SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom - HappinessPROGRAMME DOCUMENTPROGRAMME FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNES AND VILLAGES FACING EXTREME HARDSHIP IN ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN THE 2011-2015 PERIOD (Second draft)Hanoi, March 2010LIST OF ACRONYMS CEMACommittee for Ethnic Minority Affairs NSC Provincial Steering CommitteePPCProvincial People`s Committee PSCProvincial Steering Committee CONTENTS I 5CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF COMMUNES AND VILLAGES IN ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS 5I. CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF COMMUNES AND VILLAGES IN ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS 51. Overview of natural conditions and environment… 52. Socio-economic issues 83. Politics, national security and defense 11II. SOME KEY RESULTS OF PROGRAMME 135 PHASE II AND ETHNIC MINORITY POLICIES IN COMMUNES AND VILLAGES FACING EXTREME HARDSHIP IN THE 2006-2010 PERIOD 121. Programme 135 Phase II 122. Other programmes and policies in the programme areas 17III. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT IN THE 2011-2015 PERIOD, THE WAY FORWARD TO 2020, AND RATIONALE OF THE PROGRAMME 241. International context: 242. General poverty and development issues of...