Group Members:

_Ping (p) Tarn Meily Beam__________________________________________________

Country assigned:
___Vietnam_______________________________________________________________
Development goal selected:
___________Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger _____________________________
Type of Product:
___Shortfilm______________________________________________________________

Product Description:
(Make sure it is clear what the product will look like, what it will include, and how it will be
organized.)

- We will create a short film about Vietnam historical events during 1900 - present
Vietnam. We will perform as a normal citizen that lives in that period of time, then
create short film, length between 5-10 minutes. Our theme is designed as making
a silent film and show it to the audience. The film is going to represent Vietnam
from the past till the present time. Conflicts and issues will be included in the film,
and itll be simply easy to understand. Many major things will be included into the
film e.g. lifestyle, historical events, and comparisons of the past and the present.
Well do inward and deep researches about the country itself. The film is going to
summarize everything you need to know about Vietnam. Well manage our time
wisely because making a film is not easy and take a lots of time to edit in the
editing part. This project is going to be flawless.

- For our group, we decide to separate the work equally. Firstly, Ping (P) will be the
director and the camerawoman, also some minor character if needed. Secondly
Tarn, Scriptwriter and actor. Meily and beam will be actors and cameraman, if Ping
(P) need to act in the script.

- In the International day event, we are going to create a small cinema using a small
projector for watching our short film. Our booth will have Vietnams signature
decorations. Some of the signatures are coolie hats, rice, the flags, or even rice
terraces.
Summaries: (one paragraph minimum for each section with main ideas only)

Brief background of your country in written in your own words: (post 1900 creation of
country + some major events that made the country what it is today)
1858-1884: Vietnam was invaded by France, and France made Vietnam colony.

1893: France incorporated Vietnam into French Indochina.

1954: France had been continuing to rule Vietnam for a long time until they had been
defeated by communist forces led by Ho Chi Minh who declared Vietnamese National
Independence. Later on, Vietnam was divided into two states including the North Vietnam
and the South Vietnam. North Vietnam was the Communist Democratic Republic (Hanoi),
and South Vietnam was the anti-Communist Republic (Saigon).

1965: The Vietnam war began. The United Stated of America sent soldiers to South
Vietnam to fight against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnam.

1969: The leader of Communist Revolution, Ho Chi Minh died at age 79.

1972: The North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. However, they feared that the other
countries would become involved the war. Therefore, a ceasefire agreement was signed
between them.

1975: After the war was over, the North Vietnam won the war and became the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam.

1977: Vietnam join United Nations (UN) as a number 145 along with Djibouti.
Brief summary of the history of the social issue (based on MDG selected) in your
country: (causes of the social issue in your country)
-In 1990, Vietnam was the poorest country in the world. Most of the Vietnamese
population lived under the poverty line which is the line of minimum income level in
a particular country. At that time, Vietnam got an income lower than US $100 per
year. After 20 years, Vietnam developed their country in order to increase the
country income rate and decrease the poverty rate. Therefore, the status of poverty
and hunger in Vietnam was decreased dramatically. Vietnamese population had
better living conditions.

-In 2010, Vietnam became a lower middle-income country. However, it still cant
escape the poverty. The populations of Vietnam who lived in rural areas dont have
enough foods to eat or enough clothes to wear. They were suffering from poverty
and hunger. In addition, they dont have enough money to afford the higher
education. So, they worked on the farm to support their family. They continued to
live in poverty even they got married. Their child also doesnt have an opportunity to
get in a good career because of their education level and work experience. So, it
was very difficult to escape from poverty and hunger.

-There were several factors behind the poverty in Vietnam in rural area including
geographical isolation, limited market access, low rates of out-migration, low level
of education, limited access to quality land, and social exclusion, culture, and
language. Lower education is one of the significant factors that causing the poverty
in Vietnam. For example, the higher education led to the more opportunity to
connect with market and access to quality land. Furthermore, civil war between
northern Vietnam and southern Vietnam also causes lots of material and supplies
spend in it. In addition, Vietnam was invaded by France colonies which make
overuse of supplies which destroy Vietnam environment which result as
deterioration of environment.
Brief summary of how the social issue (based on the MDG selected) has affected your
country (post 1945): (effects of the social issue in your country current situation)

Effects of poverty on Children

- As Vietnam has a mountainous and highland region as the main geography of
their land, people still struggle to travel between urban area and rural area which
cause the civilization is hardly reach.
- Health care station is far away from rural area which make people mostly decided
to stay home more than go to hospital or nearest health care clinic
- Education is poor due to the method and the path to go to school. Rural area
student usually drop out of school because parent cannot afford the tuition fee.

- Effect of war to present

- Vietnamese income is usually based on agricultural which that land that is use to
plant food are destroyed because of the wars

- Environment are destroyed because of the Agent orange that is used to kill forest
and people in that area cause the forest to hardly repair themselves because the
chemical destroy the mineral in soils too.
- Agent orange also cause genes mutation if people get contact with it which make
human that lives in that area reproduce child that have disabilities.
Brief summary of what your countrys government has done to deal with the social
issue (based on the MDG selected): (policies in place and progress in dealing with the
problem)
- Many newspapers company run a charity fund, and publishing articles about
people with extreme needs. They also collecting donations from readers.

- In terms of Churches, schools and other organizations. They also run charitable
programs to provide technical and financial aids to people in need.

- In terms of government, they development Infrastructure, legal framework and

policies, sustainable economic development, give education and financial support.
Also they make a loans from the World Bank Group

- Support to multi-dimensional poverty reduction in urban areas

- UNDP has cooperated with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to develop and implement
the Project Support to in-depth assessment of urban poverty in Hanoi and Ho Chi
Minh city in the period of 2008-2011.

- This project provided the comprehensive information on urban poverty reality to

contribute to formulation and implementation of poverty reduction.

- MDGs monitoring and reporting - An institutionalized framework for

monitoring, advocating and advising, and South-South cooperation

- Vietnam produced three MDG reports in 2005, 2008 and 2010. The quality of
these reports has been improved over the years. Vietnam plans to prepare two
more reports in 2013 and 2015 to about the progress and results of MDGs
implementation.

- Support for the Task Force on Implementation of the Enterprise Law and the
Investment Law

- Building on the success of the Project VIE 01/025 Institutional Reform for
Business Development which supported the drafting process of the Enterprise
Law and the Investment Law.

This project improve the effectiveness of the implementation and enforcement of these
new laws through support to the Task Force on Implementation of the Enterprise Law and
the Investment Law.
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