December 19, 2011
Hua Cam Tu, a 37-year-old woman who had both her kidneys removed by doctors without her permission, is being treated at the Can Tho General Hospital. A Mekong Delta hospital said Thursday it would provide free dialysis treatment to a patient whose health is getting worse after doctors removed both two kidneys without her consent, the Nguoi [...]
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November 14, 2011
What’s wrong with Ec 10? The dozens of Harvard University undergrads who walked out of the school’s famous introductory economics course this month think they know. The students’ general criticism is that Ec 10, in which some 700 students are enrolled, “espouses a specific — and limited — view of economics.” Their specific criticisms [...]
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November 14, 2011
Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]
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October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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October 11, 2011
Workers of Taiwanese-owned footwear company Pou Yuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, on strike last year. A former official from the Ministry of Public Security says the right to strike needs to be protected by laws in Vietnam. The Law on Demonstration is being drafted by the Ministry [...]
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July 5, 2011
Vietnam-China relations expert discusses East Sea disputes on Hong Kong based television. PhD Vu Cao Phan, a researcher on Vietnam-China relations and deputy chairman of Vietnam-China Friendship Society, last week had an interview with Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster. Phan spoke on behalf of the Institute of Chinese Studies [...]
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May 15, 2011
Poor signage has added to the frustration of Ho Chi Minh City’s hellacious traffic conditions A total of 13 signs had been posted in a dense cluster at a section near Sai Gon Bridge that links Binh Thanh District and District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Huu Long was really upset when [...]
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May 10, 2011
A Pakistan paramilitary soldier stands guard during a protest over the slaying of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Karachi. Pakistan has dismissed as “absurd” accusations that complicity or incompetence had allowed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to hide out in the country for years and vowed a full investigation. Addressing parliament in his first [...]
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April 20, 2011
Grilled beef at the Lac Canh Restaurant in Nha Trang. Lonely Planet calls the restaurant “a Nha Trang institution” and describes it as one of the busiest eateries in town. Lac Canh, a restaurant in the beach resort town of Nha Trang, has long been hailed as the go-to spot for grilled beef. Lonely [...]
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April 16, 2011
Engineer who exposed flaws in cars produced by the Toyota Vietnam says he would do it again, if needed A Toyota Innova, a popular model in the country used widely by many taxi companies, runs on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Toyota Motor Vietnam announced last week that it plans to recall [...]
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