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Submitted by maithuy on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 11:12
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project worth over VND1 trillion to improve the living standards of four disadvantaged ethnic groups: the Mang, La Hu, Cong and Co Lao.

The 10-year project aims to set up essential infrastructure to lift the groups out of poverty, improve their material and spiritual life, preserve their cultural values and protect their environment.

According to statistics from the Committee for Ethnic Minorities, the four groups have a combined population of about 17,800 comprising 3,500 households in the provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien and Ha Giang.

Most of them live along the border in remote mountainous areas: poor households account for over 60 percent of the population, 50 percent are illiterate in national language of Vietnamese, and the rate of child marriage stands at 80 percent with an average age of 15-17.

The groups hardly have access to fresh water and electricity.

The newly-approved project aims to provide transport, electricity, water supply systems and schools to 70 percent of the villages within the next five years. Half of the communes’ healthcare centres will be staffed with more doctors and paediatricians.

Chairman of the Ha Giang Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minorities Long Huu Phuc said that over the last five years the province have supported the local minority population under another project aimed at helping ethnic groups with a population of less than 1,000 each, including the Si La, Pu Peo, O Du, Brau and Ro Mam.

However, limited funds pose a challenge to the success of the plan. For example, Phuc said each pre-school ethnic child is given a monthly allowance of VND30,000 and each household receives about VND7.4 million, sums that are too small to create real change.

The province is home to about 14,600 people from Cong, La Hu and Mang groups, who are concentrated in Muong Te and Sin Ho districts.

Some remote ethnic villages are as far as 200-300km away from the districts’ centres, making transport and communication extremely difficult, especially during the rainy season.

Every year, each commune selects and supports one student in studying at higher education level, she said.

However, those chosen few have found it challenging to keep up with others in lowland areas, and have urged more investment in the early stages of education.

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