December 24, 2009
It’s 10:30 in the evening in HCM City. The humid air carries a thick stream of exhaust from the tourist buses, and a nearby rubbish bin emits a rancid smell. Bui Bui is given a balloon that was picked up off the street by her mother Mai.At the corner of Pham Ngu Lao and Do [...]
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December 15, 2009
More than 6 million disadvantaged people in Viet Nam will be able to receive the Government’s financial support if the proposed poverty line is applied in 2011. Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum grow coffee seedlings.This move means the State coffers will have to subsidise basic living costs for 16 million people [...]
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December 7, 2009
Poor promotion and communication, lack of co-operation by local authorities, and excessive red tape have been blamed for problems in expanding the national labour export scheme . . . Young people seek labour export opportunities at a career fair in the central province of Nghe An.The problem is seen as so serious that Prime Minister [...]
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November 26, 2009
Seeing an old beggar in Phu Nhuan District’s Tran Ke Xuong Street, Ngo Phuong turned around her motorbike and it appeared that she was going to give him money. Beggars on the street of HCM City. The city has begun a plan to move all beggars from streets and other public places.But rather than giving [...]
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October 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Only 11 of 63 cities and provinces have established an employment fund for the disabled, despite the regulation being enacted nationwide over a decade ago. Le Hong Son of Huong Khe district in the central province of Ha Tinh is a disabled businessman who has become successful thanks to Government programmes.Under Government Decree [...]
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September 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Bui Duc Duy, a 41-year-old man who is HIV positive and is being rehabilitated at the Hai Phong City’s Social Rehabilitation Centre, Children are tested for HIV at the Hai Duong HIV Prevention Centre in the northern province of Hai Duong. Of the 5,000 HIV/AIDS patients in the province, 120 are under 16.Duy [...]
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August 25, 2009
Vietnam supports Bogor Goals for free trade; Conference examines preparations for local Party congresses; Experts discuss how to strengthen Vietnamese-Chinese ties Vietnam supports Bogor Goals for free trade Vietnam supports APEC’s leading role in liberalising and facilitating trade and investment to fulfil the Bogor Goals and vision for a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific [...]
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August 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Farmers whose land has been reclaimed for development projects have largely ignored a fund set up to compensate them because of lengthy procedures and small payments.Farmers around the capital city have lost more than 30 per cent of agricultural land in recent years.The intention of the fund was to help them acquire vocational [...]
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August 9, 2009
Continuous labour accidents at the construction site of Vietnam’s highest building, the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, have raised serious safety concerns about high-rise building sites. The Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower project has a dubious safety record LookAtVietnam – Continuous labour accidents at the construction site of Vietnam’s highest building, the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, have [...]
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August 6, 2009
Increasing children’s awareness of global climate change; Asia-Pacific military nursing seminar opens in Hanoi; Trade unions’ role in coping with challenges from globalization; Vietnam seeks expert advice on law for workers; Government assures children best of care; Int’l students attend summer camp Increasing children’s awareness of global climate change A seminar on increasing children’s awareness [...]
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