Ethnic minority areas are provided with 19 free newspapers and magazines.

The Prime Minister has just decided to provide 19 newspaper and magazine publications to ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly disadvantaged areas in 2016.

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Specifically, the State provided (free of charge) 19 newspaper and magazine publications to strengthen information and propaganda work to serve the cause of economic, cultural and social development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and particularly difficult areas in 2016, including:

1- Nhan Dan Newspaper - 2 issues/week, issued to prestigious people in ethnic minorities, 1 copy/issue each.

2- Tin Tuc Newspaper (Vietnam News Agency) - 5 issues/week, provided to especially disadvantaged villages in communes 3 regions I, II, III, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

3- Today's Rural Newspaper (Central Vietnam Farmers' Union) - 5 issues/week, issued to Farmers' Unions of communes in region III, Farmers' Unions of villages, hamlets, and especially disadvantaged communes in regions I, II, III, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

4- Tien Phong Newspaper (Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union) - 5 issues/week, issued to Commune Youth Unions in Region III, Commune Youth Unions in Region II, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

5- Ethnic and Development Newspaper (Ethnic Committee) - 2 issues/week, issued to People's Committees of ethnic and mountainous communes, especially difficult villages in communes 3 regions I, II, III; border posts, border stations, border working teams, Khmer pagodas, each unit gets 1 copy/1 issue.

6- Culture Newspaper (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) - 3 issues/week, issued to People's Committees of communes in region III, especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets in communes in regions I, II, III and Khmer pagodas, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

7- Special issue "Solidarity and Development" (Communist Magazine) - 2 issues/month, issued to prestigious people among ethnic minorities, 1 copy/issue per person.

8- Ethnic Magazine (Ethnic Committee) - 1 issue/month, issued to People's Committees of ethnic and mountainous communes; ethnic boarding high schools, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

9- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" Dai Doan Ket Newspaper (Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front) - 1 issue/week, provided to the Fatherland Front Committees of communes in region III of 94 poor districts, the Front Working Committees of especially difficult villages and hamlets in communes in regions I, II, III and Khmer pagodas, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

10- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Health and Life Newspaper (Ministry of Health) - 1 issue/week, provided to extremely disadvantaged villages and hamlets of 94 poor districts, extremely disadvantaged villages and hamlets in communes of region II, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

11- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Industry and Trade Newspaper (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - 1 issue/week, issued to People's Committees of communes in region II, People's Committees of communes in region III, each unit 1 copy/issue.

12- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - 1 issue/week, provided to the Agricultural Extension Units in Region III, Rural Extension Units, and particularly disadvantaged villages of 94 poor districts, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

13- Special issue "Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas" of the Labor and Social Affairs Newspaper (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs) - 1 issue/week; provided to especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets in communes in region II, especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets in communes in region III outside the 94 poor districts, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

14- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Vietnam Law Newspaper (Ministry of Justice) - 1 issue/week, issued to People's Committees of communes in region III of 94 poor districts, People's Committees of communes in region I, each unit 1 copy/issue.

15- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Women's Newspaper (Vietnam Women's Union) - 1 issue/week, issued to Women's Unions of ethnic and mountainous areas; Women's Unions of especially difficult villages and hamlets in communes of 3 regions I, II, III, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

16- "Young Shoots" special issue of Children's Newspaper (Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union) - 2 issues/month, provided to primary schools, primary boarding schools for ethnic minorities in districts of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, border areas, islands, each class 01 copy/issue.

17- Special issue "Ethnic Children" of Thieu Nien Tien Phong Newspaper (Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union) - 2 issues/month, provided to junior high schools and boarding schools for ethnic minorities in districts of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, each class gets 1 copy/issue.

18- Special issue "Ethnic and Mountainous Areas" of Science and Life Newspaper (Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations) - 1 issue/week, provided to especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets of 94 poor districts, especially disadvantaged villages and hamlets in communes of region II, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

19- "Border Security" supplement of Border Guard Newspaper (Border Guard Command) - 1 issue/week, issued to border villages and communes; Border Guard Working Teams, border posts and stations, each unit gets 1 copy/issue.

The budget for implementing the policy of providing (free of charge) a number of newspaper and magazine publications to ethnic minority and mountainous areas is guaranteed by the central budget and arranged in the regular expenditure estimate of the Ethnic Committee.

According to Chinhphu.vn