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A Chinese rice farmer.
04/24/2008 Asian governments' attempts to manage skyrocketing food prices by restricting rice exports is actually aggravating food shortages in the region, says Peter Timmer in this interview.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [China] [India] [Indonesia] [Philippines] [Thailand]
Image: A Chinese rice farmer. © kevsunblush (flickr)
Andrew Lam.
04/09/2008 When Andrew Lam was just a boy, his family fled the Vietnam War to settle in the United States. Now a successful journalist, Andrew ventures back to his old house in Vietnam, reflecting on his own history and that of his homeland.
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From: New America Media
Related: [United States]
Image: Andrew Lam. © New America Media
04/08/2008 Shortly after her husband's assassination, Coretta Scott King gave a dramatic speech in his place, elucidating the "10 Commandments on Vietnam" he had written out just before his death. They ring powerfully familiar today.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [United States] [Iraq]
03/13/2008 A recent U.S. court ruling refuted a civil lawsuit brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs against major American chemical corporations for their manufacture of the herbicide and chemical weapon known as Agent Orange.
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From: Global Exchange
Related: [United States]
03/12/2008 Drowning is the biggest killer of children who die from injuries in Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, according to new surveys.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [Bangladesh] [China] [Philippines] [Thailand]
02/05/2008 This year the vote goes to My World and Viet Tech founder Nguyen Minh Tri from Vietnam. The runner-up in the annual competition to find the best entrepreneur age 30 or under in the Asia-Pacific region is Saloni Malhotra, founder and CEO of DesiCrew Solutions, an outsourcing business that taps India’s workforce in small towns and rural areas.
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Related: [India] [Asia and the Pacific] [ICT] [Internet]
11/27/2007 Finnairin ja Unicefin perinteinen joulun ajan Change for Good -keräys kerää jo toista vuotta peräkkäin varoja aidsin vastaiseen työhön vietnamilaislasten hyväksi. Keräys alkaa Finnairin lennoilla maanantaina 26.11. ja jatkuu loppiaiseen asti.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
10/05/2007 Andrew Lam, a Vietnamese refugee who migrated to the United States decades ago, advises an Iraqi refugee about seeking asylum in a country waging war on his homeland and how to share his story with those around him.
From: New America Media
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Related: [Iraq]
09/26/2007 Scientists claim to have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote area in central Vietnam.
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From: WWF International
07/22/2007 Vietnamissa vammaisiin suhtaudutaan syrjivästi, eikä vammaisten koulutukseen panosteta. Helluntaiseurakuntien lähetys- ja kehitysyhteistyöjärjestön (Fida) ohjelma pyrkii parantamaan vammaisten elinolosuhteita ja lisäämään oppimis- ja työskentelymahdollisuuksia Danangin alueella Keski-Vietnamissa.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Disability]
06/28/2007 Thirty years after fleeing Vietnam, Andrew Lam rediscovers old family letters and tries to recognize the childhood innocence he left behind and decides to write a letter addressing his young self.
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Related: [United States] [Migration] [Conflict]
Image: © New America Media
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06/19/2007 Nopeasti kehittyvä Vietnam on muuttumassa kehityyhteistyön kumppanista entistä tärkeämmäksi kauppakumppaniksi. Yhteistyön syveneminen muun muassa teknologian saralla edellyttää kuitenkin muutoksia maan ihmisoikeustilanteessa.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Development] [Economy]
Image: . © Thanh Sang Tran/UNEP
Boy attracting noodle buyers on the Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
05/07/2007 Vuosi 2006 oli Vietnamin "doi moi"-uudistuspolitiikan 20. merkkivuosi ja maalle muutenkin menestyksekäs vuosi. Vienti ja ulkomaiset investoinnit kasvoivat ennätyksellisesti. Myös tieto- ja viestintätekniikan kehitys oli vahvaa.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Development]
Image: Boy attracting noodle buyers on the Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam © Lam
Catching Helix, Vietnam
02/20/2007 Vietnam on valittu yhdeksi YK-reformin kokeilumaaksi. Tavoitteena on luoda maassa oleville YK-järjestöille yhteinen toimintasuunnitelma ja budjetti, yhdistää hallinnollisia palveluja ja koota järjestöt yhteisiin tiloihin. Uudistuksella karsitaan byrokratiaa, järjestöjen päällekkäisiä toimintoja ja keskinäistä kilpailua.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [South East Asia] [International Cooperation] [United Nations]
Image: Catching Helix, Vietnam © Thanh Sang Tran/UNEP
01/26/2007 Vietnamilaisen An Thinhin ala-asteen oppilaat voivat nyt pestä kätensä koulun uusilla vesipisteillä. UNICEF tekee työtä yhdessä maan hallituksen kanssa, jotta maan syrjäisempienkin seutujen asukkalla olisi käytössään puhdasta, turvallista vettä. Katso pariminuuttinen video An Thinhin ala-asteelta.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [Development] [Children] [Education] [Water/Sanitation]
01/14/2007 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose life we celebrate this week, was widely condemned during the late 1960s for his public antiwar stance. His speech linking antiwar arguments with civil and human rights priorities is as relevant today as it was then.
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Related: [United States]
11/23/2006 Finnairin ja UNICEFin perinteisellä joulun ajan Change for Good -keräyksellä on tästä vuodesta alkaen uusi kohde. Varoja kerätään hiv-aidsin vastaiseen työhön vietnamilaislasten hyväksi. Keräys alkaa Finnairin lennoilla maanantaina 27. marraskuuta ja jatkuu loppiaiseen seitsemäs tammikuuta asti.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related: [International Cooperation]
Montagnard refugees from Vietnam in Cambodia.
11/15/2006 When President Bush meets his Vietnamese counterpart this week, will he "make a strong stand for human rights and true American values, and ultimately help change the fate of those languishing in prison or living in constant fear"? Amnesty International hopes so.
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From: Amnesty International USA
Related: [United States]
Image: Montagnard refugees from Vietnam in Cambodia. © Refugees International
Nuudeleita myyvä poika Ho Chi Minh Cityssä.
11/13/2006 Vaadittiin vuosikymmenen ajan jatkuneet neuvottelut ennen kuin Vietnamista tuli Maailman kauppajärjestön WTO:n jäsen. Nyt edessä on lisää haasteita, mutta myös mahdollisuuksia, maassa arvioidaan. Vietnam kuuluu maailman nopeimmin kasvaviin talouksiin. Maan talous kasvoi viime vuonna kahdeksan prosenttia – edelle kiri ainoastaan Kiina.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Development] [Trade] [Politics]
Image: Nuudeleita myyvä poika Ho Chi Minh Cityssä. © Lam
07/06/2006 Vietnamese catfish processor and exporter Agifish plans to turn catfish fat into fuel to run diesel engines, a company official said.
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