Binh Thuan province has invested in commercial and service infrastructure in ethnic minority-inhabited communities, while the healthcare network continues to be improved, basically meeting the primary healthcare demand of locals.
Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.
Many mountainous districts in the central province of Thanh Hoa are investing heavily in infrastructure to promote socio-economic growth, thereby giving local residents conditions to develop livelihoods and escape from poverty.
2,000 “banh chung” (square glutinous rice cakes) were packaged recently in Hanoi and sent to students in difficult mountainous areas in Vietnam’s north as part of a programme to bring warmth and a fulfilling Tet to children.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 25 asked ministries, agencies, organisations, and localities to launch new emulation movements, taking the example of the one on doing away with makeshift houses as part of the efforts to materialise the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas.
The Ministry of Health held a seminar in Hanoi on November 6 to review the improvement of public healthcare, physical well-being of ethnic minority people and the prevention of child malnutrition, under Project No. 7 of the National Target Programme on Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has earmarked 626 billion VND (27 million USD) this year for socio-economic development activities to improve the lives of ethnic groups, mostly Khmer.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lao Cai Trinh Xuan Truong hosted a reception for the Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, who is paying a working trip to the northern mountainous province.
Bauhinia (ban) flowers from mountainous areas add a great deal of charm to the capital Hanoi during February as they bloom along Bac Son and Hoang Dieu Streets.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with outstanding representatives of ethnic minority groups from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang in Hanoi on September 21.
The famous “Xoe” dance in Vietnam is believed to date back at least 10 centuries. It began innocently as the simple movements of holding hands in the hope of bringing people together as night falls in mountainous areas. The dance gradually became a regular performance during community events. It grew and has turned into a famous dance of Thai ethnic people in the northwestern region.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 17 chaired a teleconference on the implementation progress of 2021-2025 national target programmes, during which he urged the completion of the legal framework to soon carry out them.
A new cold spell caused temperatures to further decline in early morning and night in the northern region on February 24, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.
The northern region and north-central Thanh Hoa province are forecast to see rain and experience biting cold until February 22, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently signed a decision approving the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, with the first phase from now to 2025.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on June 24 asked ministries and agencies to roll out specific action plans to speed up the disbursement of public investments and deal with impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minority groups.
The National Centre for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecast has reported that the temperature in the northern region will continue to decrease deeply over the coming days.
The National Assembly has approved over 137.6 trillion VND (5.97 billion USD) in funding for the implementation of the first phase of the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas from 2021-2030.
