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The rate of unemployed Vietnamese aged between 15 and 24 was more than three times higher than that of their more mature counterparts in 2012, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday. The ILO's Vietnam office said in a press release that nearly half of the unemployed people in Vietnam last year were under the age of 25. It warned that four million or over 53 percent of Vietnamese young people have obtained “vulnerable employment” in which they are self-employed or involved in the family business. ]
Vietnam youth suffering high unemployment rate: ILO
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The Leaderboard: Nguyen Duc Kien –
The Leaderboard profiles the people behind the policies of the Asia-Pacific. This post features Nguyen Duc Kien, co-Founder of Asia Commercial Bank in Vietnam.Le Vietnam se retrouvera prochainement parmi les trois premiers importateurs d'armes et de matériels de guerre russes, a déclaré jeudi à Moscou le directeur général du Centre russe d'analyse de commerce mondial d'armes (TsAMTO) Igor Korottchenko. "On peut affirmer que le Vietnam se retrouvera à moyen terme parmi les trois premiers importateurs d'armements russes compte tenu des programmes importants de livraison d'armes à ce pays dont la réalisation a déjà été annoncée", a indiqué M.Korottchenko, commentant la prochaine mise à l'eau du premier des six sous-marins du projet 636 commandés par le Vietnam. En 2008-2011, les exportations russes d'armes conventionnelles vers le Vietnam se sont chiffrées à 1,88 milliard de dollars, soit 6,3% des exportations militaires russes.
Armes russes: le Vietnam bientôt parmi les trois premiers importateurs | Défense
Several thousand security personnel in Vietnam move to take control of disputed land from protesting villagers. In one of the biggest land confrontations in Vietnam, about 2,000 Vietnamese villagers hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails on Tuesday at a larger group of armed security forces moving to seize their land in the outskirts of the capital Hanoi, witnesses said. Backed by bulldozers, cranes, and excavators, more than 3,000 police and military personnel and unidentified men not in uniform moved in at the break of dawn to occupy 70 hectares (173 acres) of land in the district of Van Giang just east of Hanoi.
Mass Security Clampdown in Land Seizure
WHEN China's sovereignty is at issue Global Times , a Beijing newspaper, does not mince words. In September it growled that a contract between Vietnam and an Indian state-owned oil-and-gas company, ONGC, to explore in Chinese-claimed waters in the South China Sea would “push China to the limit”. Yet this month India and Vietnam have reached an agreement on “energy co-operation”.
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Vietnamese leadership
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Cu Huy Ha Vu, centre, is escorted from court in Hanoi.
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Vietnam, Cambodia boost agricultural cooperation - Vietnam, Cambodia boost agricultural cooperation
Party and State leaders pay Tet visits to localities Vietnam praises diplomatic corps’, int’l organisations’ helpMideast-inspired dissident held in Vietnam
HANOI, Monday 28 February 2011 (AFP) - A veteran Vietnamese dissident has been arrested, official media said Monday, after he called for a Middle East-style uprising in the one-party state. Nguyen Dan Que is being held for further investigation after allegedly calling for the communist government's overthrow, the Vietnam News reported. Que, who was born in 1942, was arrested at his Ho Chi Minh City home on Saturday, the Vietnam News said.Until now, there has been very little indication of the Vietnamese Government's view of plans to build dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia.
Vietnam breaks Mekong dam silence
State plans to divest 281 firms, sell stake in others | State plans to divest 281 firms, sell stake in others
VietNamNet Bridge - The State Capital Investment Corp (SCIC) is looking to divest 281 enterprises and to sell the entire State stake in 170 local enterprises, General Director Lai Van Dao told a recent meeting.Nuclear energy in Viêtnam