The UNESCO Office in Vietnam on March 29 announced the second phase of the project “We are ABLE – Promoting Gender Equality and Girls’ Education for Children in Ethnic Minority areas of Vietnam” with ABLE stands for the project's slogan "Achieving Better Living and Education", which emphasises confidence in the ability of ethnic minority children, especially girls, to overcome challenges.
Each year, in late March, the Jrai ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands’ province of Gia Lai hold a ceremony to worship the forest god, while also praying for good health among the villagers as well as a bumper harvest.
With a population numbering more than 40,000, the Cham ethnic minority group in Binh Thuan province boasts a treasure trove of cultural heritage items. Over the years, the province has paid due regard to promoting Cham culture in tandem with developing local tourism.
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.
After a year of hard work, the Tho ethnic minority people in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa gather together for their traditional “Cham do ho” ritual, praying for a new year of good weather, bumper crops, and prosperity.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed off on a decision for assistance in house building and land reclamation for residents in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
A spring festival was held recently in Dong Giang district in the central province of Quang Nam, with various activities offering visitors the chance to experience the land, people, cultural identity, tourism services, and typical cuisine of highland people.
Recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2017, the lion-cat dance is a folk art form regarded by the Tay and Nung ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son as symbolising the conquest of natural challenges.
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) held a conference in Hanoi on March 10 to lobby policies in support of midwives in hamlets and villages.
The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, on the outskirts of Hanoi, will host a number of events to promote cultural tourism and traditional values.
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.
Arrangements have been in place to ensure the success of the 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, scheduled to take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 10 to 14, the organising committee has said.
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s Council for Ethnic Affairs Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam and his delegation on March 6 paid a courtesy call on President of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihanne, and President of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune.
The maintenance and development of the weaving craft not only offer better livelihoods for H’mong women in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang but also attract tourists from home and abroad.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to approve a project on preserving and upholding the value of folk literature of ethnic minorities till 2030.
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.
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.
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