Vietnam
Vietnam
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DevelopmentVietnam government pledges co-op revolution to boost national development
Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wants to increase the number of co-ops the country by 15,000 by the year 2020
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CommunityAsia-Pacific co-operative ministers commit to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Co-operative Ministers met in Vietnam in April to pledged their support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Development10th Asia Pacific Co-operative Ministers’ Conference begins in Vietnam
Co-ops and government ministers are meeting in Hanoi this week to grow stronger partnerships for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals
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RetailSaigon co-operative makes top 10 Asia Pacific retailers list
A retail co-operative from Ho Chi Minh City has been included in a list of the top 500 Asia pacific retailers. Set up in 1996, the Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives owns a number of businesses,...
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DemocracyThe Alliance welcomes its latest member
Coop Global Sourcing Limited (CGS) joins the International Co-operative Alliance as an Associate Member. CGS is a joint sourcing company for European co-operatives that is based in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. They serve consumer co-operatives...
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Agriculture
It’s Time for Nuts! Part IV
Read Part I here. The Lempa River, Armed Conflict, Refugees and Repatriations In November 1989, the FMLN launched a major offensive in the hopes of sparking an insurrection across El Salvador which would once and...
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Business
Free eBook shows how co-ops create a fairer food system
The ICA has teamed up with the Global News Hub, the Co-operative Group and Co-operatives UK to launch a series of eBooks to show how co-operatives provide an ethical alternative for business across the world...
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BusinessCo-operatives build a better world through food
Find out how Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World in a new series of free eBooks that show how co-operatives provide an ethical alternative for business across the world.
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Democracy
Not Business As Usual: Getting their attention, ICA Director-General reports back from Beijing and Vietnam
Not Business As Usual: Getting their attention, ICA Director-General reports back from Beijing and Vietnam: charlesgould: Co-operatives received some important high-level recognition this week when ICA’s President, Dame Pauline Green, and I were able to...
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Democracy
ICA Director-General Chuck Gould celebrates World Fisheries Co-operative Day
ICA Director-General Chuck Gould celebrates World Fisheries Co-operative Day: Over two hundred co-operators attended the World Fisheries Co-operative Day celebrations held in Da Nang, Vietnam today. Fishing has been in a real crisis in recent...