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Low salary, state employees dare not to have baby

January 5, 2011
Low salary, state employees dare not to have baby

VietNamNet Bridge – Young state employees who earn modest salary are afraid of getting married and having baby. “I don’t see our future. We can’t return to the countryside because there is no suitable job for us there. In Hanoi, the living cost is very expensive and it is really a big challenge for us”. [...]

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Old man of the mountains

September 22, 2008
Old man of the mountains

VietNamNet Bridge – Georges Condominas, a French ethnologist, spent nearly two years living with M’Nong Gar ethnic group in Sar Luk village in the Central Highlands in the 1950s and the results of his research are now on display at the Museum of Ethnology. Now at the ripe old age of 86, the French ethnologist [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...