Support initiatives not only help individuals but also provide families with the resources to achieve long-term financial stability.

In 2025, the committee plans to collaborate with provincial departments and district-level People's Committees to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of projects.

In 2025, the northern province of Bac Giang is prioritising the effective implementation of programmes and policies targeting local ethnic minority groups, according to Truong Van Bao, deputy head of the provincial Board for Ethnic Minority Affairs.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is striving to complete the construction of and repair for nearly 4,000 temporary and dilapidated houses for people who rendered service to the nation, poor and near poor households, and ethnic minority families across the locality.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs will jointly conduct information collection for a survey on socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minority groups across the country from July 1, according to the GSO.

President To Lam presented gifts to over 100 distinguished representatives from ethnic communities in border, sea and island areas during a meeting in Hanoi on June 14.

Many mountainous districts in the central province of Thanh Hoa are investing heavily in infrastructure to promote socio-economic growth, thereby giving local residents conditions to develop livelihoods and escape from poverty.

An out-door exhibition entitled “Tay Nguyen – Gia Lai Paradise” displaying antique artifacts of local ethnic people opened in Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on December 5.

Home to over 19,500 Mong ethnic people, the central province of Thanh Hoa has carried out a number of socio-economic development programmes and projects to give a facelift to areas where they live.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai kicked off its first-ever trade fair, dedicated to showcasing products crafted by locals from ethnic minority and mountainous regions, on August 28.

In 2008, after realising that the writing of the Dao language was in danger of disappearing, Ly Van Henh became determined to begin preservation efforts so that future generations could understand the letters of the language as well as customs of the Dao Tien ethnic minority people in Sung village, Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province.

Tourism is viewed as a driving force to boost socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas, but identifying how best to promote tourism and culture in these areas is no simple task.

A cultural festival for young people was held by the Kon Tum Provincial Youth Union from August 12 -14, bringing together more than 200 participants. The event is one of the efforts to preserve and promote traditional cultural values among young generations in the province.

At the top of the Tay Con Linh Mountain Range lies Xa Phin village in Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province. The local environment is ideal for plants to flourish and thrive, with thick green moss that ethnic minority people also use to cover the thatched roofs of their homes.

Rasmei Kampuchea, a newspaper with the largest readership in Cambodia, ran an article on June 2 highlighting Vietnam’s investment priority policy for ethnic groups in the country in general and the Mekong Delta in particular, including the Khmer ethnic people.

Ethnic minority groups play a vital role in the restoration of traditional festivals or rituals, according to experts.

The maintenance and development of the weaving craft not only offer better livelihoods for H’mong women in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang but also attract tourists from home and abroad.

The upcoming Ban flower festival in the northwestern province of Dien Bien is expected to appeal to a lot of visitors.

Outfits of the Mong, Giay, and Tay people, jewellery of the Thai and Dao people, and tools for daily work of many different ethnic minority groups around Vietnam are on display at an exhibition in the French city of Saintes.

Forest worshiping is a unique cultural activity relating to the longstanding practice of forest protection adopted by ethnic minority groups in Lao Cai province. The ritual is also a commitment by local people to protect the forests, which they consider a natural treasure.