Attending the congress, on the Central side were comrades: Hau A Lenh, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee; Pham Thuy Chinh, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee.

Delegates attending the congress.

Attending the congress on the side of Lao Cai province were comrades: Dang Xuan Phong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Vu Xuan Cuong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Trinh Xuan Truong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Giang Thi Dung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Congress Steering Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; Standing members of the Provincial People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Provincial National Assembly Delegation; leaders of a number of departments, branches, and localities; delegates of Hanoi city and the provinces of Yen Bai, Ha Giang, and Lai Chau; former provincial leaders; Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; and 250 outstanding delegates representing more than 530,000 ethnic minorities in the province.

250 outstanding delegates representing more than 530,000 ethnic minorities in the province attended the congress.

The report at the congress stated that after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Lao Cai Province - 2019, under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee, the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities in the province has been improved. Every year, the province has prioritized 65 - 70% of the total budget for infrastructure development investment for ethnic minority areas. The whole province has 100% of communes with asphalted and concreted rural roads to the commune center; 100% of villages and hamlets have roads to the village center; 100% of communes have national electricity grid, of which the rate of households in ethnic minority areas using the national electricity grid is 97.6%; 100% of communes have telecommunications infrastructure.

The contingent of ethnic minority cadres, civil servants and public employees in the province has been given attention in terms of both quality and quantity to meet the requirements of the assigned tasks. Ethnic policies in recent times have contributed to rapidly reducing the multidimensional poverty rate of the whole province from 25.19% in 2021 to 14.94% in 2023, of which the poverty rate in ethnic minority areas has decreased from 31.3% to 18.8%. Average income per capita reached 38.4 million VND/person/year. The preservation and promotion of cultural identity, language, writing, customs, practices and good traditional beliefs of ethnic minorities are respected. The political system at the grassroots level is strong, maintaining political security, social order and safety, contributing to protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security. Strengthening national unity and enhancing the trust of people of all ethnic groups in the Party and State.

Delegates discuss at the congress.

At the congress, delegates focused on discussing and exchanging good experiences and valuable lessons, agreeing on goals, tasks and key solutions to continue promoting and improving the effectiveness of ethnic work and ethnic policies in the province.

Comrade Hau A Lenh, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee presented a flower basket to congratulate the congress.

Speaking at the congress, Comrade Hau A Lenh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee acknowledged and commended the results that Lao Cai province has achieved in ethnic work in the past time. In the 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 3rd Congress of Ethnic Minorities, period 2019 - 2024, the Party Committee and government of Lao Cai province have had correct policies on socio-economic development for ethnic minority areas.

Comrade Hau A Lenh, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee, spoke at the congress.

Comrade Hau A Lenh suggested that in the coming time, Party committees at all levels, authorities, socio-political organizations and cadres and party members of Lao Cai province continue to study , raise awareness and thoroughly grasp the viewpoints, policies and guidelines of the Party and State on ethnic affairs, great national unity and ethnic policies. Continue to innovate thinking, act resolutely, with the highest political determination, promote the potential and advantages of the province, focus resources on investment in socio-economic development, promote hunger eradication and poverty reduction, build new rural areas, improve the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities. Effectively implement 3 national target programs, especially the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period. Focus on building and consolidating the grassroots political system in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, especially in remote, border and extremely disadvantaged communes. Focus on training, fostering and developing human resources, especially ethnic minority cadres. Pay attention to preserving and promoting good traditional cultural values, tangible and intangible cultural heritages of ethnic minorities. Eliminate bad customs; improve the quality and effectiveness of education and training, especially training, fostering and vocational training for ethnic minority youth. Promote health care and ensure ecological environmental sanitation. Focus on building and nurturing the great solidarity of all ethnic groups, because this is the source of strength and a precious tradition of our nation, persistently built by many generations of ancestors.

Comrade Dang Xuan Phong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation spoke at the congress.

Speaking at the congress, comrade Dang Xuan Phong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation affirmed: Over the past years, Lao Cai province has focused investment resources on ethnic minority areas for socio-economic development. Up to now, the socio-economic life of ethnic minority areas has had positive changes, reflected in many aspects.

In addition to the achieved results, ethnic work in the province still has shortcomings and limitations such as: The lives of a part of the people are still very difficult; the gap in income, living standards, and access to services between ethnic minorities and Kinh people is still high; the rate of poor households who are ethnic minorities still accounts for 95% of the total number of poor households in the province; infrastructure in rural and mountainous areas is still lacking and weak, not meeting development requirements; some ethnic policies are still inadequate , scattered, unsynchronized, and lacking resources; the quality of general education and vocational training for ethnic minorities has not kept up with the needs of society...

The Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province presented flower baskets to congratulate the congress.

Representatives of ethnic youth of Lao Cai province presented flowers to congratulate the congress.

To effectively carry out ethnic work in the coming time in conjunction with the requirements of comprehensive and sustainable development of ethnic minority areas , the Provincial Party Secretary requested Party committees at all levels, authorities, socio-political organizations, and ethnic minorities in the province to persistently implement ethnic solidarity, create consensus so that ethnic minorities have absolute trust in the leadership of the Party and State; resolutely fight and defeat all plots and tricks of reactionary forces that take advantage of ethnic and religious issues to deceive, entice, incite, and divide the great solidarity bloc of ethnic groups; focus on removing obstacles to complete the implementation of 3 national target programs and specialized resolutions of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Standing Committee related to ethnic work; Review, grasp, and promptly resolve the people's legitimate concerns and aspirations, especially those directly related to life, land, housing, domestic water and production, vocational training and employment, and prevention of social evils... (Lao Cai Newspaper has a summary of the speech of Provincial Party Secretary Dang Xuan Phong).

Delegates voted to pass the Resolution.

The Congress unanimously voted to pass the Resolution Letter with a number of specific tasks and goals such as: Striving to achieve economic growth of more than 10%/year by 2029; average income per capita reaching about 145 million VND/person/year; the rate of trained workers reaching about 80%; the rate of poverty reduction according to national standards decreasing by 2-3%/year; 100% of urban and rural residents using clean and hygienic water; the rate of households using national grid electricity reaching about 98%; the rate of schools meeting national standards reaching 80%; the rate of young people in the age group achieving high school education level and equivalent reaching 90%; 80% of cultural institutions in the area being improved, consolidated and improving the quality of operations, meeting the cultural enjoyment needs of the people...

On this occasion, comrade Hau A Lenh awarded Certificates of Merit from the Ethnic Committee to 1 collective and 5 individuals; the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to 1 collective and 32 individuals who have made outstanding achievements in implementing ethnic work and ethnic policies in the past time. (Photo above)

Delegates take souvenir photos.

After a day of urgent and serious work, the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities of Lao Cai Province - 2024 was a great success.

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