Clean and dry snow is stored for the daily water of the nomads. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) The nomadic life on the northernmost Russian tundra of the Nenets people. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Children of the Nenets ethnic group from a young age followed their father, who worked in taming and breeding semi-wild reindeer across the vast tundra. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Bogdan Tysia and his brother take care of domesticated wild reindeer. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) From an early age, children of the Nenets ethnic group followed their father and brother in herding and taming reindeer on the northern tundra. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Reindeer breeding is a long-standing tradition of the Nenets people in the northernmost regions of Russia. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) The small huts are traditional cozy living spaces of the Nenets ethnic family. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) In addition to reindeer meat, fresh frozen fish is a familiar dish of the Nenets nomads. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Bogdan Tysia – the child master of the northern Russian tundra. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Reindeer husbandry brings income, food, and daily necessities to the Nenets people. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) The Nenets live nomadic lives in small, easily accessible huts on the northernmost Russian tundra. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) The nomadic life of children of the Nenets ethnic group in the northernmost regions of Russia. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Breeding semi-wild reindeer is a long-standing tradition of the Nenets people in the northernmost regions of Russia. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Bogdan Tysia (12 years old) got acquainted with reindeer herding at the age of 5. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Reindeer (northern deer) are the most valuable asset of the Nenets – one of the largest nomadic peoples on the vast tundra of Russia’s northernmost region. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Bogdan Tysia is well versed in all reindeer herders. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) The nomadic life of the Nenets people is associated with the reindeer herding season on the vast tundra. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) Children of the Nenets ethnic group are attached to the nomadic life of the boiled week herder from an early age. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA)

On the morning of May 14 (Vietnam time), the national costume contest within the framework of the official Miss Universe contest took place. This is an opportunity for representatives to show off their own cultural identity, and at the same time show off their performance skills with elaborately invested and unique costumes. At the final night three days later, the best national costume award was named Miss Myanmar – Thuzar Wint Lwin with a costume of the Chin ethnic people (Myanmar). Notably, this is the national costume that the representative from Myanmar did not prepare in advance. She had an incident of losing her luggage when she arrived in the US and lost all her important costumes for the competition The beauty also attracted attention when bringing the message “Pray for Myanmar” in the face of instability in the political situation in her country. With the support from the contest organizers and the Myanmar community in the US, Thuzar Wint Lwin promptly had a replacement outfit. According to the host, Thuzar’s outfit shows off the sophisticated weaving techniques of Myanmar women and their strong spirit. Coincidentally, before that, Thuzar Wint Lwin also represented Hakha (the capital of Chin State) at the Miss Universe Myanmar pageant. As planned, Miss Universe Myanmar will wear a costume inspired by the country’s traditional toy Pyit-Tine-Htaung. The suit symbolizes the strong spirit, never giving up of the people of Myanmar Thuzar Wint Lwin is 22 years old this year, she just won Miss Universe Myanmar 2020 at the end of last year. The beauty has a sweet beauty, a sexy body with a height of 1.7m and a three-round measurement of 86-60-88 cm

