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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April 16, 2011
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, talks with a child at the Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday (April 13) Australia has pledged to continue supporting Vietnam in higher education, which is among the key priorities in bilateral relations between the two countries, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday. [...]
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October 10, 2009
Hundreds of children living in a rough downtown Ho Chi Minh City neighborhood are forced to take up the dual gauntlet of drug addiction and crime every day. A downtown HCMC area where crime is almost a way of life leaves children defenseless and vulnerable.Hundreds of children living in a rough downtown Ho Chi Minh [...]
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July 14, 2009
Hundreds of hectares of protected forest in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam are being cut down. The alarming deforestation is not only posing a threat to water sources, but also the existence of the gray-shanked douc. A large tree illegally cut down by lumberjacks. LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of hectares of protected forest in Tam [...]
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April 24, 2009
Police in Khanh Hoa Province inspect a bus for illegal drugs. Many truck and bus drivers say they take drugs to overcome the boredom of long journeys. Last Wednesday a container truck stopped at a diner on National Road 1A in the southern province of Dong Nai, 35 km to the northeast of Ho Chi [...]
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