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  The World Conservation Union in Viet Nam
Viet Nam became a state member of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in 1993; a Country Office was established in Hanoi the same year.
As a result, the support by the Country Program Support Agreement is an integral part to the overall operation and programme of IUCN Viet Nam.
IUCN Viet Nam promotes the importance of the 2010 biodiversity target and is currently assessing progress towards 2010 in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam.
www.iucn.org /places/vietnam   (357 words)

  
  Viet Nam - Index   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Viet Nam is a re-united land of South East Asia.
Viet Nam's current government is a communist regime.
Viet Nam's industry is currently on the grow due to economic reforms implemented by the current government.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Marble/1617   (59 words)

  
 WTO | Accession status: Viet Nam
The General Council approved Viet Nam's accession package on 7 November 2006.
Viet Nam became the WTO's 150th member on 11 January 2007.
> Viet Nam’s commitments on goods — the 560-page list (or “schedule”) of tariffs, quotas and ceilings on agricultural subsidies, and in some cases the timetable for phasing in the cuts.
www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/acc_e/a1_vietnam_e.htm   (205 words)

  
 Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: Viet Nam -- Early History & Legends
According to traditional legends, Viet Nam was formed when King Lac Long Quan (also known as the "Dragon Lord of Lac" or the "Dragon Lord of the Seas") married Princess Au Co (a Chinese immortal and descended from the High Mountains).
During this dynasty, Buddhism was established as the dominant religion of Viet Nam.
It was finally declared the official language of Viet Nam by the French in 1910 and has been universally learned, used, and written by all Vietnamese since then.
www.asian-nation.org /vietnam-history.shtml   (1499 words)

  
 VN Embassy : Viet Nam acts, advances together with dynamic Asia
Viet Nam has been striving to step up economic growth in close combination with cultural and social development, social progress and justice, and improvement of living conditions, toward the goal of becoming an industrialised nation by 2020.
Viet Nam has established economic-trade ties with more than 180 states and territories, and is a member of many regional and international organisations, forums, and economic cooperation frameworks.
Viet Nam is always a reliable partner and willing to be a bridge for the integration in the regional and world economy.
www.vietnamembassy-usa.org /news/story.php?datestamp=20040603170847&print=yes   (2347 words)

  
 Viet Nam News
YEN BAI— Viet Nam’s population is increasing by the average size of a province or over one million people each year, says a population expert.
Overall Viet Nam is still governed by rural region, agriculture and farmers and the proportion of urban dwellers remains too low.
Viet Nam, therefore, has been listed among the countries with the highest abortion rate in the world, with abortion cases among the youth amounting to 300,000 cases.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /showarticle.php?num=02POP021106   (664 words)

  
 VIET NAM
Viet Nam has, by her own endeavours, travelled a long journey from a food importing country, to become the world's third largest rice exporter.
Given this situation, the Government of Viet Nam continues to identify food security as an important programme in the process of her national development, placing priority and focus on its implementation.
The Government of Viet Nam fully endorses and pledges to fulfil with a high sense of responsibility the international commitments as stated in the Rome Declaration and worldwide Plan of Action to eliminate hunger, undernutrition and to ensure food security.
www.fao.org /docrep/003/x0736m/rep2/vietnam.htm   (669 words)

  
 Viet Nam Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Geneva Convention divides the country of Viet Nam at the 17th Parallel into North and South Viet Nam with 20 July 1956 as the date for a unification election: a freely held election to determine who would rule a unified Viet Nam.
The vote, on 7 August, is 410 to 0 in the House of Representatives and 88 to 2 in the Senate--only Senators Ernest Grueing of Alaska and Wayne Morse of Oregon vote against the resolution.
North Viet Nam launches a series of attacks against hundreds of South Viet Namese villages prior to the signing of the peace accords in Paris and the resultant cease-fire.
fp.uni.edu /prahl/viet_nam.htm   (1978 words)

  
 Economic and Poltical History of Vietnam (Viet Nam)
It was called by the Chinese Nam Viet, meaning South Viet, Viet being the Chinese generic term for the peoples to the south of the core region of China.
Nam Viet was annexed by the Chinese Empire in 111 B.C. Fify years later there was a rebellion led by the Trung sisters afer the husband of one of the sisters was executed by the Chinese but the rebellion was crushed.
Nam Viet remained independent until 1407 when China again attempted to rule it.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/vietnam.htm   (2096 words)

  
 Viet Nam
Well, here it is: the current flag of Viet Nam was officially put into use by the then North Viet Nam on 30 November 1955.
The adoption date given on FOTW is 30 September 1955.
North Viet Nam), while in 1976 it was adopted by the united Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
flagspot.net /flags/vn.html   (282 words)

