Posts Tagged ‘ Every Day ’

Village mat weavers keep flag flying 

January 9, 2012
Village mat weavers keep flag flying 

  Pho Trach Village in central Vietnam has for centuries been known for making traditional mats from sedge Nguyen Thi Chieu in Pho Trach Village is famous for making beautiful mats Pho Trach, a village in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is famous for its đệm, a kind of mat made from sedge. Weaving đệm has been [...]

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3 arrested for siphoning off $6 mln from China Airlines 

December 22, 2011
3 arrested for siphoning off $6 mln from China Airlines 

Pho Vi Nhat, a former employee of China Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City, was arrested along with two current staff for allegedly stealing US$5.9 million from the airline Two employees of China Airlines’s representative office in Ho Chi Minh City and their former colleague have been arrested for allegedly stealing nearly US$6 million from [...]

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Experts warn of earlier absence of libido in Vietnam 

December 16, 2011
Experts warn of earlier absence of libido in Vietnam 

Lack of exercises is a reason for early libido absence in Vietnam   Gender health experts warned about the absence of sexual desire among Vietnamese youths due to an increase in physiological diseases. Doctor Tran Quan Anh, chairman of Vietnam Gender Medicine Association, said at a recent sexual health conference in Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

November 14, 2011
Vietnam urged to improve midwifery services 

  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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Expats find the good life in Vietnam 

October 31, 2011
Expats find the good life in Vietnam 

  An Australian chef in a restaurant in Hanoi Radhakrishnan from Sri Lanka has been a businessman for a long time. Of the several countries where he has worked, he finds it easiest to make money and live comfortably in Vietnam, and this is where he intends to stay. “Compared to my home country, it [...]

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Squash that sickness 

October 22, 2011
Squash that sickness 

Bí đỏ (pumpkin squash) is considered as a natural brain tonic and it also helps prevent cancer and relieve constipation Bí đỏ (pumpkin squash), a popular and cheap vegetable at any market and supermarket, contains three times more beta-carotene higher than liver, and five times more than a carrot. In the body, beta-carotene is transformed [...]

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Farmers drug fruits for quicker ripening, longer shelf-life 

August 14, 2011
Farmers drug fruits for quicker ripening, longer shelf-life 

A man injects a chemical solution into a jackfruit to make it ripen quicker Fruit farmers in southern Vietnam are injecting their produce with chemicals to make them ripen quicker and go rotten slower.   Orchard owners and fruit dealers — particularly those dealing in jackfruit and durian – have also been found soaking their goods [...]

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Junk yard village trades public health for profits 

August 5, 2011
Junk yard village trades public health for profits 

   A man removes parts of a motorbike tire for recycling, a lucrative job at Te Lo village in Vinh Phuc Province Salvaging vehicle parts has brought good money to Te Lo village in the northern province of Vinh Phuc. But the business has taken a serious toll on public health. In 1995, people in [...]

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Women's group serves free dinner for needy in HCMC 

July 22, 2011
Women's group serves free dinner for needy in HCMC 

Five members of the dinner group (from the left) have their dinner ready to be delivered to poor people. For five years now, hundreds of poor people living in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City have enjoyed the luxury of not being too concerned if their earning for the day is sufficient to have [...]

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Wild gaur found grazing with cows, believed to have produced crossbreeds 

July 19, 2011
Wild gaur found grazing with cows, believed to have produced crossbreeds 

  The male gaur (Bos gaurus) grazes with a cow near a village of the Raglay ethnic people in Ninh Thuan Province’s Phuoc Binh National Park. A large gaur grazing near a residential area alongside domestic cows in Ninh Thuan Province offers a unique opportunity for extensive research and better conservation of the endangered species, [...]

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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...