December 12, 2011
More than 200,000 students quit school every year, threatening dire consequences for Vietnam’s human-resource base Two shoeshine boys in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh San had to quit secondary school and move to Ho Chi Minh City two years ago to wash dishes at his aunt’s eatery to earn money and support [...]
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December 14, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. LookAtVietnam – Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. “They have no income after a year of government support ended,” [...]
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December 13, 2009
A house with a broken staircase at a resettlement village for residents displaced by the A Vuong hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province. Thousands of Quang Nam Province residents have been left unemployed and hungry after losing their farmland to hydroelectric projects. âThey have no income after a year of government support ended,â said Doan [...]
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September 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Athletes from several countries will travel to Vietnam for a 100-kilometer ultramarathon in Quang Nam from September 30 to October 4. LookAtVietnam – Professional and semi-professional athletes from several countries will travel to Vietnam for a 100-kilometer ultramarathon on the mountain slopes of Tay Giang District in the central Province of Quang Nam [...]
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August 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – An ethnic minority in Quang Nam has a mania for Korean TV series to such a degree that they name their baby after the names of Korean movie stars. Bling Giang Gun and his mother.VietNamNet Bridge – An ethnic minority has a mania for South Korean TV series to such a degree that [...]
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August 20, 2009
Many children in the Co Tu minority community are given Korean names because their parents are avid viewers of South Korean soap operas Parents in a Co Tu minority community in the central mountainous district of Tay Giang are naming their children after characters in a South Korean television series. The first Korean TV series [...]
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August 17, 2009
Loving South Korean actors in TV series, many Co Tu ethnic minority people in Quang Nam province have given their babies the first names of Korean stars. Korean movie stars appear everyday on Vietnamese TV channels. With Co Tu surnames and Korean given names, the following combinations have been recorded: Pholoong (Co Tu) San Diu (Korean), [...]
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July 20, 2009
In the past few years, Quang Nam Province has invested more than VND2 billion to build and repair 76 guol (community houses) of the ethnic minorities Co Tu, Cor, Ca Dong and Gie Trieng in Nam Giang, Tay Giang and Dong Giang districts. LookAtVietnam – The communal house is the pride and joy for Co [...]
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July 14, 2009
Parts of a coal-mining site in Dai Loc District, Quang Nam Province that used to be full of trees. Residents of a commune in the central province of Quang Nam are reduced to helpless anger as they watch surrounding forests destroyed illegally by a rubber company. To rub salt in their wounds, the company admits [...]
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June 24, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In the immense Truong Son mountain range, about 180 kilometers from Tam Ky city and 125 kilometers from Danang city, Tay Giang district of Quang Nam province is home to Vietnam’s C’tu people, A Guol house surrounded by the endless forest in Tay Giang district in Quang Nam province.The Guol house is a [...]
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