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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.”