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Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

August 2, 2011
Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

  Taking care of baby chickens has become a service as the chicken business in Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta boomed  Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta’s Ben Tre Province has emerged in recent years as the premier destination for those looking to buy roosters for cockfights or chicken to raise as [...]

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Rumors spark land fever in Hanoi suburbs 

April 16, 2011
Rumors spark land fever in Hanoi suburbs 

Villas under construction in the suburban district of Soc Son in Hanoi. Rumors of impending infrastructure development projects have sent real estate prices soaring in some suburban districts of Hanoi like Me Linh, Dong Anh and Soc Son. In Me Linh District, residential land is selling at prices of between VND20-40 million (US$950-1,900) per square [...]

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Intrepid teacher refuses to be silenced

December 5, 2009
Intrepid teacher refuses to be silenced

After losing her ability to talk, Le Thi Thu Xuong remained strong and worked hard to become a teacher for deaf students. Le Thi Thu Xuong (second) left) teaches sign language at the club.LookAtVietnam – After losing her ability to talk, Le Thi Thu Xuong remained strong and worked hard to become a teacher for [...]

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My Son tourism to drive socio-economic progress

December 4, 2009
My Son tourism to drive socio-economic progress

The development of tourism at My Son heritage site will be a major motivation for socio-economic progress in Duy Xuyen District in the central province of Quang Nam World heritage: People in Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province gather yesterday to celebrate the tenth year since My Son was recognised by the United Nations Education, [...]

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Landslides threaten 1,000 homes

October 29, 2009
Landslides threaten 1,000 homes

More than 1,000 households along Gianh River in central Quang Binh Province risk being swept away in landslides due to strong tides and rising water. Soldiers help residents of Quang Phuc Commune in the central province of Quang Binh to reinforce dikes along Gianh River.Latest statistics from the province’s two most affected districts, Tuyen Hoa [...]

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Binh Chanh badly polluted due to poor management, planning

September 28, 2009
Binh Chanh badly polluted due to poor management, planning

LookAtVietnam – Binh Chanh district in HCM City is badly polluted because of poor management of solid and liquid waste and the lack of a master plan, Da Phuoc waste site, HCM City. (Photo: VNE)Waste water from the district’s Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park had polluted 66 out of its 226 canals, which could no [...]

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Disadvantaged women need more help

September 16, 2009
Disadvantaged women need more help

LookAtVietnam – Duong Thi Minh Huyen, a 27-year-old resident in Thanh Khe district, central Da Nang city, whose husband went missing after a typhoon three years ago, Tran Thi Tuyet’s family makes shoes for sale from a loan for poor women in Hoa Xuan ward in the central city of Da Nang.Her husband left on [...]

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Power of TV: minority kids named after Korean soap stars

August 20, 2009
Power of TV: minority kids named after Korean soap stars

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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HCM City lacks 600 primary school teachers

August 14, 2009
HCM City lacks 600 primary school teachers

LookAtVietnam – Primary schools in HCM City are complaining that their schools are overloaded with overly high numbers of first-grade students. Primary schools in Tan Binh district have had to halve the number of day-boarding classes (students learn at school both in the morning and afternoon) in order to have enough seats for all 7,000 [...]

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Illegal dredging makes City property vanish

July 27, 2009
Illegal dredging makes City property vanish

LookAtVietnam – A District 1 resident in HCM City recently visited a piece of land that he had purchased three months earlier in District 9, only to find it had vanished into thin air. Sand exploitation seems widespread and rapidly increasing in HCM City, causing land erosion in the city.A local official explained hundreds of [...]

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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...