January 11, 2012
Many rice farmers work under the mistaken impression that regular insecticide applications are necessary to attain high yields. However, decades of research by scientists around the world has shown that healthy and productive rice crops can be produced with little or no insecticide applications in most years. Nonetheless, farmers continue to apply dangerous chemicals [...]
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December 16, 2011
Wim Deetman — the chairman of an independent Dutch inquiry probing sexual abuse allegedly committed by Roman Catholic clergy — unveils the report in The Hague. An independent Dutch inquiry probing sexual abuse allegedly committed by Roman Catholic clergy said Friday it found “tens of thousands” of victims since 1945, identifying 800 alleged perpetrators. Tens [...]
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November 21, 2011
Emergency rooms in HCMC hospitals are witnessing a massive increase in the number of people wounded in intoxicated brawls Patients being treated at the emergency ward of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital. Doctors say there has been an alarming increase in cases of people wounded in fights being admitted to the hospitals. [...]
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October 30, 2011
Gay community wants to end discrimination that pushes them to margins of society Members of www.gioihan.net, a forum for gay men, during a charity mission in HCMC. Gay men in Vietnam complain they face heavy discrimination, much at the hands of their own families. Le Son, 25, keeps his old skirt as though it [...]
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January 14, 2011
Nursery owner Tran Thi Phung received a two-year-sentence for abusing a four-year-old girl in the southern province of Binh Duong. A court in the southern province of Binh Duong Friday handed down a jail term of two years to a nursery owner for maltreating a four-year-old girl. Â Tran Thi Phung, 53, who was convicted [...]
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November 12, 2010
Six-year-old Diep Tuan Khoa A senior official at a shelter in the southern province of Dong Nai has denied accusations from four children who claim they were seriously abused. The kids were found wandering the streets of Ho Chi Minh City earlier this week. “I was really shocked when they said my husband and I [...]
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January 24, 2010
Vu Dinh Thuan, former head of the Government Ofice, stands in the dock The Hanoi Prosecution Office has proposed jail terms of up to eight years for a former deputy minister and others for pocketing kickbacks from dubious contracts awarded as part of a failed e-government project. Vu Dinh Thuan, former head of the Government [...]
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November 21, 2009
Following up its reportage on child labor and child beggars in HCM City, Tuoi Tre gathered a group of experts and local officials to search for answers to widespread exploitation of underage laborers. Lawyer Nguyen Van Hau (standing). HCM City: Child labour tales from clothing industryHCM City: Children working 80 hour weeks “paid” once a yearNewspaper [...]
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November 3, 2009
Vietnamese student Ho Phuong, who fell afoul of San Jose police on September 3 Vietnam has expressed its concern over last monthâs incident in San Jose, California when police were captured on a cell phone camera beating and shocking a Vietnamese student with batons and tasers. âThe public in Vietnam are very upset. This use [...]
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October 10, 2009
Hundreds of children living in a rough downtown Ho Chi Minh City neighborhood are forced to take up the dual gauntlet of drug addiction and crime every day. A downtown HCMC area where crime is almost a way of life leaves children defenseless and vulnerable.Hundreds of children living in a rough downtown Ho Chi Minh [...]
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