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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.
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 | 05:15 pm GMT+7
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 19, 2021 | 01:20 pm GMT+7
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 | 06:17 pm GMT+7
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 15, 2021 | 02:00 pm GMT+7
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 | 09:00 pm GMT+7
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
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