Specifically, the committee recommended increasing the payment for forest environmental services from VNĐ400,000 to VNĐ800,000 per hectare per year, and raising support for production forest planting from VNĐ5-10 million to VNĐ25-30 million per hectare per year. This aims to encourage residents to develop forest-based economies.

This proposal was presented during a meeting between the People's Committee of Mường Ảng District and a delegation from the National Assembly's Ethnic Council. The meeting discussed the implementation of policies and laws related to land and forest allocation, forest protection and development, and creating stable livelihoods to improve the living conditions of ethnic minority and mountainous communities from 2019 to 2023 in Điện Biên Province.

From 2019 to 2023, Mường Ảng District planted production and protective forests, as well as alternative protective forests, covering a total area of 576.34 hectares. It supported natural regeneration on over 4,839 hectares and paid forest environmental service fees for 10,494 hectares benefiting 111 households, individuals, and 88 community groups, totaling over VNĐ22 billion.

As of December 31, 2023, over 21,860 hectares of land and forest had been allocated to organisations, community groups, and households in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Despite these achievements, the land and forest allocation process has faced challenges. Regulations stipulating that forest land can only be allocated to legally residing individuals in the local communes where the forest is located have made it difficult to encourage and mobilise residents to accept land and forest allocations. Additionally, the support levels for forest protection and development activities are relatively low and have not effectively incentivised community participation.

At the meeting, Mường Ảng District requested that the NA, Government, and relevant ministries consider adjusting certain aspects. Specifically, it proposed that Subprojects 2 and 3 be revised to include support for newly escaped poverty households and those living stably in ethnic minority and mountainous communes. Currently, only poor and near-poor households are eligible for support.

it also requested additional funding for Subproject 2 and Decision No 1719/QD-CP regarding planning, arranging, and stabilising population in necessary areas, to be implemented in the communes of Búng Lao and Nặm Lịch.

During the meeting, the delegation requested that Mường Ảng District provide the reasons and difficulties in issuing forestry land use certificates, report on the effectiveness of forest-based livelihood models, the payment of support policies for forest planting, and the use of funds for forest environmental service payments by individuals, organisations, and communities.

They also sought information on the management of reclaimed land areas from agricultural and forestry estates, the resolution of overlapping forest areas, and challenges in planting large timber forests.

Previously, the NA's Ethnic Council delegation had conducted a survey on land and forest allocation and the issuance of land use certificates in Ẳng Tở Commune.