March 14, 2023 | 12:00
The No voice - No equal future project that was implemented in Son La in 2023 is encouraging ethnic minority youths and young journalists to drive change.
October 11, 2022 | 16:46
Half of the poorest countries saw health spending drop despite the pandemic, while most countries froze or even lowered taxes on the rich and corporations.
July 19, 2022 | 15:13
After travelling halfway around the globe, the young German-Vietnamese same-sex couple Etienne and Thanh will tie the knot in Denmark.
January 27, 2022 | 14:15
With Vietnam's rising wealth, lingering inequality urges several experts to call for more equal policies that secure the most basic healthcare needs of all.
January 17, 2022 | 11:18
The pandemic has aggravated already existing inequality for 148 million Asians, pushing them further into poverty while billionaires grew their wealth by $1.46 trillion.
January 26, 2021 | 16:47
The mega-rich have recouped their losses from COVID-19 in short order while pushing billions into poverty for at least a decade.
June 12, 2019 | 09:38
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "capitalism gone mad" in an address on Tuesday (Jun 11) to the UN's International Labour Organisation, while urging enhanced social protections in a global economy plagued by inequality.
May 14, 2018 | 21:46
As mobile operators do not allow using phone cards to pay for non-communications-related activities, domestic software developers decry a disadvantage.
February 07, 2018 | 12:48
As the world faces a crisis in wealth distribution, some experts doubt if the accumulation of capital will encourage innovation and investment, but instead, lead to multiple tax burdens and increase the gap between rich and poor.
November 05, 2010 | 10:27
The 20th anniversary edition of the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report, launched yesterday in a ceremony with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, spotlights countries that made the greatest progress in recent decades as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), with China, Nepal, Indonesia, Laos and Republic of Korea all making the report’s “Top 10 Movers” list.