Asked about a recent gathering of H’Mong ethnic people in Muong Nhe to demand for the “establishment of a H’Mong Kingdom”, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong who just visited Muong Nhe said the situation is stable.

Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong

Trong, who is also head of the Steering Committee for the Northwest Region, talked about policies of the Communist Party and State in socio economic development in the region and about the illegal gathering in Huoi Khon Village, Nam Ke Commune in Dien Bien province.

The deputy PM said the situation there is now stable.

Trong also informed that the incident in Muong Nhe had been settled in a humanitarian and peaceful manner.

“I have instructed party cells, local government in Muong Nhe to continue to meet residents, share with them our happiness and sadness, help the residents understand about the false arguments, plots of bad people so that they will not listen to them but trust in official news from government agencies”, Trong said.

“The Party, State will create every possible condition for residents to develop economically to raise their standard of living”.

In the past, people in the north-west frequently suffered from hunger, Trong told Vietnam News Agency, adding that they had recently become cooking self-sufficient.

In particular, infrastructure facilities had been built, contributing to improving local people’s living standards.

“The north-west needs more roads, railways and air links,” he emphasized, adding, “in order to raise people’s living conditions, communications and transport with neighboring countries that share our borders should be stepped up.” He cited China and Laos as examples.

There were some reasons behind the incident, including the limited awareness, light-mindedness and curiosity of people who were tricked with superstitious stories by instigators.

Those who had taken part in the gathering had peacefully returned to their home villages, he stressed.

The deputy Prime Minister urged local people to preserve and continue developing the nation’s unity and devote themselves to developing production.

Superstitious stories to harm Vietnam

Earlier some hostile factions used superstitious stories to persuade and even force people, mostly women, old people and children to go to the forest for the “establishment of a H’Mong Kingdom.”

Due to severe weather and inadequate and unhygienic living conditions, many people have fallen ill and one child has died, Chairman of the Dien Bien Provincial People’s Committee, Mua A Son earlier said.

He said local authorities and mass organizations had sent cadres to persuade the people to disregard the call and return to their normal life. Authorities have also provided food and medicine to those in need.

The situation in the district has become stable and ready for the elections of the 13th National Assembly and the People’s Council at all levels, Mua A Son said.

A number of foreign news agencies have recently made groundless reports about the incident, Son added, affirming that those reports were all false and ill-intended.

Source: TTXVN/Tuoi Tre