Posts Tagged ‘ Population Growth ’

‘Perfect storm’ looms for world’s food supplies 

May 31, 2011
‘Perfect storm’ looms for world’s food supplies 

Dried up corn is seen in a field in eastern China, where a record drought threatens to push global food prices up. Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit [...]

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Annual carbon emissions climb to 80 mln tons

December 25, 2009
Annual carbon emissions climb to 80 mln tons

LookAtVietnam – Economic development and population growth have pushed Vietnam’s carbon emissions from 14 million tons in 1980 to 80 millions in 2005, according to a recent World Bank study.  While the industrial sector accounted for most of the total emissions over the years, the transport sector’s shares almost doubled from 14 to 25 percent [...]

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Annual carbon emissions climb to 80 mln tons

December 25, 2009
Annual carbon emissions climb to 80 mln tons

Economic development and population growth have pushed Vietnam’s carbon emissions from 14 million tons in 1980 to 80 millions in 2005, according to a recent World Bank study. While the industrial sector accounted for most of the total emissions over the years, the transport sector’s shares almost doubled from 14 to 25 percent over the [...]

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Hanoi has nearly 6.5 million people

November 13, 2009
Hanoi has nearly 6.5 million people

LookAtVietnam – With a population of 6.5 million people, Hanoi accounts for 7.51 percent of the country’s population, according to initial results in the recent census in Hanoi. Ta Quang Huy, vice chief of the Hanoi Population and Family Planning Bureau, said on November 11 that the capital city’s annual average population growth rate from 1999 [...]

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Census finds lowest growth rate in half a century

August 14, 2009
Census finds lowest growth rate in half a century

A nurse carries a newborn baby at a hospital in Hanoi Wednesday The nation’s population growth rate in the last decade has been the lowest in the last 50 years at 1.2 percent, and its female over male ratio has fallen slightly during the same period. These were among the salient facts that emerged from [...]

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Ha Noi citizens have their say

July 17, 2009
Ha Noi citizens have their say

LookAtVietnam – A shortage of schools in new urban areas and resettlement areas, land use rights, and pollution were among the hottest issues raised during yesterday’s question-and-answer session with the Ha Noi People’s Council. Students at Kim Dong Primary school in Ba Dinh district. A shortage of schools in new urban areas was among the [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 11/7

July 11, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 11/7

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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Population cap of 32mil for coast, islands

June 25, 2009
Population cap of 32mil for coast, islands

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam is setting a target population cap of 32 million on islands and coastal areas next year as part of the programme on population control in territorial waters, islands and coastal areas from 2009-20. Residents in Da Nang prepare to go fishing. A population cap of 32 million is being set for [...]

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Baby makers busier than ever

May 12, 2009
Baby makers busier than ever

Vietnam’s population grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter, according to figures released Monday. Positive population growth was recorded in 27 provinces, the Ministry of Health informed an online conference held to review the efforts to curb population growth.The proportion of third children among the 268,000 babies born in the three months was up [...]

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Country must focus on family planning

February 11, 2009
Country must focus on family planning

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam needs to improve family planning in order to bolster the quality of life, according to Director of the National Economics University’s Institute for Population and Social Studies Nguyen Dinh Cu. A countrywide birthrate goal according to of 0.2 per 1,000 people has been set by the National Assembly for this year.The [...]

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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...