Vietnam

Flood misery continues across Southeast Asia

Submitted on November 23, 2011 - 12:02 pm

An estimated 20 million people across Southeast Asia have been affected by flooding since June. Most are in Thailand, but typhoons struck the Philippines in October, and Laos was hit by cyclones in July and August.  About 1.8 million people in Cambodia and Vietnam are also suffering from the worst flooding in a decade.  Myanmar also is experiencing flooding, though the extent is unclear because little information has been released from the country. Local media there reported some 30,000 people were hit by flash floods last month that killed more than 160.

Loyola Chicago offers Vietnam nursing programme

Submitted on June 24, 2011 - 5:08 pm

The Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing has partnered with Yersin University School of Nursing in Dalat and the Lam Dong Province Nursing Association in a unique Masters of Science in Nursing programme.  Six Vietnamese teachers of nursing are enrolled in the two and a half year programme, which begins in June 2011.

Jesuit mission in Vietnam, appeal for support

Submitted on June 24, 2011 - 3:56 pm

Fr Jos. Hoang Van Quang SJ narrates a brief history of the Jesuit mission in Vietnam and makes an appeal for donations to support their work.

Although Christianity came to Vietnam in 1533, it was only when the Jesuits arrived in 1615 that the seeds of the Good News of Jesus Christ spread throughout the country. 

Loyola University Chicago launches medical rotation programme in Vietnam

Submitted on April 20, 2011 - 5:29 pm

AMDGBeginning in April 2011, Loyola Vietnam Centre will inaugurate on an annual basis at least one medical rotation in Ho Chi Minh City for fourth year students of Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine.  A team of three students will serve in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital of Tropical Disease and two students will serve rotations in Trauma Care at the Trauma and Orthopaed

The Pope appoints his "representative" for Vietnam

Submitted on March 7, 2011 - 5:03 pm

 Vatican City (AsiaNews, 13 January 2011) A significant step forward in relations between the Vatican and Vietnam. As Benedict XVI had previously announced in a speech on Jan. 10 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, as of today there is a "papal representative" for Vietnam. Mgr. Leopoldo Girelli, until now apostolic nuncio to Indonesia, was appointed today "apostolic nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei, and non-resident papal representative to Vietnam."

A student's profile: Fr Quyen Vu

Submitted on November 9, 2010 - 1:21 pm

From a war-ravaged Vietnam to the budding nation of East Timor, Fr Quyen Vu (ASL) seeks to educate the world's poor.

Two new Superiors in the Conference

Submitted on October 5, 2010 - 2:17 pm

In two separate letters, Fr General Adolfo Nicolás appointed Fr Colin Tan as the new Regional Superior of Malaysia-Singapore and Fr Joseph Pham Thanh Liem as the new Provincial Superior of Vietnam.

Providing for growing vocations

Submitted on April 27, 2010 - 10:44 am

With the increase in the number of scholastics, the Vietnam Province started construction at St Joseph's.  Everyone looks forward to 24 new private rooms, a laboratory and a small chapel, and two more big classrooms when the work is finished.

Two Vietnamese scholastics will be going to Rome to work at the Radio Vatican. A third one will be sent to Cambodia.

Loyola Partners with VNU

Submitted on December 21, 2009 - 9:21 am

CHICAGO, November 2, 2009 In October, as part of its formal partnership with the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training, Loyola University Chicago jointly developed and conducted a University Management Training (UMT) program with Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCMC) to provide leaders of Vietnamese universities the opportunity to learn about best practices in U.S. higher education and to evaluate their applicability to the Vietnamese higher-education setting.

The Gathering Storm

Submitted on October 20, 2009 - 4:30 pm

IRIN Films, in association with the UN Environment Programme, is pleased to announce the launch of three more short films as part of our ongoing series on the human cost of climate change.

Focusing on Asia, these high definition videos highlight the threat to Vietnam's coastal mangrove forests, the dwindling fish stocks of Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, and the innovative introduction of floating schools to flood-prone Bangladesh.

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