Keyword: "ethnic minority people"

More than 4,000 houses will be rebuilt and the remainders repaired, with beneficiaries being ethnic minority people in mountainous areas.

The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to provide an update on Vietnam’s implementation of recommendations from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

President To Lam requested Tra Vinh focus on important infrastructure projects, climate change response, and poverty alleviation while visiting this Mekong Delta province on July 5.

With the passing of time, gongs have become an attractive and appealing symbol of the culture of the Central Highlands, associated with the cultural and spiritual lives and beliefs of local ethnic minority people.

For generations, the Red Cờ Lao, one of Vietnam’s various ethnic minority groups, have lived in villages on the slopes of the Tay Con Linh mountain range in the northern province of Ha Giang. Their cultural values have changed over times, but some of them have been preserved to this day.

The Central Highlands’ province of Lam Dong is home to four brocade weaving villages of local ethnic minority people. In a bid to preserve the traditional cultural identity of the K’Ho people, artisans in Ka Tung village, Đam Rông district, are working with local authorities to restore and preserve their traditional craft of brocade weaving.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is known as the “Coffee Capital of Vietnam” and the provincial capital Buon Ma Thuot has been built into a destination for the world coffee lovers.

Khen (panpipes) plays a significant role in the culture and spiritual life of the Mong ethnic minority people in the northernmost province of Ha Giang. People have therefore spared no effort to make khen and teach younger generations how to play the instrument.

The Buckwheat Flower Festival has returned for an eighth time in Dong Van district in the northernmost province of Ha Giang, and has become a magnet for tourists from far and wide.

A fashion show featuring traditional Ao Dai made from brocade has opened at the Pa Sỹ Waterfall in Mang Den town, Kon Tum province.

Soc Trang province, home to the largest population of ethnic minority people in the Mekong Delta, has been working hard over the past years to reduce poverty in the communities.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid tribute to young people who laid down their lives during the resistance war against the US in Bo Trach district, the central province of Quang Binh, on June 14.

Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.

A series of bank loans are helping Kho Mu ethnic minority people in Xop Chao village in the central province of Nghe An, to escape poverty.

The northern mountainous province of Lang Son, which has 83.16 percent of its population being ethnic minority people, has been implementing a series of measures to improve the spiritual and material life of ethnic communities.

The People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan province plans to use the application of information technology to help ethnic minority people gain access to important government information.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working closely with relevant ministries and sectors to identify the most effective strategies to assist Vietnam in creating a safe and happy environment for mothers and children, including those in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.

The traditional weaving skills of Red Dao ethnic minority people in Hoang Su Phi district, the northern province of Ha Giang, have been preserved and developed together with other features of traditional culture.

The “cap sac” (maturity ritual) of the Dao Quan chet ethnic minority people in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien’s Tua Chua district has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in accordance with a decision issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on January 22, 2020.

The second national congress of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups fulfilled its agenda and concluded on December 4 afternoon.