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UN officials monitor deadly flood situation in northern Viet Nam

11 August 2008
United Nations humanitarian and development officials are monitoring the situation in the mountains of northern Viet Nam, where heavy rains resulting from a recent tropical storm have killed dozens of people and caused a series of flash floods and landslides.

Ban mourns death of former prime minister of Viet Nam

11 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his profound sadness today after learning of the death of the former Vietnamese prime minister Vo Van Kiet.

Viet Nam receives $35 million UN loan for rural development

18 January 2008
Praising Viet Nam’s efforts to reduce rural poverty, the head of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today signed a $35 million loan agreement to expand market access and develop businesses for tens of thousands of small farmers in the Mekong Delta.

Viet Nam becomes a pilot country for UN efforts to reform and improve efficiency

8 December 2006
As part of ongoing United Nations efforts to make itself more efficient and responsive to national needs, Viet Nam today was selected as the first pilot country in the “One UN” reform programme, involving six UN agencies working more closely together to avoid duplication and fragmentation.

Viet Nam: UN sends assessment teams to regions struck by typhoon

4 October 2006
United Nations agencies today sent three joint assessment missions to regions of Viet Nam struck by Typhoon Xangsane, which damaged nearly 230,000 houses and forced the evacuation of some 40,000 people.
A Montagnard family in Cambodia

Viet Nam, Cambodia to further cooperate with the UN over Montagnard tribespeople

22 August 2006
Viet Nam, Cambodia and the United Nations refugee agency have agreed to further cooperate to resolve the situation of Montagnards who cross the border into Cambodia, after holding their first full meeting to discuss the issue since signing a joint agreement last year.
Vietnamese Montagnards in Cambodia

UN refugee agency rejects report of torture against Montagnard returnees in Viet Nam

16 June 2006
The United Nations refugee agency today rejected a recent report from an international non-governmental human rights organization alleging that Vietnamese authorities have been detaining, interrogating and torturing Montagnard asylum seekers who have returned to Viet Nam from Cambodia.

UNICEF helps Viet Nam improve rural water supply, sanitation

25 May 2006
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has joined 13 other international organizations in a unique partnership to improve water supply, sanitation and hygiene for rural communities and schools in Viet Nam.
Erika Feller meets with villagers of Montagnard

UN agency has ‘no serious concerns’ over Montagnard returnees in Viet Nam

28 April 2006
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today it has “no serious concerns” over the conditions of around 200 Montagnards who have returned to Viet Nam from Cambodia, as a senior official from the agency visited Hanoi and agreed with the Government to continue joint cooperation to resolve the issue of the ethnic minority.
Hmong woman receives vaccine, Viet Nam

In UN-backed campaign, Viet Nam beats deadly maternal and neonatal tetanus

1 March 2006
Backed by United Nations agencies, Viet Nam has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as a public health problem in a victory over a scourge that used to kill some 20,000 Vietnamese babies annually before the age of one month.