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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).
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 02, 2021 | 04:45 pm GMT+7
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 01, 2021 | 08:31 pm GMT+7
Man quits job to hunt ethnic minority smiles across northern highlands

Man quits job to hunt ethnic minority smiles across northern highlands

Pham Xuan Quy brought along a camera and portable printer on his trans-Vietnam journey, stopping off in the northern highlands to capture ethnic minority life.
June 17, 2021 | 05:33 pm GMT+7
Human trafficking in Vietnam on the rise amid Covid

Human trafficking in Vietnam on the rise amid Covid

A surge in Covid-19 cases in Vietnam has prompted a spike in human trafficking and smuggling as people become more financially desperate, rights organizations have warned.
June 14, 2021 | 03:49 pm GMT+7
Vietnamese lensman scoops int'l gold medal for children photo

Vietnamese lensman scoops int'l gold medal for children photo

A photo conveying a message of 'child protection' in the Central Highlands has won a gold medal at the Three Country Grand Circuit 2020 international photo contest.
March 17, 2021 | 03:39 pm GMT+7
Vietnam prioritizes poor on road to universal healthcare: US think tank

Vietnam prioritizes poor on road to universal healthcare: US think tank

Vietnam has made considerable progress in providing universal healthcare by focusing on the poor and vulnerable, according to U.S. think tank Brookings Institution.
February 06, 2021 | 03:47 pm GMT+7
Underdogs dream of future without poverty

Underdogs dream of future without poverty

For Hao and An, two little boys in Can Tho City, crawling under their bed to sleep at night offers an escape from their reality of poverty and hunger.
January 24, 2021 | 03:00 pm GMT+7
Jester barber cuts poor Saigonese some slack

Jester barber cuts poor Saigonese some slack

Donning his zany, colorful clown costume, barber Nguyen Van Phap cycles into the night after work, looking to spruce up Saigon's poor and destitute.
October 21, 2020 | 09:29 pm GMT+7
Amid pandemic, poor are even more vulnerable

Amid pandemic, poor are even more vulnerable

I have met a few women in my neighborhood who came from the countryside to collect recyclable garbage for a living.
September 01, 2020 | 07:32 am GMT+7
Woman trafficked to China returns to Vietnam, repeats crime

Woman trafficked to China returns to Vietnam, repeats crime

Police in central Vietnam detained a local woman on Monday for tricking and selling two others to Chinese men in 2016.
August 04, 2020 | 04:32 pm GMT+7
Hanoi overlooks street vendors in Covid-19 incentive

Hanoi overlooks street vendors in Covid-19 incentive

Many migrant workers in Hanoi have found themselves further struck by the pandemic-induced economic fallout as lack of legislation prevents access to official aid.
June 23, 2020 | 06:59 pm GMT+7
Friend in deed: Hanoi supermarket sells things for ‘zero’

Friend in deed: Hanoi supermarket sells things for ‘zero’

In a rare humanitarian gesture during the Covid-19 pandemic, a Hanoi supermarket fixes “zero” price tags on essential items to help the needy.
April 17, 2020 | 07:09 pm GMT+7
Covid-19 outbreak puts the poor in dire straits

Covid-19 outbreak puts the poor in dire straits

Street vendor Le Thi Hong could not sleep as thoughts over numerous expenses bombarded her.
April 02, 2020 | 10:00 am GMT+7
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