Across Vietnam, a transformative movement is quietly reshaping the landscape of local livelihoods, particularly in remote and mountainous areas as community-based tourism turns the rich traditional cultures and daily lives of ethnic groups into interesting attractions for foreign travelers.
The Vietnam Writers' Association (VWA) will present 30,000 books to children in mountainous and far-flung areas in 2024, according to VWA President Nguyen Quang Thieu.
Indonesia’s anti-corruption court on November 8 sentenced former Minister of Communications and Information Technology Johnny Gerard Plate to 15 years in prison over a corruption case relating to an Internet infrastructure development project in remote areas.
The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) in coordination with the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) launched NAPAS 247 Quick Transfer and NAPAS 247 Quick Transfer via VietQR Code on the bank’s mobile banking app (VBSP Smartbanking) on July 31.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak raised more than 6.5 million USD worth of foreign aid during 2020-2021, as heard a conference on September 28.
Local residents in three mountainous communes in Van Canh and Vinh Thanh districts of the south central province of Binh Dinh have finished their early elections to choose deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels on May 22, one day of the scheduled day.
The industry and trade sector will ensure enough essential consumer goods to meet shopping needs and promote market surveillance to prevent goods smuggling ahead of the traditional lunar new year holiday, the Tet, an official has said.
The People’s Council of the northern province of Thai Nguyen has approved a policy to invest in a project to solidify kindergartens and primary schools for children from ethnic minority groups and remote areas.
The Thai cabinet recently approved a budget of 50 billion THB (1.5 billion USD) to improve the quality of 8,000 outstanding primary and secondary schools in remote areas nationwide from 2020 to 2022.
Indonesian rescuers on December 25 used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 373 people and injured more than 1,400 others.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has invested more than 130 billion VND (5.5 million USD) in building and upgrading infrastructure in local schools, ahead of the 2018-2019 academic year due to start in September.
Screenings will be intensified at border gates and hospitals to early detect people suspected to contract deadly virus Ebola, particularly those who return from affected areas.
A delegation of the Vietnam General Federation of Labour on May 25 visited and presented 1,000 buoyant backpacks and gifts to students and a local social protection centre in Cao Bang province.
This year’s summer youth volunteer campaign will take place across the country from June 1 to August 31 for the youth to join hands in building new-style rural and civilized urban areas.
As many as 800,000 people in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have got rid of illiteracy thanks to the “Summer Culture Light” Campaign, which was launched by local youth in 1996.
The Son La Power Company is working to supply electricity to thousands of families residing in remote areas in the northern mountainous province of Son La.