Viet Nam News - 16 December 2010
There are far more poor people in HCM City than in Ha Noi when a multi-dimensional poverty approach is adopted, despite higher average incomes in the southern city. The 2009 Urban Poverty Survey, which was launched in Ha Noi yesterday, shows a higher poverty rate in HCM City in seven out of eight measures of poverty, including social welfare, education, health, housing, housing area and quality, participation in social activities and security.
Viet Nam News - 06 December 2010
HA NOI — Sustainable poverty reduction for ethnic and mountainous areas should be an important task for the 2011-15 period, attendants at a conference in Ha Noi were told on Friday.
The function, held by the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) in collaboration with the United Nations in Viet Nam, was aimed at recommending ways of reducing poverty.
Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Ksor Phuoc estimated that the poverty rate in some communes and villages would increase to more than 60 per cent or even 70 to 75 per cent next year.
Hanoi, December 07, 2010 — Vietnam's economic growth will be threatened unless the government can control rising inflation and currency weakness, donors warned on Tuesday.
Last week the dong currency slumped to a record low on the black market, while prices rose 11.09 percent year-on-year in October. The government has targeted a maximum of eight percent inflation for 2010.
At an annual meeting of Vietnam's donors, Japanese ambassador Yasuaki Tanizaki spoke of "growing concern" at the communist country's currency and price rises. Japan is Vietnam's biggest donor.
"It's a priority for Vietnam to adopt effective measures to restore public confidence in (the) dong and improve communications with the market to stabilise its currency," he told the annual Consultative Group meeting with World Bank and Vietnamese officials.
DPA news agency, Hanoi, 25 November 2010 - Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam that is damaging the physical and mental health of many women, the government and the United Nations said Thursday.
One in three married women report that they have suffered physical or sexual violence from their husbands at some time in their lives, according to the first National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Vietnam, a joint effort of the government and UN.
'It is a stark fact that women in Vietnam are at more risk of experiencing violence in their homes than anywhere else,' said Jean Marc Olive, representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam.
Viet Nam News Agency, 9 Nov ember 2010, HA NOI — Viet Nam ranks 8th in the world for its progress in raising per capita income, which has increased five fold in the last four decades, the United Nations said in its Human Development Report released yesterday in Ha Noi.
Rising incomes helped millions of Vietnamese get out of poverty. However, Viet Nam did not rank among the top nations in terms of general human development improvement, it said.
UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam John Hendra said the Human Development Report required that development progress could not simply be measured by national income.
"Economic growth alone does not automatically improve the quality of life of citizens. It should include other elements, such as health and educational development," Hendra said.
Page 9 of 15
