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Overseas Vietnamese warn about brain drain due to indifference to science 

January 16, 2012
Overseas Vietnamese warn about brain drain due to indifference to science 

  Many overseas Vietnamese scientists have been returning to the country in recent years to work in education and research, and they are troubled by the indifference shown towards both pure science and their return. Educational institutions needed to be more enthusiastic about pure science or the country would suffer a severe brain drain that could last for a [...]

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Money isn’t everything 

January 15, 2012
Money isn’t everything 

  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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Showing women in their place 

December 21, 2011
Showing women in their place 

  Textbooks and TV commercials in Vietnam reinforce gender stereotypes An image from an advertisement clip for a seasoning powder featuring a woman giving tips to another on cooking. Experts say TV commercials and textbooks are hindrances to achieving gender equality in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has explicitly stated its intention to reduce gender disparity, [...]

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Married to mistreatment 

December 20, 2011
Married to mistreatment 

  Thanh Nien helps rescue a Vietnamese victim of domestic abuse in Taiwan   A wedding photo of 29-year-old Phan Thi Kim Thanh and her Taiwanese husband Chung Yung Hua. Thanh was rescued from her husband’s house in Taiwan’s Changhua County on December 13, where she was allegedly being battered and kept under home arrest [...]

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Online shops scam women with breast-enhancing ringtones 

December 6, 2011
Online shops scam women with breast-enhancing ringtones 

An image from a website advertising ringtones that claim to increase women's breast size Dozens of websites have duped women into believing the size of their breasts will be enlarged by listening to particular ringtones.   Farfetched as it sounds, the scam has reeled in many impressionable Ho Chi Minh City women, thrilled by the prospects [...]

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Pole dancing: seedy show or Olympic sport? 

November 26, 2011
Pole dancing: seedy show or Olympic sport? 

  Students listen to pole dancing instructor Dragon (L) during a beginners class at the Las Vegas Stripper University, in Nevada. Pole dancing may conjure up images of men in seedy clubs leering at semi-naked women, but it has a growing following in the United States as a way to keep fit — and even [...]

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Workers used and abused, without pay 

November 19, 2011
Workers used and abused, without pay 

  Workers in Ho Chi Minh City struggle with unstable jobs, abuse at work, and bosses who flee to avoid paying employees Workers from Miso Vina Company stay at the company yard around the clock awaiting payment after the South Korean director fled to avoid paying their salaries Binh burns leaves and sticks at night [...]

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Love is food to longevity 

October 11, 2011
Love is food to longevity 

   Nguyen Thi Lanh, 106, and her youngest daughter, 71, from HCMC’s District 12. She and her husband, Huynh Van Lac, 110, have been certified by Vietnam Records Book as the country’s oldest couple. Huynh Thi Hoa, 71, says that ever since her parents reached the age of 90, during every Tet Festival their home [...]

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Hanoi upscale apartment residents protest service fee hikes 

October 8, 2011
Hanoi upscale apartment residents protest service fee hikes 

  Residents of five upscale apartment buildings in Hanoi have sought the capital city administration’s help in preventing service fees from being hiked unreasonably. According to a report in Monday’s Tuoi Tre newspaper, the residents at 93 Lo Duc Street, The Manor, Golden Westlake, Keangnam, and Sky City have complained that the prices for services [...]

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Strange condition sees young woman age 50 years in days 

October 7, 2011
Strange condition sees young woman age 50 years in days 

  Doctors have yet to identify what prompted a rapid-aging process in 23-year-old woman who now looks 70 Nguyen Thi Phuong (L), 26, looks about 50 years her senior due to a strange rapid-aging affliction that began in 2008 Nguyen Thanh Tuyen’s love for his wife never faded as he watched her youthful beauty crumble [...]

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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...