The northern province of Thai Nguyen is exerting every effort toimprove the living standards of Mong ethnic minority people and ensuretheir safety and social order.
The Mong communityis spread over 47 hamlets in Vo Nhai, Phu Luong, Dinh Hoa and Dong Hydistricts. Nine of these contain over 70 percent of poor households,while 20 others are home to 40 percent of families living under thepoverty line.
The statistics were revealed at aconference on April 23, where participants discussed the problem and itssolutions. They said the low economic starting point, out-of-datemanufacturing techniques and geographical distance from trade centreswere to blame for the high ratio of people suffering from poverty.
The ethnic group has yet to receive much assistance from businessesand organisations in and out of the locality, they added.
It was suggested that training courses should be opened for the Mongpeople to be updated on science-technology and cultivation techniques,while traditional cultural values of ethnic minority groups should bepromoted through festivals.
On the occasion of theconference, local authorities presented 17 gifts for Mong ethnic peoplewho made great contributions to local poverty reduction efforts.
Thai Nguyen is home to seven ethnic minority groups residing in 1,985hamlets with over 660,000 people, making up nearly 60 percent of thetotal provincial population.-VNA