Sil Pop’s coffee garden applies economical irrigation to reduce costs. Photo: D.L. Garden improvement techniques Sil Pop (36 years old), a J’rai ethnic in Yo 2 village, Ia Ka commune (Chu Pah district, Gia Lai) has a 3-hectare coffee garden in his home garden. He said, this coffee garden family has been nearly twenty years. Initially, the coffee garden was green and had a high harvest due to the new land, moreover the price of coffee at that time was good, so he and many other households boldly invested in the garden. However, for a long time, the orchards have deteriorated due to improper care, the initial selection of varieties is not good, and the price of coffee has continuously plummeted, so there is no money to invest in the garden. “For several years, watching the coffee garden gradually degraded, yielding low, the price dropped to the bottom, my family was sad,” said Sil Pop. In 2018, Sil Pop decided to bring his coffee garden to participate in Ia Mo Nong Agricultural Production – Trade – Service – Tourism Cooperative (Cooperative). By 2019, the VnSAT project will install the sprinkler irrigation system at the root, Sil Pop is the first out of a total of nearly 200 ethnic minority households to participate in the installation of this system. Spending 43,592,000 VND (50% of the project’s counterpart), he bought plumbing, valves, pumps, digging wells… for the sprinkler irrigation system. Under each coffee tree is a water pipe about 40cm above the ground. From here, every time you water, just turn on the switch and the system will bring water to each coffee tree. Sil Pop said: For the first time, just open the power bridge, water for about 5-6 hours is enough. After 10 days of watering again the second phase, just 2 hours is enough water for coffee plants. Depending on the weather each year, watering more or less. “Since the installation of the sprinkler irrigation system, taking care of the coffee garden is very easy. Just open the bridge and then… go play, when it’s time to turn off the bridge, the job is done. It’s not like before, you have to bend your back and drag the water pipe to every coffee tree,” said Sil Pop. According to Sil Pop, since applying the sprinkler irrigation system to the root, his family’s garden quickly turned green again, as if there was a “miracle”. Sil Pop next to a lush coffee garden, thanks to the application of sprinkler irrigation technology. Photo: TA Outstanding efficiency Mr. Le Van Thanh, Director of the cooperative said: The application of sprinkler irrigation technology at the root has brought great efficiency to the coffee garden. According to Mr. Thanh, applying this irrigation technology has saved a lot in the process of investment and care for the garden. The first is to save labor: If before, it would take a lot of time to pull pipes to irrigate each tree, unlike now, just open the bridge and finish; In the process of watering, farmers can take advantage of making branches or doing other jobs. Applying this irrigation technology has also saved up to 50% of water according to the previous irrigation method, because the water goes to the root without evaporating or spilling to other places like traditional irrigation. If before, each watering required 450-500 liters of water for each coffee tree, now only half is enough. The amount of fertilizer is also significantly saved because the fertilizer is quantified, put into the water system to bring to each tree, avoiding the case of a lot of roots, less fertilizer, or scattered fertilizer throughout the garden. Then save electricity, save health… “If this system is not installed, this year’s coffee garden will probably be left to die due to a serious lack of water this year,” Sil Pop said. Saving is like that, but the effect brought is a big surprise. According to Sil Pop, in addition to saving labor and investment costs, applying this irrigation technology has significantly improved the quality of orchards: The fruit is larger, stronger and stronger, the yield is superior to the old farming method. . After the first year of applying sprinkler irrigation technology at the root, his garden harvested over 5 tons of kernels/ha. “This crop will probably yield five and a half to six tons per hectare,” Sil Pop said happily. In the harsh climatic conditions, many gardens do not dare to boldly apply science and technology, so the productivity is reduced, Sil Pop’s coffee garden is indeed a model worth learning. Commenting on Sil Pop’s orchard, Mr. Thanh said: “Sil Pop is the member household with the most methodical investment in the coffee garden. Thanks to this right investment, every year, his family’s orchard leads in both yield and quality of fruit. For many years in a row, Sil Pop has been recognized as a good farmer.” According to Mr. Thanh, it was difficult at first to mobilize ethnic minority households to apply this irrigation technology, because people had to “see and then believe”. Since seeing Sil Pop’s application and being effective, many member households who are ethnic minorities have voluntarily followed, bringing positive effects to the orchard. “Sil Pop deserves to be a pioneer in the movement of applying technology to agricultural production of the people of Yo 2 village,” Thanh affirmed. Ia Mo Nong Agricultural Production – Trade – Service – Tourism Cooperative has over 500 member households, with over 700 hectares of coffee. In which, about 190 member households are ethnic minorities. Thanks to learning Sil Pop’s method, up to now, the coffee garden of the people has improved significantly in quality and productivity, which is superior to the backward traditional farming method.