  
 Economic and Poltical History of Vietnam (Viet Nam)
It was called by the Chinese Nam Viet, meaning South Viet, Viet being the Chinese generic term for the peoples to the south of the core region of China.
Nam Viet was annexed by the Chinese Empire in 111 B.C. Fify years later there was a rebellion led by the Trung sisters afer the husband of one of the sisters was executed by the Chinese but the rebellion was crushed.
Nam Viet remained independent until 1407 when China again attempted to rule it.
www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/vietnam.htm   (2057 words)

  
 Viet Nam - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Viet Nam ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to child trafficking, prostitution and pornography.
Religious dissidents from faiths including the Hoa Hao Church, the Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam, the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches continued to be subjected to harassment and detention for their peaceful religious activities.
AI was denied access to Viet Nam, and did not receive a direct response from the government to any of the concerns raised with the authorities regarding the human rights situation.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Vnm-summary-eng   (1113 words)

  
 Viet Nam
Viet Nam has a vital stake in the common cause of the world people to develop fair international relations on the basis of the fundamental principles of the UN Charter and international laws, namely independence, sovereignty, non interference into each other's internal affairs and working for the sake of peace, independence and development.
Viet Nam is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, Group 77 and the South forum, the organization of French-speaking countries, the United Nations.
With that conviction, Viet Nam looks forward to working closely with friends from all comers of the world to make the UN Millennium Summit and its Millennium Summit an important landmark in UN history, starting the stage when the UN plays a more deserving role in the new century.
www.un.org /millennium/webcast/statements/vietnam.htm   (2019 words)

  
 Viet Nam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Viet Nam became an Associated State of the French Union in 1949.
In 1954 the Viet Minh took control of northern Viet Nam, and the Republic of South Viet Nam was established in 1955.
The two Viet Nams fought until they were reunited under Communist control in 1976.
sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/vietnam.htm   (89 words)

  
 countrysector National Aquaculture Sector Overview - Viet Nam (1)
The aquaculture sector in Viet Nam has great potential to continue its current growth; however, there are a number of challenges ahead for the sustainable growth of the sector.
During the time of the Viet Nam war (1963-1975), the aquaculture sector was supported and promoted because of its importance in providing food for people and the military.
Viet Nam's governing law for fisheries has been adjusted in recent years and was re-issued on Jan 1st, 2004 by the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
www.fao.org /fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=countrysector&xml=naso_vietnam.xml   (3763 words)

  
 Human Development Report 2006 - Country Fact Sheets - Viet Nam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
And a decent standard ofliving is measured by the unweighted average of people withoutaccess to an improved water source and the proportion of childrenunder age 5 who are underweight for their age.
Viet Nam’s GDI value, 0.708 should be compared to its HDI valueof 0.709.
Viet Nam was mentioned in the Report in pages 6, 18, 36, 37, 44, 48, 50, 54, 68, 101, 119, 120, 127, 145, 188, 189, 191, 206, 208, 210, 221, 223, 225, 264, 272,and 402.
hdr.undp.org /hdr2006/statistics/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_VNM.html   (716 words)

  
 Viet Nam - Amnesty International
Viet Nam: Release prisoner of conscience Truong Quoc Huy
Viet Nam continued to deny access to independent human rights monitors.
It was criticized by several religious groups in Viet Nam as codifying existing state control over all aspects of religious life.
web.amnesty.org /report2005/vnm-summary-eng   (1216 words)

  
 Viet-Nam: The Struggle for Freedom
The struggle against the Viet Cong was interrupted in 1963 by internal crises arising from disputes between the Government and the Buddhists, as a result of which President Ngo Dihn Diem lost the confidence of his people.
As long as the Viet Cong are able to terrorize the civilian population, morale cannot be expected to be good.
The Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam, signed on July 20, 1954, by representatives of France and the Viet Minh, established a truce line at the 17th parallel, the Communists to withdraw to the north, the non-Communists and French to the south.
www.history.navy.mil /library/online/vietnam_strug.htm   (8359 words)

  
 THE VIET NAM WAR REVISITED: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Viet Nam, however, the mission was not clearly defined and the strategies used to implement the policy, as a result, lacked clarity and focus.
On the geopolitical front, Viet Nam, sadly, is caught in the middle of a concerted U.S. effort to contain China, which has emerged as the new Asian threat.
The dilemma for Viet Nam today is that it needs the presence of its former enemy on its soil to help counter its former ally's expansionism, knowing full well that the consequent influx of new ideas, technology and money will accelerate a democratization process that could ultimately bring down its corrupt and unpopular regime.
www.vietnam.ttu.edu /vietnamcenter/events/2002_Symposium/2002Papers_files/revisited.htm   (3334 words)

