January 15, 2012
Do Ngoc Tuan (R), 42, of Long An Province’s Ben Luc Town won more than US$300,000 after buying unsold tickets from vendor Pham Thi Lanh (L) Tuan’s equanimity in the face of such a change in his fortunes has made the news as much as the winning itself. Just as impressive is the story [...]
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December 24, 2009
It’s 10:30 in the evening in HCM City. The humid air carries a thick stream of exhaust from the tourist buses, and a nearby rubbish bin emits a rancid smell. Bui Bui is given a balloon that was picked up off the street by her mother Mai.At the corner of Pham Ngu Lao and Do [...]
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December 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnam’s street children. Nguyen Khac Long, 12, now feels safe and secure at the Children’s House in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8, where he can study and interact with his peers. It is a far cry from two [...]
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December 6, 2009
Two shoeshine boys in downtown HCMC. Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnamâs street children. Nguyen Khac Long, 12, now feels safe and secure at the Childrenâs House in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 8, where he can study and interact with his peers.It is a [...]
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August 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Thousands of poor Vietnamese children born with cleft lips and palates can grin and speak clearly thanks to dedicated Vietnamese and foreign surgeons. Bui Van Nguyen, 6, from Tay Ninh Province, at My Thien Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7 after free surgery to fix a cleft palate. LookAtVietnam – [...]
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August 21, 2009
Bui Van Nguyen, 6, from Tay Ninh Province, at My Thien Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7 after free surgery to fix a cleft palate. Thousands of poor Vietnamese children born with cleft lips and palates can grin and speak clearly thanks to dedicated Vietnamese and foreign surgeons and the sponsorship of [...]
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July 26, 2009
Learning martial art and music rehearsals help raise self esteem. LookAtVietnam – Once upon a time, in a small castle in the heart of HCM City, a girl grew up, happy and contented.She was pretty, with dark eyes and long black hair. Her skin was delicate and fair and her nickname was Snow White.Although there [...]
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April 9, 2009
Wilted rice in the Mekong Delta is too low to the ground to be cut by combine harvesters. Combine harvesters canât cut drooping Mekong Delta rice plants weighed down by unseasonal rains, pushing farmers to pay exorbitant prices for field workers amid a regional labor shortage. More than 1.5 million hectares of winter-spring wet rice [...]
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February 14, 2009
A woman selling lottery tickets by the Dien Bien Phu Bridge was once a traveling cai luong singer. Tu walks the streets selling lottery tickets, desperate to pay back a VND1 million (US$58) debt.She incurred the debt when she was robbed of 200 tickets she had taken on credit.But she only makes some VND40,000 ($2.30) [...]
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