Mr. Hoang Van Hanh sells all kinds of products made by his family. Photo: Nguyen Dung. In the past, the local people did not know how to trade in agricultural products and their products, because they brought goods from Dong Khe commune to the central market of Van Chan district by a far distance, so people set up small stalls right at the market. along Highway 32 for sale. The owners of the goods sold at the market are relatives of the Mong, Thai, and Tay ethnic groups living in Dong Khe and Suoi Bu communes, many of whom cannot speak Mandarin. Initially, they sold with different high and low prices, so Mr. Hoang Hiep Cuoc was the first person to trade in the market and told everyone to sell the same price for all items, which is 5 thousand. Because it has no name and has not been planned as a people’s market, people around and passersby call this place a market of 5,000, or a market for one price. In the market, I saw Ms. Sung Thi Dong selling vegetables with her son on the roadside. She is a Mong ethnic living in Ba Cau village, Suoi Bu commune, recently she went to the market to sell vegetables. Her customers are passersby and people in the surrounding communes. Because the price is only 5 thousand, the vegetables are grown in the high mountains and are always fresh, so each customer usually buys a few at a time. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao sells specialty rice. Photo: Nguyen Dung. Sitting selling goods in the sun, the road is full of cars, so it is very dusty, but it helps her earn a little more money to cover her life. Sitting next to her are elderly Mong and Thai people selling wild vegetables, bamboo shoots and specialty rice. These old women do not speak Mandarin well, but they also bring goods to the market to sell, because the items have only one price and do not need to be bargained like other normal markets. Mr. Hoang Van Hanh, living in the market, he has just brought cucumbers, pumpkins, bamboo shoots, bitter melons, vegetables … for sale right at the door. Mr. Hanh said: My wife and I, Lo Thi Thuy, bring our family’s things to sell to passersby. My vegetables and herbs do not use pesticides, so you can rest assured that you use them… He added that in the bamboo shoot season, he and his wife can sell nearly 2 tons per month and a few kilograms of other agricultural products, thanks to which the family can make a small amount of income. Some people around here also bring goods to sell, many of which are herbal products exploited by people in the forest, at this time the items are not the same price of 5 thousand as before. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao specializes in selling specialty rice such as black brown rice, brown rice, plain rice, etc., with prices ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 VND/kg. She said, her buyers are mostly tourists and passersby, many in Yen Bai city, Hanoi… buy a few dozen pounds to eat and give as gifts. Ms. Nguyen Thi Xoan sells wild pineapples to customers to buy as medicine. Photo: Nguyen Dung. The large stalls in the market of 5,000 sell precious herbs and many types of herbal medicine. In which, Ms. Nguyen Thi Xoan’s stall has nearly 100 different products, including: forest shiitake mushrooms, forest seed bananas, forest myrtle, mousse, dan den, hummus, honeydew tea – red ginseng , fenugreek, Jiaogulan, dried squash, string tea, hemp, wild pineapple, medlar, jade crane… Many items are mined by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ha Thi An, who knows how to collect and exploit drugs in the forest. bought from people, in addition, she also sells medicines for postpartum women, kidney medicine, special medicine for bones and joints, medicine for stomach pain … The herbs she buys from local people, her husband, Mr. Loc Duc Huynh, helps her daily to chop, dry, sieve, and then pack them for sale. Mr. Loc Duc Huynh closes goods to sell to customers far away. Photo: Nguyen Dung. In the past, Huynh worked as a worker on Dong Khe quarry and many other places. His hard work did not earn much, so he went back to help his wife and mother buy and sell medicinal herbs. Each month, Ms. Xoan and her husband sell nearly 1 ton of medicinal herbs of all kinds to tourists, pharmacies everywhere from Lao Cai, Hanoi to Dong Nai. Another stall owner in the 5,000 market is Ms. Hoang Van Nga from Thai ethnicity who has lived here for a long time, her family also sells male medicines that have the effect of tonic kidney, yang, liver, liver detoxification… Besides, She also sells it online and carries it by post or passenger car. Ms. Hoang Van Nga at the family drugstore. Photo: Nguyen Dung. Over the past ten years, the 5,000-dollar market is not only commercially significant, but also a cultural address that attracts tourists near and far because of the simple, rustic and genuine human element here.

