Restoring and developing traditional handicrafts of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam

Restoring and developing traditional handicrafts of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam (Internet image)

The restoration and development of traditional handicrafts of ethnic minority groups to meet market economy requirements is one of the contents of the sustainable development investment policies in ethnic minorities work stipulated in Decree 05/2011/ND-CP. Sustainable development investment policies include:

1. To assure investment in socio-economic development and essential infrastructure in ethnic minority areas; to effectively exploit the potential and strength of each area, to protect the eco-environment and promote the self-reliance and strength of ethnic minority groups.

2. To create favorable conditions for domestic and foreign organizations, individuals and enterprises to invest in development of ethnic minority areas; to give special priority to ethnic minority groups with a very small population and areas with socio-economic difficulties and exceptional socio-economic difficulties; to attach importance to providing vocational training for and employing locals. ensuring stable income for them, to build infrastructure and other public welfare works.

3. To restore and develop traditional handicrafts of ethnic minority groups to meet market economy requirements.

4. Investors of planning and construction projects that affect the land, environment, ecology and life of ethnic minority groups shall publicize these projects and collect under law opinions of inhabitants in areas to be the project sites; and organize resettlement and create conditions for relocated people to enjoy a better life in new areas.

Administrations of localities of resettlement shall coordinate with investors in assuring and creating conditions for relocated people to stabilize their farming and life.

5. To reasonably plan and arrange concentrated residential points in areas with difficulties, assuring production development suitable to the characteristics of ethnic minority-groups and areas.

6. To implement programs and schemes on hunger elimination and poverty reduction and employment, to basically solve issues related to capital, residential land, farm land and production tools for land-lacking farmers. housing, daily-life water, economic development support, land and forest allocation to households in ethnic minority areas, and labor and trade restructuring towards industrialization, modernization and sustainable development.

7. To prevent and control natural disasters and rescue victims in affected areas.

8. To promptly adopt policies lo support ethnic minority groups with exceptional difficulties for .settlement and development.

The Ministries of Planning and Investment; Finance: Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; and Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs shall, based on their assigned functions and tasks, assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with concerned ministries, branches and localities in, detailing and guiding this matter.

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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