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Free publications for ethnic minorities

Hanoi, April 21 (VNA) – As many as 19 publications will be given for free to ethnic minority groups and those living in extremely disadvantaged areas in 2016.

The move aims to boost development in ethnic and disadvantaged areas across the nation, according to a decision signed recently by the Prime Minister.

They include the Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, twice a week; Tin Tuc of the Vietnam News Agency - five issues per week; Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) Newspaper of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union – five issues per week; Tien Phong Newspaper of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union – five issues per week, among other publications for children.

The project will be funded by the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs’ regular budget.
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Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Among the ballots used at the congress were three featuring posters of President Ho Chi Minh and one bearing an image depicting the Vietnamese people engaged in production during the period of resistance against foreign aggression. The latter also carried the inscriptions “80th Anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day” and “33rd National Congress of the PCU".

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