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Ethnic minority women empowered to fight poverty

There were times 30-year-old Sung Thi Sy thought of running away to escape her violent husband, who regularly beat her when he was drunk.

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Alibaba's Ma champions U.N. e-commerce drive for development

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said the Internet should be a utility available to the whole world, putting his weight behind a U.N. call for e-commerce to boost developing economies and help fight poverty.

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Ethnic minorities to receive support

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam must work harder to support its numerous ethnicities, who mainly reside in remote, mountainous regions,

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Viet Nam, WB sign $390m pacts to fight poverty

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam and the World Bank yesterday signed credit agreements worth US$390 million for three projects to develop community infrastructure, improve agriculture and livelihoods in the country's poorest areas,