July 17, 2011
Occupational therapist goes native to help special children in Vietnam Takao Maiko, 27, plays with children at the Daycare class of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center for physical disabled children “Open it, baby,” Takao Maiko tells the seven- year-old polio-stricken boy in slow, but clear Vietnamese. Nothing happens. The little [...]
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February 6, 2011
After nearly five years of searching, a village in Quang Binh is finally getting answers about the fate of 13 children A Ruc mother in Quang Binh Province holds up photos of her two children. She claims a local center sent them out of the country without her consent. The Italian International Adoption Commission [...]
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November 12, 2010
Six-year-old Diep Tuan Khoa A senior official at a shelter in the southern province of Dong Nai has denied accusations from four children who claim they were seriously abused. The kids were found wandering the streets of Ho Chi Minh City earlier this week. “I was really shocked when they said my husband and I [...]
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January 31, 2010
Teenagers and younger children working in trade villages have no protection against occupational hazards Teenagers work on a stone sculpture at Ninh Van Village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. Researchers have warned that children and adolescents working in trade villages are being exposed to serious health hazards and are not receiving adequate medical [...]
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November 3, 2009
An official from the HCM City Department of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted to Tuoi Tre that child labor is a problem in some districts in HCM City, particularly Tan Phu. Pham Nhat Cuong, 14 and Dang Thuy Duong, 15, work very hard but they don’t know how much they will take from [...]
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September 20, 2009
Orphanage managers arrested for selling children; Local hero wins two int’l architecture awards; Taxi drivers reject company offer, continue strike; Noodle maker accused of polluting waterways Orphanage managers arrested for selling children The president of an orphanage in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been arrested for further investigations into allegations the children [...]
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September 20, 2009
HCM City street children escape the rigours of street life by learning to paint and as they do they see a different world. Pham van Duc(thord from right) with his students at the paiting workshop.LookAtVietnam – HCM City street children escape the rigours of street life by learning to paint and as they do they [...]
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August 10, 2009
The godfather of Michael Jackson’s three children claims to be the father of the singer’s daughter Paris, according to The News of the World. Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris cries as she speaks at the memorial service for music legend Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California July 7, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters photo)The British tabloid [...]
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June 1, 2009
Dr. Ho Thi Trang examines a homeless boy at the Trieu Phuoc General Clinic in District 11. Homeless children in Ho Chi Minh City now have five medical clinics they can turn to when they are sick. Itâs a very wet day at the end of May.A shabbily dressed boy who looks about 11 stands [...]
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March 19, 2009
An Austrian man who raped, imprisoned and abused his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her pleaded guilty to all charges on Wednesday, including murder and enslavement, a surprising turnabout three days after the court began the trial. Defendant Josef Fritzl arrives for his trial after a break at the court of [...]
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