The trade of unborn babies to China and illegal surrogacy have become a serious problem in northern mountainous provinces.

The lives of ethnic minority people could be improved and gap between ethnic and mountainous region and others narrowed once a master plan get approval from the National Assembly.

Ca Thi Xoa, from Chieng La Village in the mountain province of Son La, decided to go to Hanoi to search for a job after her husband went away without saying a word.

VietNamNet Bridge – People living along the banks of the Da River in the north have been familiar with large grocery boats loaded with various types of goods, from daily necessities such as rice, sugar and salt to household appliances,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Office in Vietnam held a conference in Hanoi on October 7 to evaluate the nation’s readiness to implementing the initiative.

While heat waves are making life miserable in the country’s south, it is cool in the northwestern upland where temperatures range from 20 to 28 degrees Celsius, so it is a great hideaway for those wanting to escape the hot summer.

VietNamNet Bridge – K’Long is a recommended place for tourists to stop for about an hour or more to buy hand-made tho cam products and explore the culture of ethnic minority people K’Ho

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will spend 50 billion VND on programmes, policies and projects to enhance education for ethnic minority people as part of a recently approved ethnic affairs strategy until 2020.