April 6, 2011
Underage workers employed at a garment sweatshop in HCMC Three teenage girls, aged 15 to 16, returned home last week from brothels allegedly disguised as barbershops in the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot. Two of the girls were being returned for the second time. Last November, a non-governmental organization rescued the girls from [...]
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February 18, 2011
An impoverished graveyard community clings to its meager livelihood as city authorities plan redevelopment Huynh Van Hai, 67, at his house adjoining a cemetery in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Hung Hoa A Ward. His wife (L) washes and dries scavenged plastic bags on the graves that come up into their backyard. More than [...]
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December 15, 2010
One person died and another six were injured when a truck crashed into 11 vehicles that had stopped for the red light at an intersection in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday.  The accident happened on National Highway No.1 A. The 10-ton truck was coming in from the An Suong crossroads to the An Lac roundabout, witnesses [...]
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February 1, 2010
Residents in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 built a makeshift dike with sand bags to preventhigh tides from flooding their homes. A project to tackle floods is still in the pipeline butwon’t fix the problem before Lunar New Year, which falls on February 14.LookAtVietnam – High tides are likely to submerge city’s low-lying streets [...]
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January 31, 2010
High tides are likely to submerge cityâs low-lying streets again over the holidays Residents in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 8 built a makeshift dike with sand bags to preventhigh tides from flooding their homes. A project to tackle floods is still in the pipeline butwonât fix the problem before Lunar New Year, which falls [...]
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December 14, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese people seeking to purchase homes during the Tet sale season, prefer those worth less than one billion dong due to economic woes suffered in 2009. Hung Tri, a banking officer, disclosed said that he is trying to purchase a house before Tet in February 2010. The requirements Tri has set up for [...]
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November 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Police and food safety officials in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday found two pigskin suppliers using hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals to bleach the skins. Inspectors said the skins were processed on the ground, then soaked with bleachers in dirty barrels, some of which were stinking.Both suppliers, one in Binh Tan District [...]
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November 14, 2009
Many Vietnamese children are spending their childhoods working around the clock for clothing manufacturers. This little girl has to work from the morning until midnight at a garment enterprise in Binh Hung Hoa ward, Binh Tan District, HCM City. HCM City: Children working 80 hour weeks “paid” once a year At a clothing business in HCM City, [...]
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November 3, 2009
An official from the HCM City Department of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted to Tuoi Tre that child labor is a problem in some districts in HCM City, particularly Tan Phu. Pham Nhat Cuong, 14 and Dang Thuy Duong, 15, work very hard but they don’t know how much they will take from [...]
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September 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – HCM City’s police recently swooped into the BB Club in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street after investigating it for sometime. A nightclub in HCM City. (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – Inspectors from Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture and Society recently swooped into a bar, BB Club, in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District [...]
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