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UNDP economist calls for prompt cancellation of ineffective projects

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:57:00 GMT

HCMC, April 3, 2008 - Jonathan Pincus, senior country economist of the United Nations Development Programme, yesterday urged the immediate cancellation of ineffective public investment projects in Viet ...

Every citizen has a role to play, but reliable data needed in the fight against corruption

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:47:00 GMT

Chasing crooked police officers and pestering high level authorities are not the typical pursuits of a 75-year-old grandmother. But Ms. Le Hien Duc, whose efforts to fight corruption were recognized last ...

Viet Nam’s response to climate change

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:38:00 GMT

Climate change has had a negative impact on nearly all sectors of Viet Nam’s economy, from agriculture, forestry, aquaculture as well as hydro-electric power, oil and gas production and sea transport, ...

Viet Nam: Beyond Fish and Ships

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:51:00 GMT

Fish and ships are at the core of what Viet Namese planners call their “maritime economy,” an idea set out in the government’s “Ocean Strategy to 2020” published earlier this year. Offshore oil and gas ...

Civil Society filling gaps like “small grains of rice”

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:58:00 GMT

It is becoming increasingly difficult to argue that Viet Nam does not have a civil society. The term is used more and more frequently by Vietnamese scholars, development practitioners, donors and government ...

Growth with Equality

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:02:00 GMT

Viet Nam has seen great progress in economic and social development, but still enormous disparities are emerging. In this phase of Viet Nam’s development – recent accession to WTO, impressive human development ...

One-on-One: John Hendra, UN Resident Coordinator for Viet Nam interviewed by Viet Nam Economic Times on inequality

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:44:00 GMT

Trang Bom upgrades its image

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:18:00 GMT

Trang Bom’s local government sees Public Administration ...

WTO, Economic Integration and Human Development: Technology Policy for Successful Industrialization

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:51:00 GMT