(VOVworld)- Delegates to RadioAsia 2013 on Tuesday attended two discussions on radio development in the new era and community radio and its role in protecting the interests of ethnic minority groups. They discussed strategies to promote advertising on radio in the context of social media. With regards to community radio and its role in protecting ethnic minority groups' interests, the delegates discussed local radio stations' experience in adapting to the new media including mobile devices and social media networks while protecting the interests of ethnic minority groups. The same day, they discussed ways to develop more interesting radio programs and radio's contribution to information, communication and technology in the current context. Dang Thi Hue, Deputy Director of the Ethnic Minority Department of VOV, shares her experience in producing interesting radio programs through story telling and image enhancement.Ms Hue said: "In VOV, we have 35 programs dedicated to folk music … [Read more...] about Radio’s role in protecting ethnic minority groups’ interests
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April 19th – Cultural day of ethnic minority groups
Vietnam's ethnic cultural day, an event which will be celebrated annually starting in 2009. The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh talked about this new cultural day. Can you tell us why there is a necessity for the establishment of a special cultural day for Vietnam's ethnic minorities? 54 ethnic groups live together in Vietnam, and have passed thousands of years with solidarity with the main Vietnamese people to create a united Vietnamese nation, and a culture imbued with a strong national identity. Passing revolutionary periods, ethnic cultural work has obtained great achievements, contributing greatly to the national revolutionary cause. In the national industrialization and modernization period, before the trend of international cultural exchange and integration, cultural ethnic work was paid much attention to. Therefore, the 5th Resolution of the Party Central Committee at the 8th tenure on building and developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with … [Read more...] about April 19th – Cultural day of ethnic minority groups
Pictorial multilingual magazine on ethnic minority groups debuts
The magazine was published in Vietnamese and five ethnic languages, including Khmer, Cham, Bahnar, Jrai and Ede. It replaces a newsletter which has been published by VNA since January, 1991, the first such publication to target ethnic groups. The magazine has been distributed free to all villages, communes, schools, and border posts in locations inhabited by these ethnic groups and is widely used as a reference for school children. Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan praised VNA for the publication. He asked the editorial board and the agency to survey the target readership to improve the content, to make it even more relevant to the lives, cultures, customs and religions of each group. He also asked press agencies that are carrying out programmes for ethnic minority groups, including VNA, the Vietnam Television and the Voice of Vietnam, to coordinate with each other to make the programmes more practical and suitable with the situation, and meet the … [Read more...] about Pictorial multilingual magazine on ethnic minority groups debuts
Tanh Linh district: The ethnic minority groups’ life becomes better
BTO - After 10 years of implementation of Resolution 04 of the Provincial Party Committee, the ethnic minority groups' economy and culture in Tanh Linh district have been improved continuously. 100% of communes and villages have roads, 95% of households use electricity. The rate of school-aged children is higher before. Radio waves are throughout villages… There are 5,478 labourers (2,481 households) being the ethnic minorities, including K'ho, Raglay, Cham, Thai, Tay, Nung… and Kinh in Tanh Linh district. They live by agricultural production with the total area of 2,841 hectares, mainly rice, hybrid maize, cashew and rubber. Before implementation of Resolution 04 of the Provincial Party Committee, their life was extremely difficult. The per capita income was VND 62,000 per month. The cause of poverty was lack of cultivated land, backward harvesting and growing technologies, the total cultivated land area of 1,860 hectares, an average of only 0.85 hectare per … [Read more...] about Tanh Linh district: The ethnic minority groups’ life becomes better
Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba: Solidarity of ethnic minority groups is unique
PANO - The Japanese Ambassador, Mitsuo Sakaba, has actively and effectively contributed to the enhancement and development of Japan-Vietnam ties in many fields during his term in Vietnam. Addressing a farewell party in Hanoi, he delivered a moving speech saying that his trips to 63 provinces and cities throughout Vietnam were his most impressive activities during his term in Vietnam. Although the mission of a diplomat often tends to focus on big cities, the Japanese Ambassador tried his best to go to the countryside as much as he could. "I sometimes went to remote areas. I will never forget radiant faces of ethnic minority people that I met during my working trips to provinces, such as Kon Tum or Son La. I believed that the diversity of ethnic minority groups and the peaceful life of those groups are the most unique of Vietnam. I hope that Vietnam will preserve that precious tradition", he confided. For this diplomat, each region had its own attraction. Both him and his wife … [Read more...] about Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba: Solidarity of ethnic minority groups is unique