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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November 14, 2011
Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]
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October 15, 2011
Three mid-school ethnic minority students aged between 13 and 15 drowned Wednesday in a flooded river in the central province of Quang Nam. Poloong Nhon, Dinh Van Chi, Dinh Ngoc Bang and two other students of the Kim Dong Secondary School, belonging to the Cotu ethnic minority, are believed to have gone fishing Wednesday [...]
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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 11, 2011
An anthrax skin lesion The Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine on Sunday warned the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien and Ha Giang of anthrax outbreaks in humans, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. The administration said anthrax cases have been reported in the provinces since June, with Lai Chau having the [...]
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July 16, 2011
Paddy fields in the Mai Chau Valley in the northern province of Hoa Binh There is arguably no other place in Vietnam that enchants visitors as much as the northwestern region. And the place that leaves the highest number of indelible impressions on the mind is the Mai Chau Town in Hoa Binh Province, [...]
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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 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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February 6, 2011
A photo exhibition presenting the traditional brocade weaving skills of the Mong ethnic minority opened in Paris on Sunday. The display, Theo dong soi lanh (Following the hemp), was part of a project that aimed to promote ethnic minority peoples and traditional handicraft, said Vu Thi Xuan Phuong, chairwoman of the Orange Fleurs d’Espoir Association. [...]
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