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How to rebuild a community following the fire
Oped, Nicole Lambrou, Published on 09/07/2025
» When a wildfire burns through a community, the initial concern is identifying what is lost: businesses, homes, landscape. Reports tally the damage in raw numbers -- hectares burned, buildings destroyed, dollars lost. Similarly, wildfire recovery success is overwhelmingly measured by how closely the post-disaster housing count compares to pre-disaster numbers. But rebuilding, for people displaced by fires, is not measured in claims settled or roofs repaired.
Youth lead food system revolution
News, Stefanos Fotiou & Nicole de Paula, Published on 27/06/2025
» People don't resist change -- they resist loss. And right now, we are facing devastating losses. With the avalanche of global aid cuts, experts estimate that 2.3 million children in low- and middle-income countries will lose support to treat acute malnutrition. This means over 350,000 extra preventable child deaths yearly.
Migrant workers and Covid limbo
Oped, Yen Nguyen, Published on 17/09/2021
» Among the most vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Asean's migrant workers find themselves living in limbo.
Malaysia's forced deportations cannot be tolerated
Oped, Hanh Nguyen, Published on 10/03/2021
» The Feb 1 putsch by Myanmar's military has halted the country's democratic transition, sparking nationwide protests. Shortly after, on Feb 24, amid mounting concerns over the increasing use of violence against civilians in Myanmar, Malaysia deported 1,086 Myanmar nationals back into the depths of the chaos. Malaysia's actions are the latest blow to the multiple crises facing the people of Myanmar, adding a new burden to a fragile state grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, unresolved ethnic armed conflicts and an increasingly violent coup. It raises the alarm about the increasing insecurity faced by refugees and migrants from Myanmar in other countries in the region, including Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Asean opens a big gate for Vietnam
News, Nguyen Thanh Phuong & Johanna Son, Published on 02/10/2019
» Vietnam is fully plugged into Asean as Southeast Asia's regional family, Tran Viet Thai of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam says in the conversation below.
Vietnam relishes peacemaker role
News, Mai Nguyen & Kham Nguyen, REUTERS, Published on 26/02/2019
» While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their summit this week, Vietnam, long almost synonymous with war, is relishing its role as a promoter of peace.