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Vietnamese in Africa
Although there are only 10,000 Vietnamese people in Africa and most of them are now resident in Angola, they have made a great contribution to the development of their host countries in many different fields. -
Draft law aims to give disabled a better deal
HA NOI — Lawmakers yesterday pored over the draft law for People with Disabilities with the aim of encouraging businesses and social organisations to improve relations with disabled persons. -
Government plans for children affected by HIV/AIDS
Vietnam plans to spend VND 97.4 billion on a national action plan for children affected by HIV/AIDS from now until 2010 in a bid to ensure that most of them will have their needs met by 2020. -
Hearing-impaired kids talk about sex
Sexual and reproductive health materials for the deaf contain nothing more than male and female physiologies and hygiene and puberty. More is needed as Ta Thu Giang reports. -
Over 10,000 walk to raise funds for poor children
More than 5,000 people in HCM City’s district 1 participated in a charity walk on September 20 to raise funds for poor children. -
Prevent a danger of being infected with HIV among young people
(CPV) - Young people are an important labour force of society, and have a big impact on the development of the country and the future of the nation. Therefore, it is alarming when the trend of people infected with HIV in Vietnam is becoming younger. -
Sixteen prosecuted for selling children
NAM DINH — The People’s Court of Nam Dinh Province has put 16 people on trial for allegedly selling 266 babies for foreign adoption. -
Disadvantaged children enjoyed happiness and smiles during the mid-autumn festival
Following previous note-worthy events two years ago, GE movie night 2009 particularly for underprivileged children took place in Hanoi on September 25 and in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26. -
Ethnic minority children in Thua Thien – Hue enjoy new kindergarten rooms
Ta Oi and Van Kieu ethnic minority children have new kindergarten rooms built by the sweat of US veterans in partnership with Boeing Company and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. -
Violence against women
The former Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dr. Yakin Ertürk, has brought her term as mandate holder to a close with a call to States to accept the challenges of accountability, implementation and compliance which would give full effect to measures prohibiting violence against women. -
Vietnamese student wins second prize at UPU’s 2009 international letter-writing competition for young people
A young girl from Vietnam, 13-year-old Nguyen Dac Xuan Thao, from Nguyen Hue school in the central city of Da Nang, won the second prize at UPU’s 2009 international letter-writing competition for young people, for a “beautifully structured letter.” -
Vietnam War-era bomb kills boy, injures father
A boy was killed and his father seriously injured Tuesday when a bomb exploded near them as they dug a pond in Ha Tinh Province. -
Companies abuse female migrant workers
Many factory workers forced to do extra work without extra pay - and unions often take no action. -
Communication festival for youth clubs looking at population, family planning and HIV/AIDS combat in 2009
A festival of communication for youth clubs examining population, family planning and HIV/AIDS combat organized by the Northern Adolescents Center under the Communist Youth Union Central Committee in Thanh Hoa province on August 29. -
Women still lack equality at work
Female labourers are still not treated fairly by many companies in HCM City and Dong Nai Province, even though the State has created policies to protect them, women workers and their representatives told the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Issue last week. -
WITFOR: opportunity for Vietnam’s Information Technology
Taking place on August 26-28 in Hanoi, WITFOR 2009 has been long awaited with opportunities to learn from management experiences and calling for cooperation, investment and support for information technology and communications in Vietnam. -
Campaign to stem trafficking of women, children
The women’s union of the southern province of An Giang joined with two women’s unions from Cambodia to launch an educational campaign to combat trafficking in women and children on August 12. -
Henry Parr interviews NAELA GABR, chair of U.N. Committee on CEDAW
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (IPS) - For the last 10 days, experts from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) have been reviewing the status of women's rights in 11 countries. -
Vietnamese children propose actions to tackle climate change
More than a hundred children and young people from 21 provinces around the country took part in a two-day (August 5-6) sensitization workshop on the topic of climate change and children in Hanoi. -
“From Crisis to Growth: Implications and Opportunities for Women”
This was the theme of a seminar held in Hanoi on August 5 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).