October 30, 2011
A man and his three-year-old daughter who is being treated for hand, foot and mouth disease in the southern province of Dong Nai. Since early this month five major hospitals in Hanoi have caused quite a stir with a campaign asking their health workers to refrain from receiving money offered by patients or their families [...]
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August 4, 2011
Frenchman Vicens Noll won the gold medal in the long stick performance at the 2nd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center Friday. It was his second consecutive gold medal in the event, after winning the inaugural event in 2009. Noll said he was happy to [...]
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July 18, 2011
Young Vietnamese gymnasts from poverty-stricken backgrounds find out that gold medals don’t pay the bills Dinh Phuong Thanh (L) and Van Anh proud with gold medals they won at the Southeast Asian Student Gymnasium Competition that ended in Singapore on July 7 Not all members of the victorious Vietnamese gymnastics team were ecstatic upon [...]
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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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May 14, 2011
ruong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. The Vietnam Athletics Federation has set a goal for the country’s leading athletes, Vu Thi Huong and Tr Æ°Æ¡ ng Thanh Hang to win gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships in Japan in July. Of [...]
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January 22, 2011
International experts have called on Vietnam to fight land management corruption by increasing transparency Farmer Nguyen Van Tran works on a rice field adjacent to an industrial park on the outskirts of Hanoi. Experts have called for policy reforms and transparency to reduce the risk of corruption in land management. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong [...]
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December 10, 2010
Children at a Ho Chi Minh City kindergarten during a yoga session Yoga has become a part of the daily routine for Ho Chi Minh City schoolchildren - grades K to 12.  Tre Tho (Little Children) kindergarten in Tan Binh District says it was the first school in Vietnam to include yoga in their syllabus.  The children begin their lessons [...]
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December 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Students of vocational schools complain that they cannot adapt to jobs after graduation, blaming an unsuitable curriculum. Learning much, knowing a little Ton Nu Ngoc Boi, who has a graduate of the HCM City Economics College, noted that many subjects taught at the college do not have much relation real world practice. “Educators want [...]
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November 21, 2009
National Assembly representatives urged the government to take measures to eliminate bribes given for jobs and promotions, but the Minister of Home Affairs said it’s a “very difficult task.” Minister of Home Affairs Tran Van TuanDeputy Le Van Cuong from Thanh Hoa Province said at a National Assembly meeting he has for two years called [...]
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November 20, 2009
National Assembly representatives on Wednesday urged the government to take measures to eliminate bribes given for jobs and promotions, but Minister of Home Affairs Tran Van Tuan said itâs a âvery difficult task.â Deputy Le Van Cuong from Thanh Hoa Province said at a National Assembly meeting he has for two years called for government [...]
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