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Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

November 14, 2011
Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

  Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]

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Filmmaking made easy 

July 31, 2011
Filmmaking made easy 

  American instructor found his calling after learning and failing as a producer and director Hollywood film instructor Dov Simens (in black suit), who admits that he is a mean, rude, and direct teacher, gave a lecture on filmmaking in HCMC from July 26-28 Hands on his hips, the grey-haired foreigner in a black suit [...]

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Promised right to home ownership still eludes many overseas Vietnamese

February 5, 2010
Promised right to home ownership still eludes many overseas Vietnamese

Eighty percent of the four million overseas Vietnamese would like to buy a house in Vietnam, says the head of the HCM Committee for Liaison with Vietnamese Abroad. So why don’t they?  A meeting between HCM City’s officials and overseas Vietnamese. A few days ago, the media reported that since 2005, only 140 Viet Kieu (VK, or overseas [...]

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Wildlife trade thriving in Vietnam

November 9, 2009
Wildlife trade thriving in Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – The seizure of two frozen tigers last week only scratches the surface of widespread wildlife trafficking in Vietnam, an international expert has said. “The number of seizures of tigers in Vietnam has increased and this is highlighting just what a problem it is,” said Thomas Osborn, Vietnam Forest Trade Officer of the wildlife [...]

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Vietnam reports trade-balance surplus for first time since 2006

February 26, 2009
Vietnam reports trade-balance surplus for first time since 2006

Vietnam has reported its first year-to-date trade surplus since 2006, as companies slash overseas purchases of equipment and raw materials amid tumbling demand. Oil tanks at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery, Vietnam’s first such facility, in the central province of Quang Ngai. The surplus for the first two months of the year totaled US$290 million, [...]

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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...