Nearly VNĐ272 trillion (US$11.8 billion) will be mobilised to implement the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2021-30, according to a Government report submitted to the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday.
More than 27,260 cases of deforestation were reported annually from 2011 to 2015 with some 2,648ha of forest destroyed each year, though the number reduced by 35 per cent between 2016 and 2018.
People with disabilities were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, said a rapid assessment announced by the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday.
Việt Nam targets reducing the rate of underweight and malnousished children under five to less than 15 per cent by 2030.
An English Language high school teacher in the northern province of Phú Thọ has been employing the “borderless classroom model” to connect her students with their international peers via Skype.
A lot of young ethnic people living in mountainous remote areas like Lan have recently headed to the cities, bringing not only positive changes but also negative impacts to the ethnic community.
A series of festivals organised by different ethnic minority groups from the country’s northwestern region are taking place at the Việt Nam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hà Nội.