November 22, 2009
14-year-old Hoang Thi Thien had her right eye, chest, abdomen, and legs injured after a war-time bomb exploded in Quang Tri There is no peace for those who live in one of the worldâs most heavily-bombed areas. Nguyen Van Troi slept through the afternoon, not common practice for a farmer who usually tends fields all [...]
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November 3, 2009
The project to expand a 14-km stretch of Highway No 1 in central Quang Tri Province is lagging far behind schedule, with only 1km of road cleared in the first year. Part of construction of national highway No1 in Tinh Tra Commune, central Quang Ngai Province’s Son Tinh District.The Ministry of Transport authorised Truong Thinh [...]
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September 4, 2009
LookAtVietnam – I felt privileged when a group of American tourists invited me to join them on the Peace Trees Vietnam’s Citizen Diplomacy Trips Cultural immersion: Two American visitors (centre and right) try to make banh canh, a local dish, in a cooking class organised by the Quang Tri province’s Women’s Union. I met the [...]
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August 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Unexploded ordnance and landmines are a tragic reminder of war and a daily threat for civilians in Vietnam. On July 10, after helping his parents to clean the house and taking care of his two younger sisters, 12-year-old Dao Ba Thanh led his two friends and the family’s herd of buffaloes to a [...]
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July 27, 2009
Overseas Vietnamese youth burn incense for war martyrs at the Road 9 Cemetery in Quang Tri Province. The famous poem war veteran Le Ba Duong wrote about his fallen comrades in the Vietnam War moved thousands in Quang Tri Province yesterday during a ceremony commemorating the 62nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day: Boats on the [...]
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July 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet has received veterans of K3-Tam Dao battalion who participated in the 81-day campaign to protect the Old Citadel of Quang Tri in 1972 during the American War. Buddhists organise a two-day requiem for the peace of the martyrs’ souls in the Road 9 National Cemetery on the occasion of [...]
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July 16, 2009
A festival and cultural exchange entitled “War Memories and a Desire for Peace” will be held in the central province of Quang Tri from July 24-26 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Day for War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27). The Road No. 9 Cemetery in Quang Tri province.LookAtVietnam – A festival and cultural [...]
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July 7, 2009
Around 10 percent of remaining bombs and explosives in Quang Tri are deep underground and yet to explode.LookAtVietnam – In the central province of Quang Tri, a fierce battlefield in the Vietnam War, not only Mrs. Tam looks for mines, but many other people. They are living on the war’s remnants and doing a deadly job. War [...]
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July 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Hearing a radio forecast about a new storm forming in the East Sea, Nguyen Thi Tuong hurriedly places some food in a high part of the house. Women play a significant role in disaster preparedness by working on a flood control dyke in the central province of Quang Tri’s Hai Lang district.“We were [...]
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May 23, 2009
From small beginnings, training for his province’s disabled swimming team in a river, Tran Van Dieu, has progressed to win more than 60 medals and own his own business. Disabled swimmer Tran Van Dieu before a relay competition at the national paragames in Quang Tri Province in May.LookAtVietnam – From small beginnings, training for his [...]
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