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Japan helps promote economic empowerment for Lai Chau’s young ethnic people

A project on economic empowerment for young ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has had many activities to create livelihoods, promote gender equality, and facilitate youth development after two years of implementation.
Japan helps promote economic empowerment for Lai Chau’s young ethnic people ảnh 1Ethnic minority youth in Phong Tho district, Lai Chau, participate in a beekeeping model. (Source: Plan International)
Lai Chau (VNA) – A project on economic empowerment for young ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has had many activities to create livelihoods, promote gender equality, and facilitate youth development after two years of implementation.

The information was revealed at a conference on April 26 tolaunch the third implementation year of the project, sponsored by the JapaneseMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Plan International Japan.

The project is located in Phong Tho district, withinvestments of 3.1 billion VND (132,000 USD) for the first year (March2021-February 2022), and 4.9 billion VND for the second (March 2022-February2023).

Meanwhile, an additional 3.5 billion VND will be used for thethird year from March 2023 to February 2024, with a focus on building a facility andsupporting equipment for a community learning centre in Dao San commune; and organisingtraining on cultivation, animal husbandry, business administration in foodprocessing for youth union members.

Otsuka Mitsuru, First Secretary at the Japanese Ministry ofForeign Affairs, emphasised that the project started in 2021 with the goal ofbuilding a favorable environment for young ethnic minorities in Lai Chau toincrease their incomes from livelihood activities, without being constrained bytraditional local customs, knowledge, and techniques./.
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