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 (News) 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.