'Happy New Year!', with a bittersweet smile
perspectives | 1628979How a song by Swedish group ABBA reveals a turbulent period of Hanoi history.
'Happy New Year!', with a bittersweet smile
perspectives | 1728967How a song by Swedish group ABBA reveals a turbulent period of Hanoi history.
Undermine rice and we might pay a heavy price
perspectives | 7128988It's not quality vs quantity, but quality and quantity. Cutting rice production could put our food security at risk.
Vietnam needs to choose the path less traveled
perspectives | 11628988In copying other countries' development mistakes, Vietnam has paid a heavy price for not deploying due foresight. Now, we cannot ignore hindsight wisdom.
Sustainability in ASEAN, a growing imperative
perspectives | 15529004ASEAN was established in 1967 to advance regional cooperation, particularly economic, security and social.
Neither insurance nor assurance: Vietnamese agriculture left in the lurch
perspectives | 22128980Storms, floods, other disasters are not uncommon, but Vietnamese farmers can only lament: "Perhaps it’s just God’s plan."
Without protection, workers sacrifice rights to be in bosses' good books
perspectives | 26928989Xuan is a worker at a Taiwanese shoe factory. After 15 years of working there she understands the rights the Labor Code gives her.
Fielding some tough questions from the Mekong Delta’s field crab
perspectives | 30528972Field crabs! I got excited thinking about them as I made plans for a homecoming trip to the Mekong Delta.
Amid pandemic, poor are even more vulnerable
perspectives | 38228983I have met a few women in my neighborhood who came from the countryside to collect recyclable garbage for a living.
Dammed, doomed: the Mekong Delta story
perspectives | 44428966People await life-giving floods to return the delta to its former glory. The wait is futile.
