January 21, 2012
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a US$24.8 million support agreement to foster Vietnam’s "inclusive growth" and thus aid further poverty reduction in the country, the bank said in a press release. Through the support agreement, ADB will provide parallel financing to the Poverty Reduction Support Credit framework supported by a number of development [...]
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June 4, 2011
Vietnam has over three million poor families, accounting for 14.2 percent of the population, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs reported at a conference held early this week. Â "Nearly poor" population, meanwhile, constituted 7.5 percent, or more than 1.6 million families, the ministry told the conference Monday. Â It said [...]
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May 13, 2011
Poverty will rise in Vietnam as a result of soaring inflation this year so the government must stay the course on price-busting policies, John Hendra, head of the United Nations mission in the country, said on Tuesday. A UN study showed that poverty increased by 2.1 per cent after Vietnam’s last bout of high [...]
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January 19, 2010
Vietnamese people stuck in the poverty trap are asking to continue to be on the “poor list” rather than be reclassified and miss out on assistance. Most poor people are living in the rural and mountainous Phu Yen province official, Vu Thanh Binh, deputy director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, [...]
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December 28, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The HCM City Department of Education and Training is planning to build 20,000 low-cost apartments for teachers and educational managers. The HCM City Department of Education and Training is planning to build 20,000 low-cost apartments for teachers and educational managers.The department and the builder, the House Viet Nam JSC, have asked the central [...]
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December 18, 2009
Almost 100,000 people categorised as the nation’s poorest have escaped from poverty over the past year thanks to the Government’s efforts to combat poverty . . . People in the disadvantaged commune of Na Meo, Quan Son District, Thanh Hoa Province renovate their houses. Almost 100,000 people categorised as the poorest in the nation have [...]
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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 30, 2009
A teacher and students at Sung Pa School in Ha Giang Province. A multi-dimensional approach for measuring child poverty reveals that children who don’t come from poor families can be considered as living in poverty if they are deprived of basic needs in health, education, or nutrition. â VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Ha VietNamNet Bridge – [...]
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November 27, 2009
World Bank Country Director Victoria Kwakwa pledged stronger aid to Vietnam at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 26 on the threshold of the 2009 consultative group meeting (CG 2009). We made such a commitment based on our solid relations with the Vietnamese Government and Vietnam ’s effective use of the loans, she explained. [...]
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