Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Huy Tuan praised the achievements of prestigious people at the conference.

Yen Bai currently has 30 ethnic groups, of which ethnic minorities account for 57,3% of the population. There are currently 46 communes and 306 villages facing extreme difficulties.

The team of reputable people among ethnic minorities has truly promoted their role and made important contributions to developing socio-economy and maintaining local security. In particular, reputable people among ethnic minorities at the same level as the Party Committee and the government have resolved many complaints, land disputes and consolidate the great national unity.

With their experiences, reputable people actively mobilize their families and communities to well implement the Party's policies and guidelines, the State's policies and laws, and local regulations; actively participate in production and business development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction; building new rural areas... contributing to building an increasingly healthy and progressive cultural and spiritual life in villages and hamlets.

Speaking at the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Huy Tuan appreciated the role of a team of prestigious people in general, and prestigious people from ethnic minority areas in particular. He requested that party committees and authorities at all levels continue to strengthen the leadership and direction of party committees, authorities and unions to promote the role of reputable people in ethnic minority and regional areas. Continue to pay attention and promote investment in all aspects to build infrastructure and effectively deploy policies for reputable people; Promote the role of reputable people in propagandizing, mobilizing, gathering and uniting people to participate in implementing socio-economic development programs and projects, building and rectifying the Party and the system; raise the spirit of vigilance, promptly detect, fight and prevent illegal missionary activities; building cultural life, preserving national cultural identity, eliminating outdated customs and superstitions; Join hands and unite to build a developed, civilized and happy village