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  Poverty could rise under new criteria

  (10:47:47 AM 01/01/2015)

  Poverty figures for the nation could rise when the Government approves new measurement criteria by the third quarter of 2015, labour officials said yesterday.

  Tags: Poverty, rise, , new criteria
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  Hydropower plants exchanged for poverty and hunger

  (09:01:31 AM 04/06/2013)

  Local people have to pay a heavy price for the hydropower plants arisen in their homeland. They have been leading unstable lives with the modest average income of VND7.2 million per annum.

  Tags: vietnam, hydropower plants, poverty, environment protection, landslide,
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  MOLISA and GIZ launch a Partnership Group on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction

  (21:48:57 PM 26/11/2014)

  Hanoi, 26th November 2014 – Under the project ‘Support for Social Protection in Viet Nam’, implemented by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH , MOLISA hosts a roundtable meeting on ‘Launching of the Partnership Group on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction’.

  Tags: MOLISA, GIZ , launch , Partnership Group m Social Protection, Poverty Reduction
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  Poverty eradication in VN: Leaving no one behind and leaving no one out

  (10:55:21 AM 23/10/2014)

  would like to introduce an article by Dr. Pratibha Mehta, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam about poverty reduction in the country.

  Tags: Poverty, eradication, Viietnam, Leaving, leaving, poor people
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  Launch of Oxfam’s new project- “Pro-Poor Policy Monitoring and Analysis in Vietnam”

  (07:46:08 AM 29/03/2014)

  On 28th March 2014, Oxfam in Vietnam will launch its new project “Pro-poor Policy Monitoring and Analysis in Vietnam”. Between 2014 and 2016, the project will operate in 10 provinces and cities throughout Vietnam. It will conduct longitudinal pro-poor policy monitoring and in-depth thematic policy analysis based on four main themes (ethnic minority poverty, inequality, urban poverty and local governance reform) and three types of policy (Planning and Fiscal Decentralization, Agricultural Development and Vocational Training).

  Tags: Launch, of, Oxfam’s, new, project, Pro-Poor, Policy, Monitoring , Analysis
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  Rare paintings threatened by family problems

  (09:24:41 AM 07/08/2014)

  Family poverty has placed a priceless collection of paintings by Ton That Dao, a former member of the Hue royal family, in jeopardy.

  Tags: Rare paintings, Hue royal family, poonar, poor households
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  Rubber poses risk to forest areas

  (13:03:42 PM 14/12/2013)

  The use of rubber plantations as an engine of growth and poverty alleviation in the nation's northern region needs to be weighed against the environmental and economic risks involved, experts say.

  Tags: Rubber, rubber plantations, big profits, natural forest,
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  Yesterday mining tells on Vietnam today

  (09:33:06 AM 05/06/2013)

  The report which has been released by the environment organization PanNature showed how Vietnam has to pay the penalty for the natural mineral exploitation, hailed as a key industry which creates more jobs, enriches the local budgets and helps eliminate hunger and reduce poverty.

  Tags: vietnam, mining, pannature, heavy price, landslide, daily bread,
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  Climate change to hit urban poor the hardest

  (11:22:22 AM 25/06/2014)

  The urban poor are often the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Viet Nam, and housing insecurity for the urban poor is a key dimension of poverty.

  Tags: Climate change, Viet Nam, poverty, urbanising
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  Leprosy villagers lead miserable lives because of dirty water

  (17:22:11 PM 11/05/2015)

  VietNamNet Bridge - Not only do they suffer pain due to illness and poverty because of poor health, hundreds of households in Quy Hoa leprosy village in Quy Nhon City have been suffering from polluted water.

  Tags: Vietnam, leprosy villagers, clean water,