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Vietnam to spend $3.3 bln on poverty reduction plan

Vietnam to spend $3.3 bln on poverty reduction plan

Vietnam will spend VND75 trillion ($3.3 billion) on a five year (2021-2025) poverty reduction program that has been approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
HCMC considers $38 mln Tet support for pandemic affected citizens

HCMC considers $38 mln Tet support for pandemic affected citizens

The HCMC labor department has proposed a VND870 billion ($38.3 million) Lunar New Year support package for those who've been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 25, 2021 | 05:22 pm PT
On northern border, opium epidemic leaves children to fend for themselves

On northern border, opium epidemic leaves children to fend for themselves

Many children in border areas grow up with only two options: work in the field or cross the border and get married as a foreign bride.
November 24, 2021 | 08:02 pm PT
Handicapped man uses legs for a hands-on approach to life

Handicapped man uses legs for a hands-on approach to life

With arms paralyzed since birth, Ha Tinh native Pham Van Cam lives by himself, using his deformed legs to perform all tasks including gardening and making bird cages.
October 31, 2021 | 02:00 am PT
HCMC breaks ground on housing project for 3,000 workers

HCMC breaks ground on housing project for 3,000 workers

A social housing project to build 1,000 low-priced homes for around 3,000 workers began construction in HCMC's Thu Duc City Saturday.
October 30, 2021 | 09:57 pm PT
Hope Foundation to build more schools in rural areas

Hope Foundation to build more schools in rural areas

VnExpress's Hope Foundation plans to build more schools under its "Schools of sunshine" campaign to improve education access for children in difficult circumstances across Vietnam.
October 19, 2021 | 03:54 am PT
Schools lose student meals as communes no longer tagged 'extremely poor'

Schools lose student meals as communes no longer tagged 'extremely poor'

Teachers in a remote district of Vietnam's Central Highlands are worried students would drop out of schools in the absence of free meals.
September 29, 2021 | 05:44 pm PT
Couple spend decades under staircase in HCMC apartment

Couple spend decades under staircase in HCMC apartment

A family in HCMC has been living under a staircase in an apartment complex in District 10 for the past 34 years.
September 14, 2021 | 02:15 am PT
Government to distribute food from national reserve to pandemic-hit people

Government to distribute food from national reserve to pandemic-hit people

The government has decided to use the national food reserve and will consider using the trade union fund to provide relief assistance to poor people in Covid-19-hit areas.
August 18, 2021 | 10:20 pm PT
Destitute Hanoi migrants scrape by amid social distancing

Destitute Hanoi migrants scrape by amid social distancing

Barely a month after traveling to Hanoi for work, a group of migrants from Lai Chau have decided to make the 300-kilometer return journey on foot.
August 17, 2021 | 03:17 am PT
Vietnam needs $3.9 bln for poverty reduction program

Vietnam needs $3.9 bln for poverty reduction program

Vietnam will need over VND90 trillion ($3.9 billion) to implement its poverty reduction program until 2025, the labor ministry said.
July 14, 2021 | 11:00 pm PT
HCMC informal workers, wrecked by pandemic, receive Covid support

HCMC informal workers, wrecked by pandemic, receive Covid support

Informal workers impacted by the pandemic in HCMC, including street vendors and lottery ticket sellers, have received financial aid from a Covid-19 support package worth VND886 billion ($36.5 million).
July 13, 2021 | 06:00 am PT
Eligibility procedures hamper access to $2.6-billion pandemic relief package

Eligibility procedures hamper access to $2.6-billion pandemic relief package

The papers needed to prove that someone has been truly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic economic impacts have prevented many from accessing the financial support package.
July 2, 2021 | 01:45 am PT
Covid shows no mercy to poor

Covid shows no mercy to poor

Amid social distancing, while most people choose to stay home to be safe, some perforce have to go out to earn their daily bread.
July 1, 2021 | 05:31 am PT
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