UNFPA: No population boom in Vietnam The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on July 2 denied media information that there might be a population boom in Vietnam in the future. “Recent information on the media regarding a possible population boom in Vietnam is incorrect,” Assistant to the UNFPA Representative Tran Thi Van told the press. Van said in a meeting in Hanoi that [...] Detail
Ethnic minorities supported to overcome difficulties As of late May 2008, about 181,600 ethnic minority households with nearly 767,000 people in the whole country still suffered hunger. This is announced at a conference held in Hannoi on July 1. Accordingly, the state of suffering hunger in-between crop period is quite severe, especially in 58 ethnic minorities districts with poverty rate of over [...] Detail
Labour agreements build productive businesses Trade union officials at Truong Giang garment company in Quang Ngai Province exchange work experiences with employees. HCM City enterprises have begun signing labour contracts for worker protection. More than 70 per cent of HCM City’s 2,743 enterprises have signed collective labour agreements with their workers, according to statistics provided by the city’s Labour Federation. Collective [...] Detail
Miss Earth invited to int’l tourism exhibition in HCM City The fourth international tourism exhibition, ITE – HCM City 2008, will take place at the Phu Tho Sports House in HCM City from September 12-14, announced the HCM City Department of Tourism. Around 150 international travel firms, at the invitation of 12 international airlines, will participate in the exhibition as buyers. La Quoc Khanh, Deputy Director of [...] Detail
VN to host Southeast Asia Judo Championship 2008 Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan just okayed HCM City to host the Southeast Asia Judo Championship 2008. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was assigned to work with the HCMC People’s Committee and other relevant organizations to hold the event. In the latest Southeast Asia Judo Championship taking place in Cambodia in September 2006, Vietnamese delegation [...] Detail
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