Miss Khanh Van appeared full of charisma with the national costume of ‘Ken Em’ inspired by the traditional silk weaving and ao dai of the Vietnamese people. Miss Universe Thailand Amanda Obdam in a unique fish head costume Miss Universe Philippines – Rabiya Mateo in an outfit inspired by the colors of the Philippine flag and even designed quite like Victoria’s Secret angel wings Francisca Luhong James – Malaysian representative even brought a model of Kampung’s house on stage to impress the judges Beauty representing India in traditional Indian women’s sari Representing the host country of the United States, Asya Branch transformed into an eagle. Because the eagle symbolizes the strength and freedom of the United States of America The costume requires 5000 thousand pieces of metal, but the beauty representing Indonesia wears the symbol of the earth dragon Miss Panama struggled with an anchor outfit, glass shells attached to the net The beauty representing Barbados shines with an overwhelming blue feather skirt mixed with a meticulously attached bodysuit in the form of fish scales. Miss Singapore wears a red/white outfit with the words “Stop Asian Hate” printed on it, following the line of political events since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. being bullied in the US and in Australia and Europe. The slogan on the Singapore representative’s costume attracted the attention of the American media because of the strong outbreak of Asian racism in the United States today. Miss Bahamas – Shauntae Miller, wearing a large aviation outfit with airplanes, fish, flamingos and famous swimming pigs in the island nation The case of Miss Myanmar made everyone emotional when she went to Miss Universe 2020 with only 3 suitcases of luggage that was lost, without clothes, she had to rely on the contestants of her country. Not too fussy like your country, the representative of Myanmar only wears the traditional national costume of her country with the slogan “Pray for Myanmar” (Pray for Myanmar).

The Mong people in Spring village live separately from the outside, surrounded by forests and mountains on all sides After filling 3 bottles of gasoline, according to Mr. Thao Van Cong, Mong ethnic group in Xuan village, Chairman of Veterans Association of Son Thuy commune, we started the journey to the H’mong village. After nearly an hour and a half, traveling more than 24 km of winding roads, we were at the Spring village. Standing on the top of a high mountain, looking ahead are the old wooden roofs and walls, nestled in the middle of the old forest. The dirt road to each house is as small as a thread, sometimes you have to cross a small stream to reach the other household. For generations, the Mong people in Spring village have lived in this land, living in difficult farming, isolated on all four sides are hills, terrain, and traffic are complicated. People’s life is very difficult. Mr. Thao Van Cong said that at present, Spring village does not have electricity, roads and medical stations, and schools are still facing many difficulties. In the old, shack, Mr. Thao Van Dia, Secretary and Head of Spring Village told us that the village has 114 households with 525 people. Here, because a number of concentrated domestic water works are degraded and cannot be used, people have to connect pipes to streams to bring water back to use. Dia shared, in the rainy season, roads are difficult to travel, people cannot go in and out of the village, the food source mainly depends on shifting cultivation, some households grow a little more rice and corn to store for the next season. County borders. The rest raise small barns around the house. After lunch, fearing that it would rain, we continued our journey to Xia Noi village. From Spring Village to Xia Noi is only 5 km, but it takes half an hour for the group to arrive. To get to Xia Noi village, you have to cross small roads, cross streams, and in the rainy season, the water is heavy, the village is almost isolated. Due to the dilapidated and badly damaged Spring Village Kindergarten, the children were arranged to study temporarily at the old elementary school. The head of Xia Noi village Sung Van Cau said that the village currently has 35 households with 168 members, in addition to difficult transportation, essential needs such as electricity, medical stations, television… are also the long-awaited wishes of the village. citizen. In recent years, people have been regularly provided with maize and rice varieties to actively cultivate, so they no longer have to worry about the lack of food in the off-season. However, due to difficult roads and fragmented farming practices, productivity is low. Even more difficult, when sick people move to the center of the commune, the road is both far and bad. To get to Xia Noi village, the only way is to cross the forest road, cross the stream, travel becomes very difficult in the rainy season. Outdated customs and practices, small production, low education level, and lack of synchronous investment in electricity, roads, medical stations, etc., make the life of the Mong people in the two villages of Xuan Xuan and Xia Noi meet. many difficulties. Discussing this issue, Mr. Ha Van The, Vice Chairman of Son Thuy Commune People’s Committee said: “We want the authorities at all levels to pay more attention, invest in electricity infrastructure, roads and stations so that people can have a meeting. live better”. The poverty rate in Xia Noi village is still high Mr. Mac Van Toi, Deputy Head of Economic Infrastructure Department of Quan Son district, said that in Mua Xuan village, the Department of Industry and Trade is implementing a power grid investment project. In Xia Noi village, the district is currently applying for policies and funding to support investment in the power grid. As for the road system to Mua Xuan and Xia Noi villages, according to Mr. Toi, the district has developed a medium-term public investment plan, period 2021-2025, currently there are a number of projects of the Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and one Several other projects are under construction…

The wet rice area of ​​Dak Lak province remained at 47,500 ha, of which districts such as Krong Ana, Lak, Ea Sup, Ea Kar, Krong Pak are localities with increased wet rice area. Currently, up to 60% of families in Krong Pak district still work in the fields, which is also one of the main sources of income. Under the blazing sun of summer days, farmers are quickly weeding to prepare for harvest. The urgent, bustling atmosphere with the sound of the harvester, the sound of the farm truck carrying rice mixed with the laughter of the people, created a vivid picture of the village signaling a new harvest. (Image: Duy Hoc). Eakly people can produce 2 crops a year, with an average income of 140 million/ha. Having the opportunity to come to Krong Pak district in the harvest season, it is not difficult to see the image of rice fields laden with seeds and farmers working hard to harvest on the mats of ripe yellow rice, stretching under the blue sky. (Image: Duy Hoc). Bumper… All the village roads are covered with a brilliant yellow color, creating a peaceful and warm scene. (Image: Miss Ha). Cars full of agricultural products, showing a bountiful harvest after many days of hard work by the people, were gathered at one point before being taken home. (Image: Huong Loan) Despite hard manual labor, farmers always create their own joy in every hard moment. Breathe in the fresh air, passionately look at each carpet of ripe, heavy rice, and fall in love with the peaceful village scene even more.

