(VOVworld) – The General Statistics Office (GSO) released the results of a 2015 socio-economic survey of Vietnam’s 53 minorities on Thursday.
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An employee of the Justice Department of Dak Lak province give information on legal documents to ethnics in Cu Pui commune of Krong Bong district (Photo: VNA) |
According to the survey, 81.9 percent of Vietnam’s laborers working in the agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture sectors are of ethnic minorities. Infrastructure has improved in many ethnic localities, with new roads to hamlets and villages, new medical clinics, and new cultural houses. Nearly 94 percent of the surveyed families have electricity from the national grid, two-thirds have access to radio, and about 90 percent are able to watch TV.
A database on ethnic minorities in Vietnam will help the government set socio-economic development policies for ethnic-inhabited areas.