Authorities of Phuoc Long town in particular and Binh Phuoc province in general
should build the people’s confidence in the Party, focus on economic development
and improve the living standards for locals, especially ethnic minority people,
as requested by the State President on his January 5 visit.
Kindergartens and primary schools have
been set up in every commune in the country as part to the Government’s
National Programme of Education For All for the 2003-15 period.
Leaders of 63 education and training departments and a number of international
organisations gathered in Hanoi on Jan. 5 to review the five-year implementation
of the national education action plan.
A National Assembly delegation led by NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong is paying a
two-day visit to the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to explore
socio-economic situations of the region.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked south-western provincial
authorities and residents to bring the region’s economy equal to the country’s
level.
A number of measures to help monitor
how policies on ethnic people in the central highlands, central
southern and southeastern regions are working are high on the agenda of
a seminar in Lam Dong province.
Khmer ethnic minority students in Soc
Trang province in the Mekong Delta have been learning with their native
language as well as Vietnamese from primary to secondary education.
An additional 136 villages in Central
Highlands provinces will be connected to the national power grid in
time to celebrate the traditional lunar new year festival.
The first Representative Congress of
Ethnic Minority Groups of Ho Chi Minh City opened on Dec. 27,
attracting 486 delegates from 26 ethnic minority groups in the city.
A total of 45 new talented-but-poor
students of universities and colleges in Ho Chi Minh City were awarded
the Japan-Niigata nternational scholarships (NVC) on Dec. 23.
Vietnam is seeking to increase the
population of some ethnic minorities, especially for groups whose
populations are below 1,000, such as the Brau, Sila, Ro Mam, Khang and
La Hu.
Cambodia's UN-backed court has for the
first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal
Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said on Dec. 16.
A cheque worth 386 million VND was
handed over by France’s Ambassador to Vietnam Herve Bolot and Philippe
Bouler, representing famous French singer Francis Cabrel, to a nursery
for orphans in Bac Kan province at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 8.
Vietnam committed to open more training
courses on ethnic affairs for Laos officials in 2010, organise
activities to promote cooperation between the two countries’ provinces,
facilitate discussions on ethnic issues and coordinate a Vietnam-Laos
border provincial meeting.
The Central Highlands province of Gia
Lai should pay attention to training grassroots-level officials,
especially ethnic minority ones, as they directly work with and bring
the Party and State’s policies to the people.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front Central Committee Huynh Dam emphasised the necessity to pay more
attention to social welfare and care for poor people while on a working
visit to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on December 13
and 14.
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