Mr. Tran Siu Thu instructed members of Hoanh Mo commune key club to practice the new key in front of his traditional home. Photo: Thanh Thuan On the way to Hoanh Mo border gate (Binh Lieu district), Dong Thanh cultural text stands out with the red last gate on the left side of the road. This place is known as the village with the largest number of Tay ethnic minorities living in Binh Lieu district. Visiting Dong Thanh, we caught a picturesque village scene with newly planted green rice fields prominent on the brown background of the land, gardens, fish ponds, earthen sticky rice roofed with yin and yang. symbolism of the Tay … Along with that is the working life in the fields of the Tay ethnic people bringing peace and peace to the village. All have created a beautiful picture of the land where the border of the country … Ms. Luong Thi Sin, head of Dong Thanh village, said that the village has 106 households with 406 Tay ethnic people, mainly living on agriculture such as growing rice, crops, fruit trees, animal husbandry … These often live on hillsides and places near water sources. The village still has 8 earthen houses with tiled yin and yang, of which 4 houses still retain the traditional identity of the Tay people. Walking around the village, we found the houses of land, roofed with yin and yang tiled soup of the Tay people on the hill. Houses with walls built of earth bricks and roofs of yin and yang are very warm in winter and cool in summer. In the hustle and bustle of modern life, in many places where ethnic minorities can no longer keep traditional houses, there are still houses with the age of hundreds of years. Following the sound of the instrument and the inviting folk song, we visited the house of Mr. Tran Siu Thu (over 70 years old), a reputable man in Dong Thanh village. At that time, Mr. Thu was practicing then singing for Hoanh Mo commune then gathered at his house. The elastic sound, the singing rang loudly. Mr. Thu is the owner of a traditional land house from the time of his grandparents passed down through 4 generations. The house was built with earth bricks, roofed with yin and yang tiles, inside the house is a reception space, a place to worship ancestors, a firewood warehouse, a kitchen and a attic with wooden stairs going up is a place to store paddy, rice, and utensils. .. Up to now, although there is another house nearby, Mr. Thu still retains the traditional house of his nation, where the Hoanh Mo commune ‘s then and classical singing club gather. Mr. Thu shared: “I have kept this land house so that my children and grandchildren have the opportunity to inherit the traditional culture of their people”. Visiting the traditional house of Ms. To Thi Lan and Mr. Ngo Thiem Tao, we were quite excited when the front and left side of the house were green rice fields. Ms. To Thi Lan said that this house with earth walls, yin and yang tiled has existed for nearly 100 years. The house is more than 100m2 wide, including 5 compartments, including a main house, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a warehouse. In front of the house is drying yard. She and her husband inherited the house from their parents-in-law. Up to Cao’s life, Lan is the third generation to live in this house. Since the house was ceded by his parents, Cao and his wife have not had to repair anything. In this Tay village, the most impressive impression to me is the traditional house of Mr. Phan Ngoc Sinh, with an area of ​​more than 100m2, 2 floors, of which the first floor consists of 3 rooms, 2 wings, with 1 room as a reception place. , 1 space for food and living utensils, 1 space for bedroom. The second floor, the nave used as an ancestral worship area, the two sides are 2 bedrooms. Previously, this house was originally a stilt house, then, Mr. Sinh renovated the house into a real estate but still retains the old architecture. Up to now, the house has gone through 5 generations, existed for more than 1 century, but the house structure is still quite solid. Inside the house, Mr. Sinh still preserves many old living items and utensils that are decades ago that can no longer be found today such as: loom loom, copper pot, sewing machine, rice pounder. , hoes, shovels … Currently, the house is the residence of Mr. Sinh and his sister. His children have set up a career, built a house elsewhere. The house becomes bustling every weekend when the children gather … Not only preserving the traditional house, the Tay Dong Thanh people also preserve a rich and diverse cuisine such as dishes made from pork, poultry, insects, colored sticky rice, croissants, and cakes. Wormwood … Besides, they also retain many unique cultural features of the Tay ethnic group such as key singing (including key rites, key-drag rites and stringed lumbar singing), folk games with stick pushing, spinning, throwing, crossbow shooting, cake wrapping … Being a village near the border with China, Dong Thanh preserves many traditional physical and intangible cultural heritages, capable of attracting, creating highlights, and playing fields for cultural – economic exchange … These are the factors to build Dong Thanh into a typical ethnic culture of the Tay, step by step forming products for tourism development, contributing to the socio-economic development of Binh district. Lieu.

