs and contribute to local development.
