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VIETNAM: Compulsory drug treatment centres “counterproductive”
9 May 2011
(IRIN
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International health experts criticize Vietnam’s estimated 70 compulsory drug treatment centres.
The centres are part of a government strategy aimed at "correcting the illegal behaviours of drug use and sex work”, according to UNAIDS.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92599/VIETNAM-Compulsory-drug-treatment-centres-counterproductive
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GLOBAL: Stillbirths could be halved
27 April 2011
(IRIN
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Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92590/GLOBAL-Stillbirths-could-be-halved
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VIETNAM: Religious persecution intensifies, study says
31 March 2011
(IRIN
),
Ethnic minority Christians in Vietnam increasingly face charges of national security crimes, severe abuse, property confiscation and forced renunciations of faith, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and US parliamentarians.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92324/VIETNAM-Religious-persecution-intensifies-study-says
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In Brief: Drought threatens hydropower in Vietnam
9 March 2011
(IRIN
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Low water levels in reservoirs opened in January to irrigate rice fields in Vietnam are threatening to undermine hydropower-fuelled electricity, warn experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92148/In-Brief-Drought-threatens-hydropower-in-Vietnam
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VIETNAM: Struggling to cope with rising prices
1 March 2011
(IRIN
),
Vietnam's inflation rate is among Southeast Asia's highest and its population is struggling to keep up with sharp increases in food, fuel and electricity prices.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92058/VIETNAM-Struggling-to-cope-with-rising-prices
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LAOS: Decision expected on controversial Mekong dam
25 February 2011
(IRIN
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The proposed Xayabury Dam on the lower Mekong River promises to supply much-needed energy to the region, but at a "devastating" environmental and personal cost to surrounding communities, say activists and environmental experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92037/LAOS-Decision-expected-on-controversial-Mekong-dam
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VIETNAM: Trafficking victims lured by “friendly” acquaintances
1 February 2011
(IRIN
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Last year an ostensibly friendly woman asked Nguyen Thi Ha* if the 23-year-old felt like leaving Vietnam to work in China. Nguyen Thi Ha was intrigued by promises she could earn 6-7 times more selling clothes there than the US$50 per month she was making at home.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91793/VIETNAM-Trafficking-victims-lured-by-friendly-acquaintances
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In Brief: "Unprecedented" chronic disease growth in Southeast Asia
25 January 2011
(IRIN
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Chronic disease could kill up to 4.2 million people annually in Southeast Asia by the year 2030, according to new research published in the UK medical journal, The Lancet.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91723/In-Brief-Unprecedented-chronic-disease-growth-in-Southeast-Asia
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VIETNAM: Stricter child helmet law needed
20 January 2011
(IRIN
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Thousands of children in Vietnam continue to be killed or injured in motorcycle-related accidents each year, reinforcing the need for stricter enforcement and further revision of the country's mandatory helmet law. Despite near 100 percent compliance for adults, compliance among children is very low at an estimated 30 percent, health experts and activists say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91673/VIETNAM-Stricter-child-helmet-law-needed
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ASIA: Pick of the year 2010
31 December 2010
(IRIN
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On this last day of 2010, IRIN asks: When the end comes, where will you get your last meal? In addition to covering the perennial natural disasters that rip through Asia annually, IRIN reported in 2010 on doomsday food vaults designed to protect biodiversity from disaster. Read on to find one near you.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91499/ASIA-Pick-of-the-year-2010
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