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Fifthly, building a comprehensive information system on ethnic minorities: it is impossible to develop appropriate and quality laws and policies without mechanisms and measures to collect data and objective information on all aspects of ethnic minorities. On the other hand, the results of ensuring rights must also be reflected through such information systems. This system often includes assessments of ethnic minority groups, assessments of state agencies, social organizations, and international organizations. … [Read more...] about Building a specialized monitoring agency to increase effectiveness in ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities

Thirdly, to basically overcome the current shortcomings in support policy and institutions in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Since the Doi Moi (renovation) policy took effect in 198), the State has issued many legal documents, including many provisions related to the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas. However, there is no legal document at the law level that specifically stipulates support for the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The support policies that have been promulgated are still scattered, and related regulations are scattered in many documents at different levels. … [Read more...] about Law on Support for and Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas should be issued

Accordingly, ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities is not only limited to everyday human rights values (livelihoods, jobs, income, meals, housing, healthcare, education...) but also the common values of a community as an equal ethnic group in a multi-ethnic country, such as the right to democracy, the right to participate in politics, the right to preserve and develop, and promote cultural identity, the right to security and social safety... … [Read more...] about Ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities: Comprehensive and multidimensional understanding is needed

By 2030, the income per capita of people from ethnic minority groups is hoped to be raised to half of the national average. The programme also aims to cut the number of poor households to less than 10 per cent of the total number of households, with no hamlets or communes in extremely difficult conditions and 70 per cent of communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas meeting new rural area criteria. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16

Vietnam has issued the National Strategy on Gender Equality for the period 2011-2020 with the aim of raising awareness, narrowing the gender gap and enhancing the status of women; actively implementing international and regional initiatives to promote the protection of women's rights and fight discrimination against women. The goal of equality between men and women and empowering women and girls, one of the three millennium goals (MDG 2013), was completed by Vietnam before the 2015 deadline, making Vietnam one of countries that eliminated gender gap the fastest in the past 20 years. … [Read more...] about Vietnam obtains important achievements in empowering girls