The Central Commission for People  Mobilization Work has a working session with Dong Nai leadership and talks about the situation of ethnic groups and about ethnic minority affairs

    Currently, Dong Nai has 31 ethnic groups. Ethnic minority groups form approximately 8% of its population. In recent years, it has invested heavily in power systems, road links, schools, stations, public housing and the institutions of culture, education, vocational training and so on. Thanks to this investment, people’s material and spiritual life is increasingly improved. In addition, Dong Nai has taken its greater care of ethnic groups by building three ethnic villages for a sustainable development, two resettlement areas, 2,000 houses of compassion and two ethnic boarding schools at provincial level and cooperated with the Vocational Training School 8 (under the Ministry of Defence) in providing vocational training for ethnic minority youths, maintained political security and  social order and safety in ethnic minority groups’ settlement areas and kept the political system working effectively.

    At the working session, the survey team of the Central Commission for People Mobilization Work highly appreciated the efforts of Dong Nai province to implement the Party and State’s policies on ethnic minority affairs. However, survey team members suggested that Dong Nai continue paying more attention to  the preservation of cultural values, especially script and languages among ethnic communities and to youth and women’s affairs ...