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VIETNAM: Uphill battle to raise awareness of bird flu

By IRIN News | Published 02 September 2008 | Articles | Rating:
HAI NAM , 29 August 2008 (IRIN) - The key message that needs to be heard is that Avian Influenza (AI) is endemic in Vietnam and needs to be controlled, say UN officials involved in the battle to identify and contain avian influenza outbreaks.
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VIETNAM: Employing improved technology against typhoons, flooding

By IRIN News | Published 20 August 2008 | Articles | Rating:
AN GIANG, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Vietnam is experiencing more frequent and powerful typhoons and floods, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report 2007-2008 has said as many as 22 million Vietnamese could be displaced if sea levels rise by one metre.

The government is collaborating with UN agencies and the humanitarian community, as part of its overall disaster preparedness plan, to design effective ways to hold back the increasingly damaging storm surges and flood waters that wreak havoc on vulnerable rural communities.

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VIETNAM: Floods in north leave 145 dead or missing and communities isolated

By IRIN News | Published 12 August 2008 | Articles | Unrated
HANOI, 12 August 2008 (IRIN) - An estimated 145 people are reported dead or missing and more than 4,000 buildings damaged or destroyed in northern Vietnam after tropical storm Kammuri lashed the region with heavy rain and high winds for two days from 9 August, according to the Central Committee for Floods and Storm Control.

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Detention of journalists sparks web debate

By Caroline Finlay | Published 16 July 2008 | Articles | Rating:
It would seem like the press in Vietnam is getting freer and freer, but the arrest of two journalists and a once-renowned investigator shows that any recent progress is tenuous.
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Ban on street vendors threatens livelihoods

By IRIN News | Published 15 July 2008 | Articles | Rating:
HANOI, 23 June 2008 (IRIN) - For the past decade, Nguyen Thi Lan has risen at 3am to boil up a pot of sticky rice. Before the sun comes up, she packs it into a bamboo basket, secures it to her bicycle and begins the long ride to Hanoi. In the city, she serves up scoops of rice sprinkled with dried pork, peanuts and sesame seeds and on a good day she will return home with $3.50.

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