January 16, 2012
Activists are unhappy that a company that profited once by maiming Vietnamese civilians is allowed to profit again in the country 18-year-old Thang, believed to be an Agent Orange victim according to locals who know his mother, waits for customers at a market in Hanoi on January 9. It would be ironic if Vietnam [...]
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November 14, 2011
Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]
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September 24, 2011
Enjoying green papaya simmered with pig’s trotters for seven consecutive days can help a woman after giving birth increase the quality of her breast milk, according to local herbalists. After giving birth, a woman’s body is weak and it loses vitality as it heals. The loss of blood and strength, and often doses of antibiotics, [...]
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August 9, 2011
50 years after the US began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam and 36 years after the end of the war, victims suffer as realpolitik considerations offer faint glimmers of hope Teacher Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (C), 31, an Agent Orange victim, walks among other victims during a lesson at a hospice in Vietnam’s Da Nang [...]
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August 5, 2011
I am a very lucky person. My mother breastfed me when I was baby – which was not very common in the 1950s in Sweden. I’ve breastfed both of my daughters – the youngest was reared on breast milk for 18 months. Now I have a 10-month old grandson, who was exclusively breastfed for [...]
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March 11, 2011
In a file picture taken on February 24 Thai immigration policemen (R) investigate Vietnamese women who were allegedly lured into becoming surrogate mothers, at the Immigration Police Bureau in Bangkok The Mekong Delta families whose daughters became surrogate mothers in Thailand believe their daughters are working in Ho Chi Minh City. Authorities in Thailand have [...]
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February 5, 2010
Eighty percent of the four million overseas Vietnamese would like to buy a house in Vietnam, says the head of the HCM Committee for Liaison with Vietnamese Abroad. So why don’t they? A meeting between HCM City’s officials and overseas Vietnamese. A few days ago, the media reported that since 2005, only 140 Viet Kieu (VK, or overseas [...]
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January 25, 2010
LookAtVietnam – A 17-year-old dolphin named Hindri gave birth to her first calf while performing at the Suoi Tien Tourist Area in Ho Chi Minh City on January 23.Jimmy Sukat, the dolphin’s Indonesian trainer, said Hindri was showing signs of fatigue and didn’t want to perform in the morning.Around 3 pm, the tail of a [...]
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January 23, 2010
With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An Thai Village ramp up efforts to protect their sacred art. Xoan singing is performed at holy venus in the communal house which begins with offering incense for gods.LookAtVietnam – With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An [...]
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December 19, 2009
A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern technology to treat children with clubfoot. The boy’s leg before being treated.VietNamNet Bridge – A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern [...]
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