US President Joe Biden speaks in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2021. Photo: AFP / VNA The US Senate’s ratification of the draft Act on Hatred Crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic is considered a milestone in the Biden administration’s efforts to protect the Asian community. This is also a remarkable domestic achievement of Mr. Biden in the first 100 days in power. The draft Hate Crime Act of the COVID-19 pandemic received the support of 96 senators and only 1 vote against. The near-absolute support in the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans share seats, shows that the two parties themselves are increasingly aware of the urgency to enact a legal basis to stop them. cases of violence against Asian Americans as well as strict punishment against objects of discrimination against this community. The bill was proposed by the only two Asian parliamentarians in the Senate, Ms. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) and Ms. Tammy Duckworth (Illinois), requiring the US Department of Justice to speed up the review of related cases. enmity stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic, which proposed the establishment of an office under the Justice Department tasked with dealing with criminal acts against Asian Americans. Law enforcement at the local level will be assisted in receiving and resolving violence against Asian Americans, and expanding resources to improve the reception of information about cases. hate, increase investment to support the victims. Notably, the bill also aims to limit the increasing use of discriminatory language since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Next May, the US House of Representatives will hold a vote on the draft law, but the possibility that the above document is passed and becomes law is completely feasible when the Democratic Party, which holds control in this agency. and both President Biden has previously expressed support for the bill. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) affirmed that the new bill “will protect American values ​​through the fight against xenophobia and hatred of Asian people”. Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer emphasized the bill as a message to the Asian American community that “the government will care, listen and act to protect them”. This can be seen as a success of President Biden, who has repeatedly urged the US Congress to pass a bill to deal with discrimination against Asians in America. It can be said that resolving racism in the US in general, and Asian-American discrimination in particular, is one of the focuses of the Biden presidential administration. Just a week after taking office, Mr. Biden signed an executive order condemning prejudice and violent discrimination against Asian Americans. The US government has also implemented a series of measures to deal with this situation, such as setting up a committee to deal with and end Asian discrimination, calling on local authorities to pay more attention. to this issue. The US also announced to spend nearly $ 50 million to support Asian people who are victims of violence and discrimination. A virtual library of projects to explore and celebrate Asian contributions to the United States is also underway. Recently, President Joe Biden appointed Erika Moritsugu, a Japanese-American, to the position of Vice President Assistant and Senior Coordinator for the Asian American Community and Pacific Islands. Along with the government’s measures, the US Senate’s ratification of the bill is the first concrete action of congressmen, demonstrating the determination of the US authorities to resolve this issue. In fact, stigmatization cases against Asian Americans and islands in the Pacific (AAPI), which make up 6.9% of the US population, have existed for a long time in this country’s society and are growing steadily. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, partly due to misinformation about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. According to a study by California State University, the city of San Bernardino, Asian-American discrimination cases increased by nearly 150% in 2020 in 16 of America’s largest cities, especially in Los Angeles and New York. , where there are a lot of Asians. Stop Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), an organization that synthesizes cases against Asian Americans, said less than a year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the center has received the report. about 3,795 cases of discrimination against Asians and Pacific islands across the US, of which verbal harassment accounts for 68%, avoidance or deliberate avoidance of Asians 20, 5% and 11% are attacks. These