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- Adapting to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta (BBC News)
News
Mekong Delta Under Threat
12 Jul 2009: Climate change impacts will force the displacement and migration of large populations in Vietnam, particularly the Mekong Delta, international experts reckon. Read more
IPA Protests Ban on Vietnamese Publisher
20 Feb 2009: Deeply concerned about the three-month ban imposed on the Da Nang Publishing House in Vietnam, the International Publishers Association (IPA) wrote to the Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications, seeking clarification and transparency about the motives and circumstances leading to this temporary ban, and on the “severe mistakes” committed by Da Nang, as reported in State media. IPA also called on the Vietnamese authorities to reinstate the license of Da Nang at the end of the probation period in mid-March 2009. Read more
New Legislation, Legal Updates
Oct 2009: A new decree issued by the Government details and guides the implementation of a number of articles of the Civil Code and the Intellectual Property Law on copyright and related rights. Read more