June 4, 2011
Vietnam has over three million poor families, accounting for 14.2 percent of the population, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs reported at a conference held early this week. Â "Nearly poor" population, meanwhile, constituted 7.5 percent, or more than 1.6 million families, the ministry told the conference Monday. Â It said [...]
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March 28, 2011
Hanoi youth gathered at last year’s Earth Hour celebration. Millions of people are expected to switch off lights for an hour from 8:30 p.m. on March 26 to raise awareness about energy conservation during Earth Hour 2011. La Thuy Diem Hang is sure that this year’s Earth Hour will witness record participation in Vietnam. This [...]
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January 25, 2010
EU countries support program for rural water supply and sanitation; Egypt’s investment minister pays visit; Slovakian Speaker to visit; Vietnam kicks off preparations to host World Economic Forum EU countries support program for rural water supply and sanitation The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Embassy of Denmark, and the Embassy of the Kingdom [...]
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January 21, 2010
Vietnam seeks WIPO assistance; French Ambassador honoured for educational contributions; Dominican party names office after Ho Chi Minh; Vietnam, Algeria promote friendship, cooperation Vietnam seeks WIPO assistance Vietnam hopes to receive more assistance from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), especially to finalise its legal system on intellectual property (IP) and train IP officials.State President [...]
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January 19, 2010
Vietnamese people stuck in the poverty trap are asking to continue to be on the “poor list” rather than be reclassified and miss out on assistance. Most poor people are living in the rural and mountainous Phu Yen province official, Vu Thanh Binh, deputy director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, [...]
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January 17, 2010
An official from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau Province has called for the relocation of 12,000 people living along the southwestern sea dykes in the province. A 100m section of a sea dykes has been washed away at the mouth of the Huong Mai sea in U Minh District, in [...]
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December 29, 2009
A picture taken on December 7 shows pedestrians on Dinh Liet Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Tradition and convenience of location mean cramped houses are not a deterrent. She stands in the narrow doorway, a dark tunnel stretching behind her, illuminated by a patch of light half a block away. Inside the tunnel are tiny [...]
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December 27, 2009
HCM City authorities have urged district authorities and the Sai Gon Real Estate Corporation to boost the progress of relocating and resettling 15,000 households living in slums alongside or on rivers and canals. LookAtVietnam – The HCM City People’s Committee has urged district authorities and the Sai Gon Real Estate Corporation to boost the progress [...]
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December 14, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. LookAtVietnam – Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. “They have no income after a year of government support ended,” [...]
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December 13, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. âThey have no income after a year of government support ended,â said Doan [...]
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