According to the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Son La province, up to now, after more than 3 years of implementing the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period (National Target Program 1719), the province has basically resolved the shortage of residential land for 179 households and production land for 239 ethnic minority households; successfully supported job connections for 20,722 workers; supported vocational training for 3,107 workers from poor and near-poor households in the province; created conditions for 30 workers from poor districts to work abroad under contracts.

72.81% of villages in Son La have car roads to the center thanks to the National Target Program 1719

By the end of 2023, the average income of the peopleethnic minoritiesin Son La province reached 21.68 million VND/person/year; the poverty rate of the province decreased by an average of over 3%/year, currently at 14.41%; 97.55% of communes and 72.81% of villages have car roads to the center; 72.1% of schools, classrooms and medical stations are solidly built; 94.6% of households have access to the national grid and other suitable power sources; 97.5% of ethnic minority households have access to clean water for daily use.

In 2024, the total State budget capital to implement the 3 National Target Programs of Son La province is more than 3,454 billion VND. Of which, the capital transferred from 2023 is nearly 1,192 billion VND.

According to Mr. Luong Van Toan, Deputy Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities CommitteeSon La, the unit is continuing to advise the People's Committee of Son La province to propose and recommend to the Central Government to remove difficulties and obstacles, promote production development, exploit potentials and advantages, innovate, increase income, and stabilize the lives of ethnic minorities. Son La province strives to reduce the poverty rate in poor districts by 4-5% per year by 2025; have at least 1 district removed from the list of poor districts; reduce 4-5% of poor and near-poor households in extremely disadvantaged communes each year, and have 44% of communes in ethnic minority areas meet new rural standards.

Gia Han