July 17, 2011
12-year-old Hoang was born with a grey body that is getting darker and more furry. A 12-year-old boy in the central region’s Quang Binh Province has been diagnosed with hypertrichosis, also known as the werewolf syndrome. Â Identified only as Hoang, the boy was born with grey skin covered with fur and he has lived [...]
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August 16, 2009
The global economic crisis has depressed the Vietnamese painting market. Fewer collectors, especially knowledgable collectors, are buying these days. A painting by Vietnamese artist Tran Luu Hau, collected by NewAsia gallery in Singapore. The late connoisseur Duc Minh (also called Bui Dinh Than) is still well-remembered. As a rich businessman, Duc Minh enriched Vietnam’s art [...]
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August 4, 2009
Experts expressed decidedly mixed feelings about foreign consultants’ proposals for a much larger Hanoi of the future at a seminar organized by the Hanoi Union of Scientific and Technological Associations last week. A developing Hanoi.LookAtVietnam – Experts expressed decidedly mixed feelings about foreign consultants’ proposals for a much larger Hanoi of the future at a seminar [...]
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July 31, 2009
A class at the Center for Disabled Children Relief in the northern town of Nam Dinh A class for disabled children gives youngsters vocational skills while they receive medical treatment. The students suffer from cerebral palsy, autism, speech and hearing impairments, and other conditions, some of which due to the effects of exposure to Agent [...]
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June 30, 2009
The recent rise in swine flu cases has had a knock-on effect, with numbers of district health workers becoming worn out from long hours and stress. Biological graduate Nguyen Thi Tham works a night shift at the testing center (Photo; Tuoi Tre) LookAtVietnam – The recent rise in swine flu cases has had a knock-on [...]
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June 29, 2009
People wait for arrivals at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCMC Two overseas Vietnamese threatened to sue the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department last week if they lost their jobs in the US after being quarantined for H1N1 flu suspicions prior to their return flight. However, they called later to thank the department for [...]
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June 4, 2009
Health Deputy Minister Trinh Quan Huan (R) speaks with Vietnamâs first H1N1 patient Monday at HCMCâs Hospital for Tropical Diseases A 23-year-old student who became Vietnamâs first case of influenza A (H1N1) infection last week has recovered fully from the disease, the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department said Wednesday. Tests carried out at the [...]
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May 4, 2009
Two Vietnamese American on a flight from Taiwan to HCM City at noon March 3 were isolated for having high temperature. Several hours ago, four others were also stopped for the same reason at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The temperature measurer at the HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport. These are the first [...]
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April 17, 2009
At a workshop on art copyrights in late March 2009, some art critics and painters said they believed the Vietnam Fine Art Museum was displaying some fake paintings and statues, confusing art researchers and cheating art lovers for over 40 years. “Girl and Lilies” by To Ngoc Van. Painter Nguyen Do Bao, Chairman of the Hanoi [...]
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February 25, 2009
The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department Sunday confirmed five of six blood samples taken from students of a school in District 12 had tested positive for the rubella virus. The tests were carried out after one teacher and nine students of the Quoi Xuan Primary School showed signs of having contracted measles or rubella. [...]
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