September 3, 2011
General Vo Nguyen Giap (C, sitting) in 1986 in Zurich with representatives from Swiss non-governmental organizations. In autumn 1986, General Vo Nguyen Giap visited Switzerland, following an invitation by the City President (the mayor) of Zurich. During his official visit, activists of the Vietnam movement and friends of Vietnam were given the opportunity to meet [...]
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April 6, 2011
Underage workers employed at a garment sweatshop in HCMC Three teenage girls, aged 15 to 16, returned home last week from brothels allegedly disguised as barbershops in the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot. Two of the girls were being returned for the second time. Last November, a non-governmental organization rescued the girls from [...]
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November 2, 2009
Water is not an endless resource and we have to save it for future generations as well as to protect rivers nationwide from dams and pollution from industrialisation. The Thi Vai River in the southern province of Dong Nai is one of many rivers heavily polluted by industrial waste.Almost all the rivers in Viet Nam [...]
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October 21, 2009
Among the recommendations that will go to the ASEAN Summit from the ASEAN People’s Forum is one on the security of Southeast Asian fishermen, reports VietNamNet’s Phuong Loan. Le Quang Binh of the Social, Economic and Environment Institute, a Vietnamese NGO (non-governmental organization), told the Forum that it must not just consider security on the [...]
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September 26, 2009
On September 24, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved a report on Vietnam’s human rights record as part of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review. LookAtVietnam – On September 24, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) approved a report on Vietnam’s human rights record as part of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). UN [...]
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July 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Finance Ministry on July 15 told Nong Nghiep Vietnam newspaper that the government isn’t loaning any money to any afforestation projects at this moment, contrary to information spread recently. Recently, thousands of farmers in some provinces, especially Thanh Hoa in central Vietnam, have mortgaged their land use right certificates to some companies to have [...]
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July 11, 2009
No new bird flu outbreaks occur in two weeks; 10,000 more houses of built for needy people; Vietnam hopes to receive more NGO aid; Vietnam reserves drugs to replace Tamiflu; Vietnam-Sweden environmental project works well; Population control added to socio-economic strategy No new bird flu outbreaks occur in two weeksNo new outbreaks of bird flu [...]
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June 10, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Current official urban poverty rates are unlikely to reflect the real state of impoverishment in cities nationwide, according to a new report by non-governmental organizations ActionAid and Oxfam.The government’s poverty line for the 2006-2010 period is an average monthly income of less than VND200,000 (US$11.10) per person in rural areas and below [...]
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June 9, 2009
Current official urban poverty rates are unlikely to reflect the real state of impoverishment in cities nationwide, according to a new report by non-governmental organizations ActionAid and Oxfam. The governmentâs poverty line for the 2006-2010 period is an average monthly income of less than VND200,000 (US$11.10) per person in rural areas and below VND260,000 ($14.40) [...]
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March 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Achievements in poverty alleviation had received great contributions from the international community in terms of funds and advice, said deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa. Residents in Ba To District, one of 61 poor districts in 20 provinces across the country, prepare to plant a forest of trees. [...]
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