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Vollständige Version anzeigen : Poverty lingers in village left behind by Vietnam boom


Christoph
11-11-07, 21:33
NA LIA, Vietnam: Vietnam’s cities are being transformed by rapid economic growth which has brought fashion boutiques, fast food and traffic jams, but most people in this remote northern village wouldn’t know.

A rice farming hamlet of about 400 Tay ethnic minority people without telephones, television or even electricity, Na Lia is part of another Vietnam, the rural hinterland that is struggling to catch up with the boom.



http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/09/yehey/opinion/20071109opi7.html