Ethnic

  Roads in villages in Kiên Giang Province’s Châu Thành District have been cemented. – VNA/VNS Photo Lê Sen KIÊN GIANG — The lives of ethnic people in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang have improved in recent years with the province implementing several measures for their socio-economic upliftment. In 2016 -18 the province spent more than VNĐ194 billion (US$8.3 million) to build infrastructure like bridges, roads and water supply facilities in ethnic minority areas and give housing and farming land to ethnic people, according to the province’s Ethnic Minority Affairs Board. The province also undertook many programmes and campaigns to help poor ethnic people, mobilising more than VNĐ800 billion ($34.4 million) from individual and organisational donors for the purpose. The Kênh 2 Hamlet Khmer Women’s Union in Vĩnh Thuận District’s Tân Thuận … [Read more...] about Kiên Giang Province improves life for ethnic minorities

Roads in villages in Kien Giang province’s Chau Thanh district have been cemented. (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNS/VNA) - The lives of ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have improved in recent years with the province implementing several measures for their socio-economic upliftment. In 2016 -18 the province spent more than 194 billion VND (8.3 million USD) to build infrastructure like bridges, roads and water supply facilities in ethnic minority areas and give housing and farming land to ethnic people, according to the province’s Ethnic Minority Affairs Board. The province also undertook many programmes and campaigns to help poor ethnic people, mobilising more than 800 billion VND (34.4 million USD) from individual and organisational donors for the purpose. The Kenh 2 Hamlet Khmer Women’s Union in Vinh Thuan district’s Tan Thuan commune has for instance helped its members abandon backward customs and taught them effective farming models … [Read more...] about Kien Giang province improves life for ethnic minorities

Khmer monks in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang pray to honour ancestors before having a meal. (Photo: VNA) Soc Trang (VNA) – Many communes in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, which are home to a large number of Khmer ethnic people, are enjoying a warmer, merrier Sene Dolta festival this year as they have met new-style rural area status with poverty rate declining, according a local official for ethnic minority affairs. Sene Dolta is one of the most important religious festivals for Khmer ethnic people, along with Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) and Ooc Oom Bok to thank the Moon for a good harvest. During the event, people gather to pay homage to their ancestors and enjoy traditional singing and dancing after a year of hard work. Sene Dolta is celebrated from the 30th of the eighth lunar month to the second of the ninth lunar month each year, falling on September 28 – 30 this year. My Xuyen district, where Khmer people account for over 33 percent of the … [Read more...] about Khmer ethnic people in Soc Trang enjoy merrier Sene Dolta festival

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups of Vietnam will be launched on October 1, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO). The survey is designed to compile national targets and indicators on ethnic minority affairs, serving the making of policies on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited regions in the 2021-2025 period. The results will also serve as a foundation to update the database on Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups. The survey will be opt for 540,740 households in 14,659 localities nationwide. It is expected to wrap up on October 31. The survey will investigate general information about the population, fertility rate of female aged 10-14 and 15-49, death rate in the past 12 months, housing and living conditions, as well as heads of main livestock and access to public services. It is set to look into information of communes across the country, infrastructure use in … [Read more...] about Socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities groups surveyed

Much like the Vietnamese ao dai, the defining garment of the Thai ethnic minority people of the north-western mountains is a simple scarf, known as Pieu scarf. The Thai people are proud of their weaving, dying and embroidery, and they see the pieu scarf as the pinnacle of their achievement (Photo: VNA) Thai girls learn to embroider by studying traditional scarf patterns from the age of six or seven. Making their own pieu scarf is seen as both good practice for their skills and also as a first step towards becoming independent in life (Photo: VNA) In fact, the standard of the scarves is the measure by which their entire personality and worth as a person is judged (Photo: VNA) The basic material is cotton thread. Every step of the process of making pieu scarf is done by hand, from spinning and dying to weaving and embroidery (Photo: VNA) The pieu scarf is involved in every aspect of a Thai woman’s life (Photo: VNA) They are also an important marker in love … [Read more...] about Traditional Pieu scarf of Thai ethnic people