Important policies on health, environment, population in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam

Important policies on health, environment, population in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam (Internet image)

Decree 05/2011/ND-CP stipulates important policies on health, environment, population in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam as follows:

1. Regarding health and population policy

• To assure ethnic minority groups' use of healthcare services; to implement the healthcare and health insurance program for ethnic minority groups under law.

• To build, consolidate and expand healthcare establishments; ensure sufficient preventive and curative medicines for ethnic minority groups in areas with socio-economic difficulties and exceptional socio-economic difficulties.

• To support the conservation, exploitation and use of valuable folk remedies and traditional curative methods of ethnic minority groups which have been recognized by competent slate agencies.

• To ensure population quality improvement and reasonable population development of each ethnic minority group under law.

• To boost the socialization of healthcare, to adopt priority policies for organizations and individuals investing in and developing healthcare in ethnic minority areas.

• The Ministry of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries and branches in, detailing and guiding this Article.

2. Regarding environmental and ecological protection policy

• To use, exploit and develop natural resources and the environment and ecology of ethnic minority areas under law.

• To protect and improve areas with natural resources and ensure appropriate re-investment.

• To propagate, educate and mobilize inhabitants in areas with natural resources to raise their awareness about protection of the environment, ecology and biodiversity.

• The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with concerned ministries and branches in. detailing and guiding this Article.

More details can be found in Decree 05/2011/ND-CP, which comes into force from March 4, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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