Posts Tagged ‘ Civil Society ’

US provides $450,000 for pandemic preparedness

September 21, 2009

The US Thursday announced a grant of US$450,000 to Vietnam for implementing a new project to strengthen the role of civil society in combating influenza A/H1N1 and other threats. A US Embassy press release said the grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be used by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 18/9

September 18, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 18/9

Germany supports sustainable forestry; Vietnam calls for int’l assistance in rural development; Father claims he drowned son due to lack of food; U.S. funds $450,000 to help Vietnam fight pandemics Germany supports sustainable forestry  The second phase of a project to promote sustainable forest management skills, sales and marketing of forest products was signed by [...]

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Civil society groups need reforming

August 21, 2009
Civil society groups need reforming

New laws and policies on civil society organisations, including special incentives and favourable conditions, are needed to ensure further progress in poverty reduction, 158,000 families in HCM City have an annual income of only VND12 million.Speaking at a meeting in HCM City on August 20, Nguyen Quang Vinh of the Southern Institute for Social Sciences said [...]

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‘Entrust heavy responsibilities to innovators,’ former NA Chairman urges

August 20, 2009
‘Entrust heavy responsibilities to innovators,’ former NA Chairman urges

VietNamNet reporters talked with former Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An about ways of identifying and using ‘people of talent.’  VietNamNet: We Vietnamese have achieved a great deal in the past two decades thanks to the Doi Moi (renovation) philosophy and our transformation from the subsidy and rationing system to a market-based economic [...]

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Donors call on civil society to help battle corruption

May 30, 2009
Donors call on civil society to help battle corruption

Construction work on the National Highway 18 project, funded by Japanese official development assistance (ODA), in Quang Ninh Province. International donors recommend that civil society play a stronger role in Vietnam’s war on corruption, especially when it comes to monitoring major infrastructure projects. Vietnam should consider the public central to any fight against corruption as [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...