Embroidery frames, village meetings and newly built roads tell the story of how the Dao people are safeguarding tradition while shaping the future.

Traditional embroidery, folk songs and community tourism are helping the Dao people transform cultural heritage into a living part of modern life.

As the green economy gains momentum, the cultures of ethnic minority communities are emerging as a new development resource.

Vietnam's next education challenge is no longer getting ethnic minority children into school, but ensuring they thrive, gain skills and become future drivers of local development.

Vietnam plans to expand student loan support, raising borrowing limits and widening eligibility to help ensure financial hardship does not prevent young people from pursuing higher education.

Vietnam's Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs has urged Khanh Hoa Province to prioritise investment in ethnic minority communities while preparing resources for the next phase of the national target programme.

Some villagers were nearly 70 before receiving a birth certificate, while others registered their marriages after decades together as local authorities took one-stop public services into a remote border community.

The restructuring of villages in several highland communes and ethnic minority areas of Quang Ngai is facing difficulties in selecting personnel, as many party cell secretaries and village heads do not yet meet qualification standards.

Thousands of people gathered in Vietnam's south-central Khanh Hoa Province on June 26 as the sixth Cham Ethnic Culture Festival officially opened, celebrating one of the country's oldest and most distinctive cultural traditions.

Preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minority communities not only helps to conserve their distinctiveness but also creates a foundation for their sustainable development.

In villages where girls once married at 14, changing attitudes are helping reduce child marriage and create new opportunities for young people.

Vietnam is strengthening international partnerships to accelerate sustainable development in ethnic minority communities, with a focus on education, clean water and social welfare.

In the cloud-covered mountains of Ta Xua, a simple training course is opening new doors for women seeking to strengthen their livelihoods through tourism.

Across Vietnam, a streamlined two-tier local government model is bringing public services closer to citizens, cutting administrative layers and accelerating decision-making.

Deep in the mountains along Vietnam’s frontier, excavators and construction teams are working against the clock to build schools that promise to reshape the future of border communities.

Poverty reviews must accurately reflect people's living conditions, ensuring that no poor or near-poor households are overlooked.

Citing models like Tuyen Quang's Lo Lo Chai village, lawmakers have demanded a pivot to livelihood-centric policies that secure stable incomes for aging artisans.

In Vietnam’s mountainous regions, digital transformation is creating more than connectivity - it is opening new pathways out of poverty.

Beyond telecommunications and internet access, digital connectivity is opening new opportunities for development in some of Vietnam’s most isolated communities.