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A picture dated 19 January 2009 shows a young Hmong woman climbing up the hillside near Tuyen Quang town in a mountain province of Tuyen Quang, some 180 km north of Hanoi and south of Ha Giang province, Vietnam. Ha Giang province shares a border with China in the north and is inhabited by many ethnic minorities including Hmong, Tay, and Dao, with Hmong being the largest group which makes up about 30 percent of the province's population. Hmong, also known as Miao in China, is the eighth largest ethnic group in Vietnam and mainly live in highland areas of the mountainous regions of the country. Hmong of Vietnam immigrated to the country in late 19th century to flee from oppressive rule imposed by China's Qing Dynasty, while other Hmong migrated to Laos, Thailand, and Burma during that time. Surrounded by rocky mountains of karstic region where land is unfit for agriculture, the principle diet of Hmong of Ha Giang are corn, bean, wheat, vegetable, and occasionally some rice. Quoting the General Statistics Office, Vietnam News Agency reported 23 January 2009 that the poverty rate among ethnic minority groups in Vietnam fell sharply, from 60.7 percent in 2004 to 43 percent by the end of 2008, at a double speed compared to the national one. However, the large number of Hmong in Ha Giang is still struggling to make a living in a harsh environment with many of their children being forced to give up education at a young age. According to 1999 census, the population of Hmong is approximately 800,000 and accounts for about 1 percent of the country's population. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA Credit: EPA/AAP Image
Các Dân Tộc Vùng Núi Phía Bắc Việt Nam
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