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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

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

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

Instant noodles and HCMC's migrants-based economy

Instant noodles and HCMC's migrants-based economy

Is there a relationship between seven billion packs of instant noodles being consumed in 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic?
August 22, 2021 | 08:21 pm 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
Bureaucracy sees Hanoi workers give up on Covid aid

Bureaucracy sees Hanoi workers give up on Covid aid

Faced with one bureaucratic hurdle after another, many workers in Hanoi have simply given up claiming Covid-19 support after losing their jobs to the pandemic.
August 14, 2021 | 05:00 am PT
Vietnam ranks low on World Giving Index

Vietnam ranks low on World Giving Index

Vietnamese people have supposedly been less generous than neighboring peers, languishing in the bottom half of a global charity ranking by a U.K.-based international NGO.  
October 21, 2019 | 05:00 pm PT
A winsome foursome presents a ‘Happy Vietnam’

A winsome foursome presents a ‘Happy Vietnam’

Viet, Nam, Hanh and Phuc whose first names combine to mean "Happy Vietnam" are healthy quadruplets growing in the southern province of Dong Thap.
October 1, 2019 | 02:00 am PT
Vietnam’s VAT hike could plunge thousands into poverty

Vietnam’s VAT hike could plunge thousands into poverty

Large households with children and the elderly over 80, as well as people with insufficient education deemed most at risk.
July 1, 2018 | 01:00 am PT
Vietnam officials flummoxed by Russian beggar on popular tourist island

Vietnam officials flummoxed by Russian beggar on popular tourist island

The island authorities want more power to deal with foreigners who beg, disrupt public order, cause traffic accidents and street fights. 
August 9, 2017 | 08:35 pm PT
Vietnam's forgotten Agent Orange victims

Vietnam's forgotten Agent Orange victims

56 years after the U.S. began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam, its victims still face skepticism from both governments. 
July 29, 2017 | 09:00 am PT
Vietnam sends homeless man back to Russia after months of support

Vietnam sends homeless man back to Russia after months of support

The 45-year-old Russian had wandered Nha Trang streets for years before a social welfare center took him in late last year.
May 30, 2017 | 07:28 pm PT
US doctor to perform series of free tumor surgeries in Hanoi, Saigon

US doctor to perform series of free tumor surgeries in Hanoi, Saigon

The hospitals are trying to raise funds so the patients can stay for free.
November 20, 2016 | 07:37 pm PT
Vietnam province splits flood donations, angers public

Vietnam province splits flood donations, angers public

Households affected by flooding have been forced to hand over donations they had received to have them divided equally among all villagers.
October 25, 2016 | 08:15 pm PT
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