December 22, 2011
A young girl in northern Vietnam. Ethnic minorities account for 13 percent of Vietnam's population, but 44.4 percent of the country's poor. © Alisa Tang/IRIN. For more than a decade, Nguyen Thi Quyen’s ethnic minority students in Lao Chai village primary school would stare at her blankly, unable to respond to her questions. As the [...]
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December 14, 2011
Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011 Trieu Thi Ha of Nung ethnic community from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. Trieu Thi Ha of the Nung ethnic community from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang defeated 59 other contestants to win the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011 crown on Saturday. Ha, a 19-year-old student of Thai Nguyen University [...]
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September 1, 2011
A Bahnar woman A photography exhibition titled “The Bahnar Minority in Kontum” will show at L’Espace in Hanoi September 5 to 19. Â The exhibition will feature photos of the Bahnar Minority in the central highlands of Kontum, taken and selected from the work of local folk culturist Nguyen Dong Chi (1915-1984) and doctor Nguyen [...]
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August 26, 2011
Traditional music performed in Huong sac Viet Nam The fourth Huong sac Viet Nam (Vietnam’s scent and beauty) will take place in Hanoi on Sept 10 to promote the country’s traditional, folk music and other “specialties” in art and culture. Â The one-night show will feature traditional music of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam as [...]
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July 7, 2011
An ancient tea tree in Lao Chai, the northern province of Ha Giang  Vietnam boasts a vast wealth of ancient tea trees that are still waiting to be discovered, developed and protected.  According to scant mention in historic materials and scientific research, ancient tea trees are mainly located in the northern highland provinces of [...]
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July 1, 2011
The Ban Vat Waterfall Every one shook his or her head as we asked for direction to the Dai Yem Waterfall. We were in high spirits because the way from Hanoi to northwestern province of Son La had taken us through incredible scenery, and the wind and the fog on the hilly road added [...]
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May 9, 2011
The Khau Vai Love Market attracts large number of locals and tourists. Photo courtesy of Hanoitourist.com The famous love market of ethnic couples of the northern Vietnamese mountains was recognized to be provincial cultural and historical relic of Ha Giang province. Nguyen Trung Thuong, director of the Ha Giang Department of Cultural, Sport and Tourism, told [...]
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May 8, 2011
A life-sized replica of a Jarai burial ground in the outdoor viewing area at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi. Many foreigners make the mistake of thinking about Vietnam as a homogenous nation, comprised of a single race of people. In fact, it is home to a variegated tapestry of culturesâ54 ethnic minorities [...]
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May 8, 2011
Tourists with Red Dao ethnic minorities at Ta Phin Village The sun was shining brightly over terraced hills dressed in brilliant emerald folds. Summer had finally arrived in Sa Pa, and so had we. The stunning mountains of Sa Pa lie roughly 200 miles from Hanoi, in Lao Cai Province. During the 19th century, [...]
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January 28, 2011
Black H’mong women sell tho cam (ethnic fabrics) in Sapa. One of the most wonderful highlands in Asia, Sapa is a magical combination of landscapes, ethnic cultures and fresh mountain air. It was too early. I struggled to peel my eyes open, wondering what the commotion outside was all about. The clock pointed to [...]
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