HO CHI MINH CITY – Wednesday, May 27, 2015 13:15
Doan Minh Hung had been so poor he had to drop out of school at a young age, and so he could see himself in the poor children wandering the streets of Ho Chi Minh City instead of being in school. Continue reading Dropout offers disadvantaged children in Saigon a second chance
Why Green School?
“Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.” [a]
The idea of this saying is the vital principle of a distinctive building called the Green School, located in Bali, Indonesia. The idea of this green school is no longer brand new yet there are only a few that exist in the world. It is not the lack of awareness but the lack of in-depth understanding about a green building. Continue reading A Green School for Sustainable Education
UPDATED : 05/26/2015 20:18 GMT + 7
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| The foundation staff found the Trieu Long 2 Primary School on a contaminated site. — VNS Photo Phuoc Buu |
QUANG TRI (VNS) — Non-governmental organisations have started investigating several sites in the central Quang Tri Province that have become polluted by pesticides.
Following a report in Viet Nam News on pollution causing locals hardship, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung from Germany last week held a preliminary survey in the area. Continue reading Quang Tri fights DDT pollution
Deane Marchbein
Deane Marchbein is President of the Doctors Without Borders USA Board of Directors
May 8, 2015
Lost in the political discussions over the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a trade agreement currently being negotiated in secret between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific-Rim nations—is the very real negative impact it would have on global health.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in over 60 countries, and our medical teams rely on access to affordable medicines and vaccines. We are deeply concerned that the TPP, in its current form, will lock-in high, unsustainable drug prices, block or delay the availability of affordable generic medicines, and price millions of people out of much-needed medical care. Continue reading The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Threat To Global Health?
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| The project will enable Cam Le district to be the first in Viet Nam to produce the nutrient under a co-operation deal between the city and Chikujyo town in Japan. — Illustrative image\ Photo VNA |
DA NANG (VNS) — The central city has started a project to recycle organic waste into environmentally friendly liquid fertiliser.
Funding was provided by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA). Continue reading Da Nang leads the way with organic fertilisers
By Bao Van, TNN
Thursday, May 21, 2015 19:15
Foreign investors have contributed a lot to Vietnam’s economy, but at the same time they have done very little to help the country in terms of technology, legislators said Wednesday. Continue reading Foreign investors make Vietnam’s economy bigger, but not stronger: legislators
Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann. OECD, 2015.
Abstract: While access to schooling has expanded around the world, many countries have not realised the hoped-for improvements in economic and social well-being. Access to education by itself is an incomplete goal for development; many students leave the education system without basic proficiency in literacy and numeracy. As the world coalesces around new sustainable development targets towards 2030, the focus in education is shifting towards access and quality. Using projections based on data from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other international student assessments, this report offers a glimpse of the stunning economic and social benefits that all countries, regardless of their national wealth, stand to gain if they ensure that every child not only has access to education but, through that education, acquires at least the baseline level of skills needed to participate fully in society. —
Except on Vietnam’s 12th ranking in 2012 PISA test (p. 43): The concern about low enrolment and its effect on knowledge capital is probably best illustrated by Viet Nam. On the 2012 PISA test, Viet Nam ranked 12th; moreover, less than 12% of tested Vietnamese students fell below the basic skills level of 420 points. Yet only 64% of Viet Nam’s 15-year-olds were enrolled in school in 2012. Its enrolment rate is 74th among the 76 countries; only Botswana and Ghana have lower rates. Given its highly selected school population, it is impossible to conclude that Viet Nam is approaching the goal of basic skills for all. Continue reading Universal Basic Skills: What Countries Stand to Gain
May 18, 2015 | Posted by: Jahangir I By Justine Drennan
FP – Just as it took a deadly shipwreck to finally put the spotlight on the dire migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, it’s taken the stranding of some 6,000 migrants — and perhaps several times that number — at sea in Southeast Asia to raise the alarm about another migrant crisis stemming from what some observers describe as a genocide playing out in Myanmar. Continue reading Southeast Asia’s Migrant Crisis Explained, in Maps
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| Lychees are ready to be delivered to markets in Thanh Ha District of Hai Duong Province. Despite visits by many overseas companies and organisations recently, the chance of exporting the fruit remains unclear. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Hue. |
BAC GIANG (VNS) — Farmers in the Luc Ngan District in northern Bac Giang Province are holding their breath about the prospect of their lychees being exported to foreign markets this year.
Despite visits by many overseas companies and organisations in the last year or so, there were no concrete steps taken to advance the market for the popular fruit. Continue reading Farmers await foreign interest in lychee with bated breath
HO CHI MINH CITY – Saturday, May 16, 2015 09:21
A seven-minute long video clip titled “Tien ve noi dau?” (Where does money go?) quickly became a hit with young netizens after it was released online early this month. Continue reading Youth group wants more public say in how government spends taxpayers’ money
By An Dien, TNN
Thursday, May 14, 2015 23:25
Vietnam and the Philippines have thrown support behind plans to beef up the US military presence in waters near China’s newly-built islands in the East Sea, the Vietnamese term for the South China Sea. Continue reading Vietnam, Philippines cheer as US ‘plays chicken’ with China
HO CHI MINH CITY – Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:51
TNN – The metro system under construction in Ho Chi Minh City is triggering a real estate development boom as the prospect of easy transport has been raising land prices, property research firm CBRE said in a new report. Continue reading Metro trains will drive up Saigon land prices, set off property boom: report
A wild bear seized from poachers in Dak Nong Province. Photo credit: WCS
TNN – Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported that there are 1,250 captive bears remaining on farms, a 72 percent decline since 2005.
It released the information at a celebration of “Bear Day” (May 7), which fell on the first anniversary of the successful shutdown of bear bile tourism in Ha Long Bay. Continue reading Vietnam bile farm bear numbers down 72 percent to 4,300
AMTI.CSIS – China’s reclamation activities in the South China Sea remain a matter of grave concern for reasons that are not solely political. The radical transformation of major coral atolls in the region’s marine ecosystem affects far more than the already huge area physically occupied by China’s new islands. The biophysical impacts extend well beyond their artificial foundations into the waters of surrounding littoral states. Continue reading Environmental aggression in the South China Sea
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