I am very pleased to join and welcome you to the launch of the poverty update report, that we titled “Climbing the Ladder: Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Vietnam”. At the outset of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vietnam President Luong Cuong forcefully warned of the dangers of a world with higher tariffs, one of the strongest criticisms so ...

In 2020, at age 19, Anh Nguyen Dang was offered an attractive job and better living conditions outside her village in central Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province. The well-dressed and well-mannered ...

HANOI: Corruption, poverty and employment issues have emerged as the top concerns among Vietnamese citizens in 2024 regarding ...

A new World Bank Poverty and Equity report, From the Last Mile to the Next Mile, assesses Vietnam’s progress in poverty reduction over the decade to 2020 and examines what is needed to sustain the ...

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. Updated ...

Tran Thi Hoa, her face gaunt and haggard, her eyes glazed, lies permanently on her bed breathing heavily. She is a bag of bones, only stirring to take her medicine and eat. This woman in her late 40s ...

It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. It has been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the country’s 100 million people were born after the fighting stopped. They've ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...