Deputy PM Nhân: Best conditions should be given to ethnic minorities
VGP – It is necessary to facilitate and guarantee the access of people of ethnic minority groups to scientific knowledge and technological advances which should be made use to serve production and poverty reduction, stated Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân.
Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân
made the statement on Saturday at the 1st Representative Congress of
Ethnic Minority Groups of Thới Bình District of the southern
The Deputy PM expected that
local people of the district would further highlight their spirit of patriotism,
national solidarity and mutual assistance in the common cause of socio-economic
development.
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At the Congress, many
delegates showed their hope that the State further supports the preservation of
cultural traditions of ethnic minorities, especially their languages, scripts, and
musical instruments.
Representative congresses
of ethnic minorities are being organized throughout Việt
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Thới Bình District has a
natural area of 63,997 ha and a population of 133,590 people. It consists of
11 communes and one town. Three major ethnic groups are Kinh, Khmer and Hoa.
There are several ethnic minority groups, including Chăm, Tày, and Nùng. The local
authority has made great efforts to mobilize different resources for
socio-economic development, infrastructure upgrading, and poverty alleviation.
The district currently has 2,147 poor households (6.83%). |
