Utilizing the human resources being local ethnic minority people in Vietnam

Utilizing the human resources being local ethnic minority people in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 8 of Decree 05/2011/ND-CP stipulates the investment and resource use policy in Vietnam as follows:

- Funds for the implementation of the ethnic minority policy shall be allocated from the state budget under current regulations on state budget decentralization and other lawful funding sources for comprehensive socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas, hunger elimination, poverty reduction and narrowing of the gap between ethnic minority areas and other areas.

- To plan, train, retrain, use and manage human resources being local ethnic minority people and adopt appropriate treatment regimes for them.

- To efficiently exploit and use natural resources in ethnic minority areas and make re­investment suitable to local socio-economic conditions.

- To apply technical advances and introduce advanced science and technology into production in order to improve the living conditions of inhabitants in ethnic minority areas.

- The Ministry of Planning and In vestment and the Ministry of Finance shall, based on their assigned functions and tasks, assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs and concerned ministries, branches and localities in. detailing and guiding this Article.

In addition to increasing the utilization of human resources being local ethnic minority people in Vietnam, Decree 05/2011/ND-CP also strictly prohibits the following acts:

- Stigmatizing, discriminating, dividing and undermining the unity of ethnic minority groups.

- Taking advantage of ethnic minorities issues to distort and oppose the Party's line and policies and the State's law.

- Taking advantage of the implementation of the ethnic minority policy and slate management of ethnic minorities work to infringe upon state interests and lawful rights and interests of citizens.

- Committing other acts in contravention of the Government's regulations.

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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