January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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October 30, 2011
Gay community wants to end discrimination that pushes them to margins of society Members of www.gioihan.net, a forum for gay men, during a charity mission in HCMC. Gay men in Vietnam complain they face heavy discrimination, much at the hands of their own families. Le Son, 25, keeps his old skirt as though it [...]
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February 25, 2011
A family in the Mekong Delta has been cursed with a genetic condition that leaves their limbs long and their lives short  Phan Van Quan (L) and his nephew, 19- year-old Phan Tri Thuc, both suffer from Marfan syndrome – a genetic disorder that can lead to early death. Phan Van Quan liked [...]
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October 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Government has updated tax exemptions and other benefits for foreign experts working on official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam. Foreign experts at the construction site of the Phu My Bridge in HCM City.A decision that will go into effect on November 20 allows ‘foreign experts’ working on official development aid projects [...]
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October 12, 2009
Tax exemptions and other benefits for foreign experts working on official development assistance projects in Vietnam are regulated in a government decision that will take effect Foreign experts at the construction site of the Phu My Bridge in HCM City.The Decision on Policies for Foreign Experts in ODA projects allows a foreign aid worker to [...]
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October 10, 2009
Foreign experts at the construction site of the Phu My Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City Tax exemptions and other benefits for foreign experts working on official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam are regulated in a government decision that will take effect on November 20. The Decision on Policies for Foreign Experts in ODA [...]
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September 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Those patients who want to change hospital must be responsible for any risks they incur, said members of the Ha Noi National Assembly delegation Many deputies agreed that the draft law should have regulations disbarring patients or their family members making complaints due to risks incurred through a change in treatment location.Many deputies [...]
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September 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Those patients who want to change hospital must be responsible for any risks they incur, said members of the Ha Noi National Assembly delegation Many deputies agreed that the draft law should have regulations disbarring patients or their family members making complaints due to risks incurred through a change in treatment location.Many deputies [...]
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August 13, 2009
Neighbors of the deceased flu patient in District 10 wear medical masks. Influenza A (H1N1) patients under treatment at the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Hanoi can freely go out to buy a movie CD, to cafés or Internet shops. âIt was funny. They were wearing medical masks in the shop and [...]
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August 12, 2009
The DNA test result showed that the man killed by police in a siege on Saturday in Central Java was not leader of regional terrorist militant of Jemaah Islamiyah Noordin Mohammad Top. This combo photo of Noordin Mohammad Top is provided by Indonesian police on July 31. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)The DNA test result answers the mystery that [...]
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