MARCH 18, 2013 11:09 AM March 18, 2013 11:09 am

The Great Divide is a series about inequality.
SINGAPORE
Inequality has been rising in most countries around the world, but it has played out in different ways across countries and regions. The United States, it is increasingly recognized, has the sad distinction of being the most unequal advanced country, though the income gap has also widened to a lesser extent, in Britain, Japan, Canada and Germany. Of course, the situation is even worse in Russia, and some developing countries in Latin America and Africa. But this is a club of which we should not be proud to be a member.


Các cháu tại điểm lẻ thôn 2, Trường mầm non Hoa Lan trong lớp học


Chưa coi trọng nghề đi biển, làm việc chưa nghiêm túc là lý do khiến thuyền viên Việt Nam không thể cạnh tranh với thuyền viên đến từ các nước khác. Ảnh: TL
Students at Lao Chải Primary School in Sa Pa District, northern Lào Cai Province. The Ministry of Education and Training and UNICEF Việt Nam implemented a bilingual education programme that helped improve quality and equality in education for ethnic minority children. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh


