The Vietnamese Communist Party held a six-day conference in late January, midway between the Seventh Party Congress of 1991 and the Eighth Congress scheduled for 1996.
The conference, attended by 647 delegates, expanded
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HANOI — The introduction of private enterprises has adversely affected women here. Of some 700,000 people who have lost their jobs in the state sector, two-thirds are women. Creches and kindergartens have deteriorated
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HANOI — The village of Co Nhue is north of the city. Some four kilometres long, it stretches along the highway to the airport. I visited Co Nhue to meet with representatives from the Peasants Association in the village.
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Campbell continues in ALPPERTH — The MHR for Kalgoorlie, Graeme Campbell, has always been a loose cannon for Labor. Campbell has always outspokenly supported the interests of the mining companies. So with the
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HANOI — Economic reforms that began in the 1980s are changing the way Vietnam's unions organise. The vast bulk of the 30 million-strong labour force works in agriculture. Prior to 1986, the industrial work force was
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WA legislation rammed throughPERTH — The Court government rushed its Land (Titles and Traditional Usage) Bill through the Legislative Council in an all-night debate that finished early on the morning of November 25.
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WA meatworkers strengthen leadershipPERTH — Elections in the meatworkers union here have consolidated the team around branch secretary Glenn Ferguson. Ferguson originally won his position 18 months earlier, but
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NEW DELHI — Bhutan, a tiny country in the north-eastern part of the Himalayas, has a population now estimated at around 1.3 million. Since 1988, some 125,000 have become refugees from the brutal regime. Bhutan is ruled
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PERTH — The Court government tabled the Land (Titles and Traditional Usage) Bill in the Legislative Assembly on November 4 in an attempt to pre-empt the Keating government's legislation, expected to be introduced on November
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PHNOM PENH — After the adoption of a new constitution, the 22,000-strong forces of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) are withdrawing. On September 21, the 120-person Constituent Assembly
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PERTH — The case of Helen Carr, brought to public attention by Jim Scott, the Greens (WA) member for South Metropolitan, in the Legislative Council on August 18, seems to indicate that little protection exists for individuals
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10,000 rally against WA governmentPERTH — Ten thousand unionists rallied here at lunch time on August 19 to protest the Court Liberal government industrial legislation and changes to workers' compensation. The