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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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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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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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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December 13, 2010
A border solider talks with members of a May ethnic minority family in the central province of Quang Binh (Photo by Bao Bien phong). Border soldiers in central Vietnam have saved a newborn baby that was about to be buried along with his departed mother under a May ethnic minority custom, newswire VnExpress reported Thursday. Ho Thi [...]
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February 4, 2010
LookAtVietnam – As many as 1,700 representatives of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam will attend the National Congress of Ethnic Minority Groups slated for May, said the event’s organisers.Between September 2009 and January 2010, provinces and cities nationwide have organised congresses for ethnic minority groups living in their localities to select delegates to the event, [...]
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December 29, 2009
HCM City urged to deal with traffic congestion; HCM City holds first ethnic minority congress; Head-on collision kills eight in Soc Trang Province; Khmer kids learn native tongue HCM City urged to deal with traffic congestion Traffic jams are hindering the economic development of Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s largest economic hub, said Deputy [...]
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December 24, 2009
Viet Nam is seeking to increase the population of some ethnic minorities, especially for groups whose populations are below 1,000, such as the Brau, Si La, Ro Mam, . . . While Kinh people are advised to have no more than two children each, population officials are trying to encourage some minorities to have more [...]
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