Posts By Dinh Kieu Nhung
Once Out of Reach, University Now Possible for Girls in Rural Vietnam
October 17, 2012
Last month, local headlines in Vietnam announced the government’s much-welcomed decision to earmark an additional $119 million (VND2.5 trillion) to assist with loans to low-income university students in the upcoming academic year. This is certainly good news, because despite Vietnam’s strong economic growth…
Topics: Economic Development | Education | Philanthropy | Women's Empowerment
Countries: Vietnam
Unlocking the Potential of Vietnam’s Libraries
September 7, 2011
Stories of Vietnam’s rapid development make headlines in local and international media regularly these days. In 1985, the average per-capita income in Vietnam was $130, making it one of the five poorest countries in the world. Now, with average incomes over $1,000, Vietnam’s highly literate population…
Topics: Books for Asia | Education | International Literacy Day | Literacy
Countries: Vietnam
From Vietnam: Improving Internet Access, One Village at a Time
September 2, 2009
It took us much longer than expected to get to Ta Ca, a highland commune in Vietnam’s Nghe An province near the Lao border. Although it was a sunny afternoon, the narrow road from our hotel to our destination, Ta Ca’s Cultural Post Office (CPO), was riddled with potholes filled with slick mud that threatened [...]
Topics: Economic Development
Countries: Vietnam