Social development
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
Kiên Giang Province improves lives of Khmer people
The lives of Khmer people in Kiên Giang Province have been improved significantly as the province has taken various measures to support them.The province has more than 150,000 farmers, including 35,000 Khmers, who are honoured as farmers with good production and businesses each year. It has 27 ...
Survey on socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities to start from July 1
The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs will jointly conduct information collection for a survey on socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minority groups across the country from July 1.Highlighting the importance of the survey, GSO Deputy General Director ...
Along Be River: Headwaters forest protection efforts
The Be River stretches 350km, beginning in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and flowing downstream through Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong provinces before merging into the Dong Nai River at Hieu Liem Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province. Strict protection of its ...
Translated by Thuy Doan
Maternal, child health care – evidence of ensuring human rights in Vietnam
The cause of reproductive health care and health care for mothers and children – who are vulnerable but play a decisive role in the country’s future development – has gained many important achievements, which have been recognised and acknowledged by the international community. This is ...
Project promotes gender equality among Bru-Van Kieu ethnic community
A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Binh on May 10 to introduce a project to improve access to vocational training to enhance the quality of human resources and economic empowerment, contributing to promoting gender equality for local women and female students ...
Vietnam eats forests by planting large timber forests to sell carbon credits
In the story ‘We Have Eaten The Forest’ of a Montagnard village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, ethnologist Georges Condominas tells about the ancient way of ‘eating the forest’, which is to preserve the forest culturally. Nowadays, the descendants of characters in the story ...
Indigenous knowledge of forest turned into profit
Scientists assess that indigenous knowledge and forest resources along the Truong Son mountain range are significantly potential for its development if utilized properly. Moreover, today’s youth are also becoming interested in the indigenous knowledge when visiting forests, thereby spreading the message of forest protection further.As ...
Communities placed at centre of sustainable tourism development
Community-based tourism brings economic benefits to local communities, contributing to the effective preservation and promotion of natural and cultural resources of each region, in line with the trend of sustainable development. Community-based tourism is to be promoted in the Vietnam Tourism Development Strategy to 2030 in ...
Project to develop multi-use values of forest ecosystem to 2030 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on February 29 signed a decision approving a project on developing multi-use values of the forest ecosystem to 2030, with a vision to 2050.The project aims to improve the efficiency of management and sustainable use of forest resources; create ...
Ha Giang ready for Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival 2023
The Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival and the Mong Khen Festival in 2023 are expected to attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to explore the unique cultural activities of the Mong people in the Ha Giang Stone Plateau.Ha Giang province in general and ...
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