As society continues to evolve, preserving the traditional culture of ethnic minorities is becoming increasingly difficult. Yet, driven by love and pride for his heritage, artisan Vang A Mang from Suoi Giang commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province has devoted his life to researching, collecting, and safeguarding the Hmong language and script — with the hope of passing them down to future generations.
In recent years, the Department of Education and Training of Dak Lak province has actively collaborated with the cultural sector to safeguard and promote cultural values of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands. Various programs and initiatives have been implemented, offering students diverse activities that deepen their understanding of traditional heritage.
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.
The Party Committee and People's Committee of Soc Trang province where more than 35% of total population are ethnic minorities have always paid attention to preserving and promoting the traditional values of local ethnic minorities.
The Vietnamese Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village will host a vibrant series of activities from February 1 to 28 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake) Festival.
More than 1,500 ethnic minority households in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have built new houses, changed their livelihood, and gradually escaped poverty thanks to preferential credit capital under the Government's Decree 28/2022/ND-CP on implementing the National Target Programme on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period.
In 2023 and the first seven months of this year, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has allocated 11.4 million USD to help local ethnic communities improve their living conditions. Positives changes have been recorded.
The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to provide an update on Vietnam’s implementation of recommendations from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
The preservation and promotion of traditional culture and architecture of ethnic minority groups is getting due attention from Cao Bang provincial authorities. The efforts have formed community-based tourism models in border villages of the locality, where 95% of the population are ethnic groups, such as Tay, Nung, H’Mong, Lo Lo and others.
Over the recent years, central and local policies have helped many ethnic minority households in Bu Gia Map, an extremely disadvantageous commune in the district of the same name in the southern province of Binh Phuoc province, to overcome difficulties and gradually stabilise their lives.
More than 1,000 artisans from five Central Highlands’ provinces recreated a public cultural living space on November 11, offering new and attractive experiences to visitors. The effort was part of the “Gia Lai Culture-Tourism Week 2023”, which will run until November 19.
A range of activities to promote the culture of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam’s central region were held recently in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province.
An art and fashion show has been held in the central highlands’ city of Da Lat to celebrate its 130th anniversary, enthralling the audience with tales of the city’s rich culture and history.
While the new general education programme has ethnic languages as elective courses, the limited options on offer mean that schools are struggling to decide on alternatives for students whose mother tongue is not included.
Hanoi is a leading locality in Vietnam in implementing a programme on developing new-style rural areas. The programme has given a facelift to the capital’s outskirts, especially mountainous communes, after they were merged into the city under expansions to its administrative boundaries in 2008.
Blessed with many beautiful landscapes, special cultures of ethnic minorities and a long history, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum is believed to boast huge potential for developing community-based tourism.
Households of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum’s Ngoc Hoi district have seen progress in their material and spiritual well-being thanks to preferential loans through social policies.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to approve a project on preserving and upholding the value of folk literature of ethnic minorities till 2030.
