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Speeches, Viet Nam and China- Shadow of War-The Substance of Peace

Viet Nam continues to emerge on the world stage, as does its new and developing market economy. In this spirit, Viet Nam's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment approached the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in January 1997 for assistance in developing a new science and technology strategy. In response, IDRC and CIDA assembled a team of experts into a mission with the following objectives:. Assess the impact of current Vietnamese science and technology policies on the economic and social development of Viet Nam.

Presented during the Third international conference on irrigation and drainage held March 30 - April 2, 2005 in San Diego, California. The theme of the conference was "Water district management and governance." ; About one third of the Vietnamese population live below the poverty line, of whom 85% live in rural areas, and 70% of the labor force depends on agriculture. To help improve rural incomes, the Government of Viet Nam continues to place high priority on investments in water resource infrastructure to increase agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty. At present, more than 2.6 million ha of agricultural land in Viet Nam are irrigated through 75 large and medium-scales schemes and thousands of small-scale systems. These systems are managed by state-owned Irrigation Management Companies (IMCs) and thousands of agricultural cooperatives and water user groups (WUGs). The country's irrigation systems realize only about 50-60% of the design targets as a result of a number of constraints that limit performance. The Government has recognized that a new strategy is needed to improve system performance in Viet Nam. Hence, policies on water service delivery have shifted to a more decentralized and participatory approach. Government policy now promotes autonomy for the IMCs and establishing/ strengthening of WUGs at the local level. Under the Phuoc Hoa Water Resources Project, an irrigation project recently initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, it is intended to operationalize the Government's new approach. This project offers a unique opportunity to do this as local irrigation institutions are still to be developed. A "road map" for achieving sustainable management of the project's irrigation system is presented. ; Sponsored by USCID; co-sponsored by Association of California Water Agencies and International Network for Participatory Irrigation Management.

AS ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION THEORY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES, THE VALUE AND APPLICABILITY OF ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION THEORY FOR DEVELOPING OR INDUSTRIALIZING ECONOMIES IS OFTEN QUESTIONED. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THIS CONTROVERSY BY TAKING VIET NAM AS A CASE STUDY. THE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRUCTURING OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN VIET NAM FOCUSES ON THREE MAJOR ISSUES: STATE-MARKET RELATIONS, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS. REGARDING ALL THREE ISSUES, MAJOR DEVIATIONS ARE FOUND FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM TRAJECTORY AS HYPOTHESIZED BY ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION THEORY. THE STUDY THUS CONCLUDES THAT ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION THEORY IS OF LIMITED VALUE FOR ANALYZING CONTEMPORARY PROCESSES OF AND ATTEMPTS AT ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM IN VIET NAM.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figure -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Weights and Measures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose and Rationale for the Report -- 1.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment -- 1.3 Summary of Traditional Power Development Plan Systems -- 2 Context -- 2.1 Understanding the Need to Change Power Sector Planning -- 2.2 Origins and Policies for Strategic Environmental Assessment -- 2.3 Wider Policy Context -- 2.4 Conclusions -- 3 Evolution of Strategic Environmental Assessments in Power Development -- 3.1 Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Hydropower Master Plan in Power Development Plan VI -- 3.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment of Power Development Plan VII -- 4 Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Revised Power Development Plan VII -- 4.1 Structure of the Revised Power Development Plan VII -- 4.2 Calculation of Externalities in the Revised Power Development Plan VII Scenarios -- 4.3 Analysis of Impacts -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5 Remaining Challenges for Developing Strategic Environmental Assessments of Power Development Plans -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Improving Power System Modeling Programs -- 5.3 Improving Input Database for Power System Modeling -- 5.4 Improving Relationship between Power Sector Planning Processes in the National and Provincial Levels -- Appendix: Strategic Environmental Assessment Indicators and Evaluation Methods

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. Chasing the gender dream -- 2. Sex-selective abortion decision-making: Beyond 'a woman's right to choose' -- 3. Sex-selective abortion: Dilemmas in the silence -- 4. After the abortion: Suffering, silence and spiritual relief -- 5. Social responses to -- Conclusion -- Bibliography