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Workers ride bicycles to work at an industrial park in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Duong on June 3, 2014. Photo credit: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Asia's dark secret: Impressive growth is built on the back of poor women

'In the two worlds of work and home, women’s emancipation is the test of Asia’s economic miracle'

An activist shows fake banknotes during a demonstration outside the European Commission (EC) headquarters ahead of statements by the EC on the effectiveness of existing measures against tax evasion and money-laundering in light of the recent Panama Paper revelations, in Brussels, Belgium, April 12, 2016. Photo credit: Reuters

Tax havens ‘serve no useful economic purpose’, 300 economists tell world leaders

Experts including Thomas Piketty, Jeff Sachs, Nora Lustig and Angus Deaton call for more tax transparency

A Vietnamese woman of H'mong ethnic tribe carries her daughter while drying rice during the harvest season in Mu Cang Chai, northwest of Hanoi on October 3, 2015. Photo: Kham/Reuters

Tax havens help the rich get richer, at the cost of the poor

Inequality of the levels we are seeing in Asia is not simply the natural outcome of talent, hard work and...

A fruit vendor walks past branches of Vietbank and VietinBank in Hanoi on October 22, 2015. Photo: Kham/Reuters

What APEC means to poor people in Asia

"APEC leaders must remember the poor men and women, workers and farmers whose fate is in their hands."

H'mong women carry baskets loaded with organic fertilizer to a field in Meo Vac District in the northern province of Ha Giang on April 3, 2015. Photo: AFP

New study on political participation highlights opportunities for increased citizen engagement

Everyone stressed the importance of the principle of “one person, one vote” and supported an increase in full-time, professional elected...

Farmers walk on a rice field in southern Vietnam on December 10, 2014. Photo credit: AFP

How the risk-taking farmers of Southeast Asia will survive climate change

Extreme weather events, which show up more and more in the region, are the bane of agriculture

Ethnic Hmong women selling vegetables at the mountainous Bac Ha weekly Sunday market in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai on November 2, 2014. Photo credit: AFP

Oxfam urges Asia to tackle rising inequality to sustain growth

Asian leaders must address rising inequality in all aspects, aid agency Oxfam warned Tuesday, saying ignoring the issue would leave almost...

Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response

Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response

Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The...

Fast food workers and supporters organized by the Service Employees International Union protested in Los Angeles in August. Photo: Bloomberg

Number of billionaires doubles since financial crisis: Oxfam

Rising inequality could set the fight against poverty back by decades, Oxfam warned Wednesday as it published a new report showing...

[OP-ED] To eliminate corruption, make Vietnam's budget a matter of public record

[OP-ED] To eliminate corruption, make Vietnam's budget a matter of public record

Vietnam's budget ultimately belongs to the public and should be treated as such from the planning to the auditing stages....

New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Haike Manning (C) and Ben Tre officials walk down a New Zealand-funded road on October 1, 2014. The road, open to traffic last June, helps locals get out of their village in case of storms. Photo: Thao Vi

Foreign donors help Vietnam province deal with climate woes

An Oxfam project funded by New Zealand Aid seeks to enhance the adaptive capacity of vulnerable residents to climate risks in...

  Hillary Clinton, then US secretary of state, visits the Ngoc Lam pagoda, which receives funding from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2010. Photo credit: Bloomberg

Trans-Pacific Partnership could raise stakes for Vietnam's sick

Leaked documents suggest the US wants to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership to extend Big Pharma's reach into the pockets of...

Children's photo project finds success in central Vietnam

Children's photo project finds success in central Vietnam

The Photovoice Project, implemented by two non-government organizations, iSEE and Oxfam, may be considered a success as an education official...

A schoolgirl speaks while her two classmates hold up a picture to illustrate her concerns about domestic violence directed toward children at a forum in Ninh Thuan Province on July 31. Photo credit: Oxfam

Vietnamese children express wishes about school, family life at provincial forum

Children from the south-central province of Ninh Thuan voiced their hopes and concerns about school and family life during...

Huynh Van Ngot in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang says his family placed four sandbags on the house's roof to help it survive strong winds. Photo: Thao Vi

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta responds to climate change

An ongoing Oxfam campaign has helped raise public awareness on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Mekong Delta.
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  The new legislation played a major role in addressing many issues that foreigners previously faced and made Vietnam property market “sexy” again
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