Posts Tagged ‘ Binh province ’

No pain, no gain 

January 18, 2012
No pain, no gain 

  A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club Ê Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]

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Floods exact heavy toll in Vietnam 

October 22, 2011
Floods exact heavy toll in Vietnam 

  A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]

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Unhealthy relationship 

August 28, 2011
Unhealthy relationship 

An undated file photo of a patient being treated in the emergency room. When his brother was pronounced dead after an hour of treatment in the emergency room, 18-year-old Nguyen Van Dung went berserk and made good on a threat he’d made earlier. He took a knife and stabbed two doctors, one of them to [...]

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Seeing the forest and the trees 

April 9, 2011
Seeing the forest and the trees 

The lộc vừng trees in Phu Tho Village in Quang Binh Province’s Le Thuy District One lộc vừng (Indian Oak or Barringtonia acutangula) tree is an arresting sight, whether it is in bloom with its scarlet, powder-puff flowers, laden with fruit or just standing tall with big green leaves and its huge knotted trunk. But [...]

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Lost children 

February 6, 2011
Lost children 

  After nearly five years of searching, a village in Quang Binh is finally getting answers about the fate of 13 children A Ruc mother in Quang Binh Province holds up photos of her two children. She claims a local center sent them out of the country without her consent. The Italian International Adoption Commission [...]

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A bamboo boat ride through the waveless bay 

November 20, 2010
A bamboo boat ride through the waveless bay 

   A lone boat pilot rows out into Van Long Lagoon, which makes up more than 3,500 hectares in Ninh Binh Province Local residents call it “Ha Long Bay on land;” visitors refer to it as “the waveless bay.” Whatever the name, the Van Long Lagoon offers the perfect northern getaway for those suffering from [...]

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Male kindergarten teacher one of a kind

February 6, 2010
Male kindergarten teacher one of a kind

Hoan was one of two male students among thousands of females but his determination showed men can be kindergarten teachers too. : Lai Cong Hoan and his kids sing at Vu Ninh Commune Kindergarten in northern Thai Binh Province.LookAtVietnam – Hoan was one of two male students among thousands of females but his determination showed [...]

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Vietnam’s dead rest in peace, grave speculators make a buck

January 21, 2010
Vietnam’s dead rest in peace, grave speculators make a buck

A view of the Binh Duong Park Cemetery Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are building better cemeteries but real speculators have swooped in on the valuable real estate and spiked prices. Opened in 2006 in the southern province of Long An, Go Den Cemetery covers 75 hectares and is lush with trees. The site [...]

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Ferry passengers in danger

November 24, 2009
Ferry passengers in danger

Every day in central and south Viet Nam, the lives of tens of thousands of passengers, many of them schoolchildren, are placed at risk because of a lack of life jackets. Teachers and students of Chieng On Secondary School in Son La Province go to school by boat. Their lives are at risk because of [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/11

November 21, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 21/11

Vietnam strives to meet goals for 2010; Vietnam National Assembly contributes to APF activities; Vietnamese encouraged to use locally-made goods; Czech Senator visits Quang Binh province  Vietnam strives to meet goals for 2010 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the planning and investment sector to weigh up the pros and cons of the domestic [...]

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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...