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UN refugee officials accompany Vietnamese returnees home from Cambodia

23 September 2005
In what they called "an unprecedented monitoring visit" in Viet Nam, United Nations refugee officials have accompanied a group of returning Montagnards from Cambodia to the homes which they fled over the past year, claiming religious persecution and land disputes.

Viet Nam: repatriated Montagnards seem well and in good spirits – UN

5 August 2005
The first Montagnard people repatriated to Viet Nam from Cambodia earlier this year under an agreement with the United Nations refugee agency seem to be faring well despite concerns raised by human rights groups, the agency reported today after on-site visits to villages in the Southeast Asian country's Central Highlands.
Tran explains early child care in Tibet

UN agency marks 30th anniversary of fall of Saigon with refugee success story

28 April 2005
On the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the success story of one of its veteran alumni, a 6-year-old Vietnamese boy who fled in his pyjamas aboard a dangerously overcrowded boat and now works as a doctor improving childbirth practices on the Tibetan plateau.

First Vietnamese Montagnards return from Cambodia under UN refugee accord

11 March 2005
The first Montagnard people to be repatriated to Viet Nam from Cambodia under a new agreement with the United Nations refugee agency returned home today, launching an effort to find a solution for more than 700 Vietnamese who fled their country over the past year, claiming religious persecution and land disputes.

UN refugee agency ‘extremely concerned’ at reported unrest in central Viet Nam

16 April 2004
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced “extreme concern” about reports this week of renewed unrest in Viet Nam's Central Highlands and strongly urged neighbouring Cambodia to ensure that any refugees fleeing the area be given access to protection.

Viet Nam, recently a rice importer, donates 1,500 tons to Iraq – UN agency

15 October 2003
Three years after it stopped being a recipient of aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Viet Nam today delivered almost 1,500 tons of rice to Iraq, the agency said.

UN official lauds Viet Nam for reducing poverty by 40% since mid-1980s

24 September 2003
Marking the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) presence in Viet Nam, a senior agency official today praised the country for reducing poverty by 40 per cent and transforming itself “from a food-hungry nation to the second largest rice exporter in the world.”

UN launches projects to strengthen Viet Nam's elected bodies

2 April 2003
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched two projects in Viet Nam to strengthen the country's National Assembly and Provincial Councils and to enable them to play a more effective role in parliamentary and fiscal affairs.