Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Anh Tuan has approved a project to construct a cultural and tourist village of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups by 2010 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. This is will establish an important foundation for instruction and the management of construction activities from now until 2010, and marks an important step in securing funding until 2015 for the village. Hanoi . Source: CPV … [Read more...] about A Vietnam Ethnic Minority Cultural and Tourist Village to be Opened in 2010
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Ethnic Minority’s Arts and Literature Award presented
48 works on the theme of ethnic minority's life and people in such fields as prose, poem, folk arts, critical arguments, fine arts, photography, music, ballet and cinematography were granted the annual award by the Association of Literature and Arts in Hanoi on January 14. One prize A went to a fine arts work entitled 'Praying for Rain' by Cham ethnic artist Nguyen Che Kim Trung. 13 prizes B were given to: - 'The Drizzle' (short story) by Ha Cam Anh - 'The Land of Chum Field' (novel) by Trinh Thanh Phong - 'The Forest's Marriage Proposal' (poem) by Hoang Thanh Huong - 'After midnight' (poem) by Huu Tien - 'The Legend of H'Mong' (documentary film) by Vi Hoa and Ma A Lenh - 'Ly Lao Lo with Traditional Medicine' (documentary film) by Ma The Hung - 'The Beauty of Forest' (critical essay) by Mai Lieu - 'A Glimpse of Sapa' (oil-painting) by Do Van Chung - 'Poetic' (water-colour painting) by Truong Han Minh - 'Spring Whisper' (wooden statue) by Quach Hung - 'A … [Read more...] about Ethnic Minority’s Arts and Literature Award presented
Cham ethnic minority celebrate grand festival
Muslims of the Cham ethnic minority in southern An Giang province have gone pilgrimage to the Jamiul-Aman mosque to celebrate the Grand Ramadan festival of the 1429 th year of the Muslim calendar. Musahji, Head of the provincial Muslim Community Representative Board and patriarch of the Jamiul-Aman mosque, said the month-long Ramadan festival is a period for followers to controlling and concentrating their minds on human sufferings, thus sympathising and helping the poor. As a result, one and every Muslim of the Cham ethnic minority in the province has contributed 3 kg of rice and one-tenth of their annual incomes to the charitable fund. They also pledged to stay away from alcohol drinking, gambling, prostitution and drug abuse. Provincial authorities have praised the local Muslim Community Representative Board for their efforts to make a good link between the Government and its members, thus making State policies known and implemented by the community. The over 12,500 strong Muslim … [Read more...] about Cham ethnic minority celebrate grand festival
Assistance provided for ethnic minority people
Building roads in ethnic minority-inhabited regions (Photo: VNA)The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) on December 20th announced the cooperative program for development support among ethnic minorities with the Irish Embassy in Vietnam in the 2017-2020 period. Apart from the EUR12 million assistance for ethnic minority people in the five provinces of Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Quang Tri, Kon Tum and Tra Vinh, the program included EUR600,000 for a technical project to increase the efficiency of programs and policies on developing ethnic minority regions in the 2017-2020 period, raising the amount of assistance for Program 135 from 2007-2020 to EUR72.29 million. According to CEMA, using non-refundable assistance from Ireland in the 2011-2016 period for extremely disadvantaged regions, Vietnam built 446 infrastructure constructions across 434 communes in 21 localities, including rural roads, power supply, cultural houses, medical stations, schools and irrigation works. They … [Read more...] about Assistance provided for ethnic minority people
Ireland provides EUR12.6 million to support development of Vietnam’s ethnic minority areas
Accordingly, the funding will support the “Socio-economic development programme for extremely difficult communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas” (Program 135) and the technical assistance project on "Enhancing the effectiveness of development programs and policies and initiatives for poverty reduction in ethnic minority and mountainous areas" for the 2017-2020 period.During that period, Ireland will provide a financial support of EUR12 million for Vietnam to implement Program 135 in order to support the improvement of socio-economic infrastructure and access to services for ethnic minority communities in five provinces Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Quang Tri, Kon Tum and Tra Vinh.Meanwhile, EUR600,000 will be allocated for the technical assistance project to improve the effectiveness of programmes and policies towards the development of ethnic minority population.The funding agreement for Program 135 was signed on November 15 between the CEMA on behalf of the Government of … [Read more...] about Ireland provides EUR12.6 million to support development of Vietnam’s ethnic minority areas