According to local authorities, the high number of poor households in the commune, especially ethnic minority households, is due to the fact that people don’t have stable jobs or land and have many children. The commune will provide vocational training to the poor in the future, support scientific and technological developments in agricultural production, and take advantage of central and local capital to help people access loans for production./. … [Read more...] about Unceasing efforts to reduce poverty in ethnic minority areas
Yunnan ethnic minorities
Road leads to better lives for ethnic minority groups
It was difficult to imagine the hardships people in the area had to endure. Carrying pigs and dozens of kilogrammes of rice on their backs, they walked along bumpy roads to district markets. Then after selling their goods, they had to buy essential household goods and carry them back home. … [Read more...] about Road leads to better lives for ethnic minority groups
Elegant weaving of local allure
Vice director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Huynh Thi Phuong Hoa, said the department launched a H’Re craft and culture preservation programme in Ba Tơ District, and Teng Village is to be like a demonstration model of community-based tourism. … [Read more...] about Elegant weaving of local allure
When the Party’s Directive 40 spreads in life!
Pham Anh Duc, Director of the Binh Thuan branch of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, said over the past 5 years, the branch has disbursed 3.15 trillion VND for over 140,000 poor households, near-poor households and other policy beneficiaries to develop production and business.poor households have received support to build their houses; and nearly 10,000 households living in disadvantaged areas have got loans to invest in production and business./. … [Read more...] about When the Party’s Directive 40 spreads in life!
Unique marriage custom of the Raglai
When a young boy and a young girl begin to date, they are allowed to sleep together but not to have sex. If they violate this rule, they are severely punished. When a boy and a girl decide to marry, they inform their parents and ask for their approval. The boy’s family sends a matchmaker to the girl’s house to make a marriage proposal. … [Read more...] about Unique marriage custom of the Raglai
