January 3, 2012
People prepare to bury a beached whale in Quang Nam Province in October 2010. The Bac beach in central Vietnam has become a cemetery for more than 500 beached whales. Traditionally, the whale is seen as a holy protector by local fishermen. The beach in Quang Nam Province, which boasts the UNESCO heritage site [...]
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July 30, 2011
Young people light candles at the Ho Chi Minh City Martyr's Cemetery Tuesday. Millions of candles were burned at martyrs’ cemeteries nationwide on Tuesday. The “Burning candles of gratitude” event was organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to celebrate Vietnam’s Invalids [...]
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July 7, 2011
Le Huu Tay from Hue maintains the tombs of the annonymous dead that he has fished out of the sea. Le Huu Tay has launched his small fishing boat out of the central town of Hue for more than 40 years. During his many voyages, Tay has spotted the bodies of numerous annonymous kin [...]
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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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February 7, 2010
At the age of 15, Pham Thi Binh first followed her father to cemeteries where he was paid to exhume bodies. Now she has taken on the role herself. Binh always uses bared hands at work. Binh, 37, said that her life has always been closely attached to tombs and remains. People in Dai Cau [...]
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February 2, 2010
A cemetery park will be built in Soc Son District at the cost of 300 billion dong (over $16.6 million). Van Dien, Hanoi’s biggest cemetery, is about to close. The Hanoi Department of Construction and the Hoa Sen Technological Investment and Development Company will build Soc Son Heaven Cemetery Park. Nguyen Thi Thuy Tram, the project’s executive [...]
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January 21, 2010
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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December 28, 2009
The most beautiful cemetery-park in Vietnam will be built on 98 hectares in the northern province of Hoa Binh at a cost of 1.5 trillion dong ($83.3 million). The cemetery will locate on the National Highway No.6, over 50km from Hanoi’s centre. Around 70 percent of the area will be devoted to trees and supporting [...]
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October 17, 2009
Deputy PM welcomes Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador; Special ties: a valuable shared heritage of Vietnam and Laos; Vietnam, India hold first strategic dialogue Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem on October 16 received Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador Sugi Ryotaro, who is in Hanoi to attend a national film-making contest for Vietnamese students. The Deputy [...]
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September 4, 2009
About 200 invited guests Thursday night gathered at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in a Los Angeles suburb for the funeral of Michael Jackson. Katherine Jackson (L) and Joe Jackson attend Michael Jackson’s funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California September 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Members of the Jackson family arrived at [...]
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