Today's date: Thursday, 4 December 2008
Viet Nam

UNHCR News



  Vietnamese refugees well settled in China, await citizenship
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 10 May 2007 Filetype: HTML (4k)
  Divorce leaves some Vietnamese women broken-hearted and stateless
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 14 Feb 2007 Filetype: HTML (5k)
  Vietnamese local governments smooth the way for stateless Cambodians
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 8 Nov 2006 Filetype: HTML (3k)
  Stateless former Cambodians caught in Kafkaesque web in Viet Nam
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 30 Oct 2006 Filetype: HTML (3k)
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UNHCR Operations



  UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - East Asia and the Pacific subregional overview
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (172k)
  UNHCR Global Report 2007 - East Asia and the Pacific subregional overview
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Jun 2008 Filetype: PDF (900k)
  UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2007 - Viet Nam
Source: UNHCR Country Operations Plans
Publish date: 1 Sep 2006 Filetype: PDF (67k)
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Statistics



  2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Viet Nam
Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets
Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (25k)
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Background, Analysis and Policy



  Refugees Magazine Issue 147 ("The Excluded: The strange hidden world of the stateless") - Lose a husband, lose a country
Source: Refugees Magazine
Publish date: 4 Sep 2007 Filetype: HTML (4k)
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UNHCR Maps



  Viet Nam Atlas Map - May 2005
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 4 May 2005 Filetype: PDF (1857k)
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Land Borders
(Longest first)


Key Indicators


Origin of major refugee populations (as at 1 Jan 2007, ten largest groups)
Afghanistan 2,108,000
Iraq* 1,451,000
Sudan 686,000
Somalia 464,000
DR Congo 402,000
Burundi 397,000
Viet Nam 374,000
Turkey 227,000
Angola 207,000
Myanmar 203,000

* Estimated at over 2 million by September 2007.

Note: Some 334,000 Palestinian refugees also come under UNHCR’s mandate, while a further 4.4 million Palestinian refugees are cared for by UNRWA.

Source: Protecting Refugees, and the Role of UNHCR, 2007 edition.
 
 
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Dr. Phu Hong, Vietnam
Finally, a place to call home. (0:15)
 
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