Medicinal plants help ethnic minority people escape from poverty

Growing medicinal plants has helped tackle hunger and poverty for ethnic minority people in the central province of Quảng Nam’s Tây Giang District, according to Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

NA adopts plan on socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Resolution on the master plan of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and disadvantaged regions in the country with near 90 per cent approval.

PM takes tough stance on restructuring of agro-forestry companies Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc speaks at a conference in Hà Nội on Monday to review the five-year implementation of a plan to develop and improve the operational efficiency of agricultural and forestry companies. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất

Ethnic groups to gather at village The programme is in the framework of the Week for Consolidating the People and Vietnamese Culture Heritage.

Thường Xuân District thrives on community-based tourism

Thường Xuân District, located in the western mountainous region of Thanh Hóa, is endowed with diverse biological system, imposing mountains and original cultures of the local ethnic minorities.

Wake up and smell the traditional cafe Early in the morning, in a traditional house on stilts of the Ê Đê ethnic minority group in the central province of Đắk Lắk, dozens of people sit silently and look at small coffee filters, watching small drops of coffee fall from the filter into the glasses.

NA Chairwoman receives WB country director National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on Monday said she appreciates the World Bank (WB)’s co-operation with Việt Nam and its contributions to the country’s development.

Old man spends whole life protecting storks

Every afternoon when the sun is about to set, Phạm Văn Của and his grandchildren are excited waiting for flocks of white storks to come and rest on their hill.

Ethnic-minority groups face child, incestuous marriages

Both child marriages and incestuous marriages among ethnic minority groups have been a long-term problem for local administrations in Nghệ An and Quảng Bình, although they have taken measures to curb them over the years.

Đắk Lắk has success in building new-style rural areas Leaders of the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk have highlighted the need to spread good examples and practices in building new-style rural areas at a conference held on November 1 to review a decade of the work.