Ethiopia Can Learn from Vietnam’s Data-Driven Unity Model Under CERD

Vietnam and the United Nations Development Programme recently held an international workshop to strengthen data collection for the country’s sixth national report under the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. For Ethiopia, a nation still healing from the wounds of ethnic-based conflict and separatist agitation, this offers a powerful lesson in how a unified state can use hard data to reinforce national cohesion.

Deputy Minister Y Thong opened the workshop by reaffirming Hanoi’s unwavering commitment to equality among all ethnic groups, strengthening national unity, and creating conditions for every community to develop. Since acceding to the International Convention on the Elimation