Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung on April 23 chaired a meeting reviewing the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural area building, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for 2026–2035, while outlining key tasks through 2026.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 10 attended a groundbreaking ceremony of Cam Thach Primary School in mountainous Cam Thach commune, Thanh Hoa province, as part of a nationwide campaign to build and upgrade schools in mountainous and border regions facing socio-economic difficulties.

VOV.VN - A strengthened cold air mass is affecting large parts of northern and north-central Vietnam, bringing severe cold, with temperatures in some highland areas dropping below 4 degrees Celsius.

VOV.VN - Although Typhoon Tapah will not directly pound Vietnam, the low-pressure area to be weakened from it is expected to move westward toward the country, causing a spell of heavy rain in the northern provinces on September 9-10.

VOV.VN - After making landfall in Ha Tinh and Quang Tri provionces, Typhoon Nongfa (Typhoon No. 6) in Vietnam this year, has weakened into a tropical depression as of the afternoon of August 30, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.

VOV.VN - Northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam were once again hit by hailstorms on the evening of February 26, with hail falling in Phieng Lan village, Nam Cha commune, Nam Nhun district in Lai Chau province, and parts of Phu Yen district in Son La province.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent flash floods and landslides have so far left 141 dead and 59 missing in northern Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.

VOV.VN - A new cold spell is forecast to hit the northern region from March 1 before then affecting the central region, with temperatures plunging at night and in the early morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has always devoted its time and money to promoting products made by ethnic minorities and people living in mountainous areas (EM&MP).