ActionAid promotes ethnic minority rights
(VOV) - The National Assembly’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs (CEA) and ActionAid International in Vietnam on March 3 inked a cooperative agreement aimed at promoting the rights of ethnic minority people in the 2015-2017 period.
In accordance therewith, the two sides have agreed to expand a sustainable livelihood model for ethnic minority youth that has been successfully piloted in central Nghe An province.
They will also conduct surveys on Vietnam’s commitments to the rights of ethnic minority people and promulgation of laws and policies to ensure the rights of ethnic minority children.
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CEA Vice Chairman Hoang Xuan Luong thanked ActionAid International for its past assistance for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam in supporting language learning, building sustainable livelihood models and personnel trainingin 30 provinces and cities.
Luong expressed his hope that ActionAid International would continue to support and share sustainable livelihood model experience to help ethnic minority people escape poverty in the future.