  
 ICT: Viet Nam
Viet Nam government to connect all schools by the end of 2005
The government of Viet Nam is working to connect all research facilities, universities, colleges, vocational training schools and over 1,000 high schools by the end of the year.
Viet Nam has announced plans to raise levels of ICT in education and e-government so as to be competitive with other members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
www.unescobkk.org /index.php?id=1873   (476 words)

  
 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (VIE) - ADB.org
Viet Nam Reforms To Boost Growth in 2008
Viet Nam's recent membership in the World Trade Organization has added impetus to development and market-oriented reforms.
Viet Nam is one of ADB's founding members in 1966.
www.adb.org /Vietnam   (201 words)

  
 Viet Nam News
Viet Nam supported the roadmap to build a Myanmar of democracy and harmonisation, said President Nguyen Minh Triet while receiving visiting Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein in Ha Noi yesterday.
It is much easier for businesses to access credit in Viet Nam thanks to improved regulations and the growth of joint stock commercial banks, economists said yesterday.
The international community has asserted the need for Viet Nam to revise the strategy for developing the agricultural sector as a senior official admitted that the sector is nowhere near to achieving a sound pattern of sustainable growth.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn   (426 words)

  
 Viet-Nam Free-World Challenge in Southeast Asia
At the moment, the Viet Minh in the north are systematically infiltrating South Viet-Nam in increasing numbers, not only across the 17th parallel but across the border of Laos.
Inevitably the main burden of meeting and beating the Viet Cong threat must fall on the people of South Viet-Nam, on their Government, and on their armed forces.
The Viet Cong guerrillas are seeking, by a variety of means, to achieve psychological dominance over the Government forces.
www.history.navy.mil /library/online/vietnam_free.htm   (4058 words)

  
 Vietnamese American Council - Welcome
The General Assembly today elected Burkina Faso, Viet Nam and Libya to serve as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms starting 1 January 2008.
Diem Do, chairman of the San Jose-based Viet Tan, or Vietnam Reform Party, said the 45-minute meeting, which also included Vice President Dick Cheney and other administration officials, was initiated by the White House.
Candidate Bryan Do is demanding the retraction of a paid advertisement in the Feb. 16 edition of the Viet Tribune that he said likened him to a communist guard at a prison camp.
www.viet-nam.org   (3252 words)

  
 Flu Wiki - Geographic - Viet Nam
H5 avian influenza was first reported in poultry in Viet Nam in Long An province on December 27 2003.
A 12 year old girl from Ha Nam was admitted to a Hanoi hospital on December 27 2004.
A 5 year old boy from Nam Dinh was admitted to the hospital on December 29 2003.
www.fluwikie.com /index.php?n=Geographic.VietNam   (1559 words)

  
 Viet Nam current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to Viet Nam is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name.
Convert a specific time in Viet Nam to the time in a second location
Get a chart comparing the time of day in Viet Nam with all of the other locations you are interested in.
www.worldtimeserver.com /current_time_in_VN.aspx   (356 words)

  
 Viet Nam
They are in middle age now, those Viet Nam warriors who never received the adoration and appreciation they so deserve for putting their life on the firing line for our country.
My father remembers their conversation prior to Maj. Felton's deployment for his 2nd tour of duty in Viet Nam, "He told me just the day before he left that he had a feeling he would not make it back.
During my deployments (two) to SE Asia, the carrier would usually operate off the coast of Viet Nam for about a month, then we would have a rest period (very much appreciated) in the Philippines (NAS Cubi Point), Hong Kong, or Yokosuka, Japan for a few days.
www.carolshouse.com /militaryrecords/vietnam   (3052 words)

  
 UNICEF - En bref : Viet Nam - Vue d'ensemble
UNICEF - En bref : Viet Nam - Vue d'ensemble
This map does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or territory or the delimitation of any frontiers.
"En bref: Viet Nam" contient un sommaire de sujets sur le Viet Nam, des statistiques et des histoires, pour avoir des informations locales visitez le site: UNICEF Viet Nam (en anglais).
www.unicef.org /french/infobycountry/vietnam.html   (667 words)

  
 Viet Nam - Vietnam - Country Profile - Viêt Nam, Asia
Destination Viet Nam, this page is about many aspects of this south-east asian nation.
Quoc hoi nuoc cong hoa xa hoi chu nghia Viet Nam
Seminar on the Viet Nam War at Vassar College, offers students an opportunity to examine sources, including numerous official documents.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/vietnam.htm   (834 words)

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