malnutrition is fundamental to the development of Vietnam's human capital. Economic development of the nation depends on the … rates of malnutrition among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. It assesses the determinants and causes, using a causal …

Vietnam has successfully developed the electricity and gas sectors that have contributed substantially to the economic … development of Vietnam. To date, near universal electrification has been achieved, and the industrial, commercial, and residential … utilities, are operationally and technically strong. Vietnam has a hydropower system, claiming 38 percent of installed capacity …

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in …

While Vietnam has now reached lower middle-income country status, the gaps between the ethnic minority population and … addressed in the respective policies and designated programs or projects initiated by the Government of Vietnam, development …

The rapid growth of Vietnam's economy, industry, and consumption has resulted in unprecedented growth in energy demand …. Between 2000 and 2005, total primary energy consumption in Vietnam grew 10.6 percent per year. Growth in fossil … gas use at 37 percent per year. From 2002 to 2030, Vietnam's primary energy demand is expected to grow at a rate of 4 …

Although economic reform has brought remarkable progress in poverty reduction in Vietnam, the scale and depth of ethnic … minority poverty in Vietnam presents one of the major challenges to achieving the targets for poverty reduction set out in the … discussed, drawing on both quantitative analysis and the large number of qualitative studies on ethnic issues in Vietnam …

Vietnam is implementing a long run reform agenda for the power sector, with the aim of restructuring the sector to … Vietnam's power sector reforms and as part of the World Bank's due diligence work for the power sector DPLs. This PSIA focuses … on assessing the distributional impacts of recent tariff reforms introduced in March, 2009 which changed Vietnam …

Vietnam's power sector has developed rapidly since the 1990s to become a top performer among developing countries. This … success has occurred mostly under a state-owned utility, Electricity Vietnam. Select market-oriented reforms to date have also … long-term sustainability without jeopardizing security of supply for the fast-growing economy. Vietnam's 2004 Electricity …