Posts Tagged ‘ My Daughter ’

Road builders arrested following fatal accident 

April 9, 2011
Road builders arrested following fatal accident 

  Authorities determined to halt sloppy road construction send a strong message to road builders The road construction site along National Road 51 connecting Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai provinces. Police in Dong Nai Province’s Long Thanh District have arrested two officials of Licogi 9.2, the road construction company, for careless construction practices which [...]

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Online communities follows tragic missing daughter story

January 28, 2010
Online communities follows tragic missing daughter story

LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam online community is closely following story of a father who set up a website (nguyenminhchau.com) to look for his daughter who has been missing for 15 years.   A photo of the missing girl on the website. Website nguyenminhchau.com includes the information that the girl Nguyen Truong An, born in 1990, the [...]

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Disabled little girl embroiders, paints with her feet

December 22, 2009
Disabled little girl embroiders, paints with her feet

She has no arms but Le Thi Tham, 11, in Thanh Hoa province, has been an excellent pupil for many years. She can embroider and draw paintings as gifts for others. A painting by Tham. The little girl recent received the certificate of merit of the Vietnam Patronage Association for Disabled and Orphans who have outstanding [...]

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New smiles, new lives

November 14, 2009
New smiles, new lives

Five-year-old Tran Ngoc Bao Tran is examined by a doctor in Ho Chi Minh City. An American charity organization gives accident victims and children with cleft lips the opportunity for acceptance. She has no nose and her face is covered completely by burns. Her nostrils are two small holes, surrounded by brown, wrinkled skin. She [...]

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Women without men

November 3, 2009
Women without men

Noted singer Phuong Thanh became a tabloid’s dream in 2005 when she had a baby out of wedlock There are more single mothers in the Vietnamese entertainment industry than you thought, and they say they don’t need husbands to raise happy families. Poet Phan Huyen Thu, one of Vietnam’s leading female bards, was doing more [...]

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Helping kids with HIV-positive parents

September 23, 2009
Helping kids with HIV-positive parents

LookAtVietnam – Bui Duc Duy, a 41-year-old man who is HIV positive and is being rehabilitated at the Hai Phong City’s Social Rehabilitation Centre, Children are tested for HIV at the Hai Duong HIV Prevention Centre in the northern province of Hai Duong. Of the 5,000 HIV/AIDS patients in the province, 120 are under 16.Duy [...]

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Teen competitions “steal” study time

September 23, 2009
Teen competitions “steal” study time

Parents worry that current competitions for teens require numerous school absences and lengthy commitments. A performance in a competition for teen. They have different names, but similar criteria: teen competitions that seek beautiful and dynamic young contestants, who flock in droves to enter. The 3rd Dancing Contest for Teenagers 2009 named “Buoc Nhay Xi Tin” attracted nearly [...]

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Working parents dismayed as H1N1 virus closes schools

August 10, 2009
Working parents dismayed as H1N1 virus closes schools

A mother reads a notice announcing the closure of a school in Hanoi. Le Minh Hieu was in a bind when he learnt that schools in Hanoi had closed in a move to prevent the spread of influenza A (H1N1). He could not find any one to help him care for his five-year-old son when [...]

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Hue Citadel visit is beyond means of many Vietnamese

July 22, 2009
Hue Citadel visit is beyond means of many Vietnamese

The cost of entrance to the Citadel in Hue, a world cultural heritage site, is still more than many Vietnamese can afford. The Hue ancient citadel. Cao Xuan Dung and his daughter, Cao Thi Nga, from Nghe An province a few hundred kilometers to the north, stood regretfully at the imposing gate of the royal citadel [...]

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Family, not fame

July 13, 2009
Family, not fame

Award-winning singer Ngoc Anh says she’s driven by family, not fame Though she’s technically in her prime, a famous singer says her career takes a back seat to the more important things in life. Singer Nguyen Ngoc Anh says her family will always be far more important than fortune and fame.Anh shot to fame after [...]

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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...