Ethnic minorities and indigenous people

As the rainy season arrives in central Vietnam, it marks the peak of the reforestation period for people in mountainous areas. Unlike the past’s illegal logging practices, reforestation has now become a thriving movement. This shift is largely attributed to new government policies, including Decree ...

Currently, many residential areas nationwide are threatened by the risk of natural disasters, even having to relocate to new places. Many resettlement areas have been established, somehow changing the inherent cultural structure of the village community and leading to the loss or interruption of indigenous cultural ...

The folk singing and musical instrument festival of the Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups have opened the Week of Great Solidarity among Ethnic Groups – Việt Nam’s Cultural Heritage. The culture week, held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism located in ...

There are many benefits that digital transformation can bring to women, especially vulnerable groups of women, such as improved access to information, markets, and social services. This provides women with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, skills, and opportunities for personal development.The equal participation of ...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has issued a decision approving a plan to support the research, restoration, and preservation of the intangible cultural heritages of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. The plan, spearheaded by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS), ...

The northern province of Bac Giang will keep focusing on effectively implementing projects, programmes, and policies to boost the development of mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, according to deputy head of the provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Truong Van Bao.In the 2024-2026 period, the ...

The 8th International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network for the Asia-Pacific Region will take place from September 5 to 17 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc told reporters on August 22 that under the ...

The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Ha Noi on August 22 to provide an update on Viet Nam’s implementation of recommendations from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs is developing a comprehensive action ...

A conference to respond to the National Breastfeeding Week and launch the “ENOUGH” Nutrition Initiative took place on August 5 in Hanoi. The event was jointly organised by the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, and the World Vision International in Vietnam, ...

Many important results have been recorded in ethnic minority affairs, especially the implementation of related programmes and policies, so far this year, helping with socio-economic development and defence – security safeguarding in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.This was announced at a national conference held by ...