December 19, 2011
Job seekers loof for opportunities at a job vacancy notice board in Vietnam. Young people are finding it harder than other age groups to get jobs in Vietnam , and this does not augur well for their future, experts say. The 2011-2020 Vietnam Employment Strategy report estimates the unemployment rate among youths aged 15-24 at [...]
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November 5, 2011
Colombian rebel Alfonso Cano, chief ideologist of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), speaks at a news conference near San Vicente del Caguan, February 2, 2001. Colombian forces killed the FARC rebel leader, Alfonso Cano, in combat, delivering another big blow to Latin America’s longest guerrilla insurgency, the Defense Ministry said Friday. The FARC, [...]
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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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January 8, 2011
 From left: Nguyen Thi Hong, vice chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee (2nd), Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, head of the Propaganda and Education Department at the city Party unit (3rd), Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, vice secretary of the city Party unit (5th). Vietnam aims to raise the number of female government leaders [...]
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January 23, 2010
Vietnamâs National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation received an additional commitment of £17 million (US$27.4 million) in grant funding from the UK on Friday, a statement said. The program has been jointly funded by the Australian Government Overseas Aid Program, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Minister for Development [...]
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January 21, 2010
The agriculture ministry aims to supply clean water to 85 percent of population this year but an official is worried the country will face water shortage if the government does not protect the resource. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it would try to ensure that 70 percent of houses in rural areas [...]
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January 3, 2010
A recent report by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has shown a wide imbalance in the development of Vietnam’s labour market in terms of economic sectors and different geographical regions. LookAtVietnam – A recent report by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has shown a wide imbalance in the [...]
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December 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In a recent meeting with heath sector representatives, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered better mobilization of all resources to reduce overcrowding in major city hospitals next year.Over the next five years, the health sector must also improve the quality of medical treatment, ensure enough beds for patients, and call for investment in [...]
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December 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training has unexpectedly changed the tuition fees it set for state owned schools two weeks ago. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on December 16 revealed the second draft of a document on setting tuition fees for state schools. It will be applied to the school years [...]
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December 15, 2009
A farming house design competition, seen as a move to combat architectural ignorance about the needs of over 70 per cent of the country’s population, . . . Conflicting styles of construction and design make the architecture in a small village in the northern province of Ninh Binh appear disorderly.Seven first prizes were given to [...]
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