numbers are only “a small part of what’s happening”, but show the prevalence of discrimination and violence against this community. According to Pew Research Center data released on April 22, 81% of Asian Americans participating in the survey said that violence against them is increasing in the United States. Even 45% of the 352 Asian adults participating in this survey shared that they were victims of at least 1 in 5 racist acts since the COVID-19 epidemic occurred. Not only the acts of physical and mental harassment, the destruction of Asian-owned stores and businesses that hinder this community from doing business has increased significantly during the period. outbreak … According to statistics from the New American Economy Fund, although only accounting for a small percentage of the US population, Asian people and Pacific islands have certain contributions to the US economy. The tax that the households of this community contributed in 2017 accounted for 7.8% of the total taxes of all households in the US, equivalent to $ 218.6 billion, and this community also spent 526, $ 2 billion in consumer spending, housing purchases and investment. If only 9.5% of American workers are business owners, the rate among Asian and Pacific Islanders is 10.3%, contributing to creating millions of jobs for the US labor market. In 2016, Asian-owned businesses employed more than 5.1 million people. It can be said that the wave of marches against Asian stigma spread in the US, and Asian patrol teams were established in New York and many cities over the past time, showing a change in reception. a positive attitude in America to this issue. The issue of Asian-American stigma is difficult to resolve overnight, but the measures taken by the Biden administration show America’s efforts to combat discrimination and hatred. clan, in the spirit of “healing and national action”.

On May 21 last year, the Beibei District Culture and Tourism Commission went to Mianyang to sign the “Cooperation Agreement on Promoting the Integration of Mianbei Culture and Tourism Development”. There are seven mechanisms for the cultural and tourism industry to create a win-win situation, publicity and marketing mutual promotion and mutual assistance, cultural and tourism market cooperation and linkage, and cultural and tourism talents to cultivate and cultivate seven mechanisms. Taking this as an opportunity, the integration of culture and tourism between the two places will be fully carried out in the fields of mechanism construction, industrial development, marketing cooperation, and talent co-education. It will play an active role in promoting the high-quality economic development of the two places and accelerating the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing dual-city economic circle. effect.

The integration of cultural and tourism development is inseparable from market forces. Since the signing of the cooperation agreement, the Beibei District Culture and Tourism Commission and the Mianyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism have fully integrated and explored the cultural and tourism resources of the two places, broke barriers, and aggregated the travel agencies of the two places to create the “Impression of Chongqing”. , Mountain City Story—Jindao Gorge—Jinyun Mountain Three-day Tour”, “Greater Mianyang—Jiangyou—Longyin Town—Two Bomb City Three-day Tour” and other boutique tourism loops. Today, Mianyang and Beibei have long been each other’s tourist destinations and source of tourists. Since July last year, Mianbei and Mianbei have started the mode of “walking with relatives”, exchanged tourism first groups, and jointly organized two-way exchange activities for cultural tourism experts, media reporters, and travel agency leaders of the two places. “A Tale of Two Cities” realizes a more meaningful “Poetry and Distance”. The two places have also innovatively implemented cooperation measures such as resource sharing, passenger source exchange, publicity and interaction, and reciprocal delivery of scenic tickets, and launched the “Citizens Free Travel to Hundred Scenic Spots” campaign to promote the formation of diversified tourism with mutual exchanges and multi-site linkages between the two places Market.

In addition, the two places also focus on the co-cultivation and education of cultural and tourism talents, based on the long-term development of regional culture, and establish a cultural talent information resource database. It is planned to incorporate the training of cultural and tourism cadres into the overall plan for cadre training in the two places to jointly cultivate cultural and tourism professionals in the region. Currently, the cultural research and study travel products of the two places are in preparation, and the focus will be on guiding young people to enter historical and cultural attractions and cultural and cultural sites to learn about traditional culture and inherit excellent culture.

Upstream News-Chongqing Morning News reporter Zhang Hao