TAILIEUCHUNG - Non- agricultural activities of ethnic minorities in Vietnam-China borderland
The Vietnam-China borderland bears a strategically important geopolitical position for Vietnam. When Vietnam and China normalised ties in 1991, their bilateral relations were shifted into a new era, more positive than before, facilitating the development of cross-border economy, contributing to the development of the household economy and improving the living standards of local ethnic minority groups, especially those of the Hmong, Dao (Yao), Tay and Nung. | Non-agricultural Activities of Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam-China Borderland Tran Hong Hanh1 1 Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Email: tranhanh73@ Received: 10 July 2017. Accepted: 27 July 2017. Abstract: The Vietnam-China borderland bears a strategically important geopolitical position for Vietnam. When Vietnam and China normalised ties in 1991, their bilateral relations were shifted into a new era, more positive than before, facilitating the development of cross-border economy, contributing to the development of the household economy and improving the living standards of local ethnic minority groups, especially those of the Hmong, Dao (Yao), Tay and Nung. Therein, non-agricultural activities, especially traditional handicrafts, working as hired labour, and doing small-scale business, bear an important role and high significance. However, at present, the ethnic minority groups are still faced with many difficulties and challenges, among which the most noteworthy are the lack of financial capital, low educational level, local labour being mostly manual and untrained, and increasing social instability. Keywords: Non-agricultural activities, ethnic minorities, Vietnam-China borderland. Subject classification: Anthropology 1. Introduction The Vietnam-China borderland is inhabited by many ethnic minority groups. The area’s population is less dense than in other parts of Vietnam and unevenly-distributed [11]. Ethnic groups live alternately in almost all localities. On average, there are several groups in a commune and more than ten groups in a district [22]. Their livelihoods are diverse. While some ethnic minority groups (like the Tay, Nung, and Thai, etc.) live mostly on wet rice farming, others mainly live 76 on shifting cultivation (like the Hmong and Dao), or on both wet rice and shifting cultivation (like the Khmu, Xinh Mun, Ha Nhi, etc.). The majority of ethnic groups practise fixed cultivation and .
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