January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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December 17, 2011
Members of the "Hilltop Youth" fortify an outpost at Shvut Ami in the West Bank in a file photo taken in 2009. The Israeli Defense Forces are increasingly confronting a truth that many Palestinians learned awhile ago: A not-insignificant number of the Israelis who have settled on the West Bank are unhinged zealots who, in [...]
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August 26, 2011
Tran Van Dai, 21, from the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, shows his scar after returning home from China to sell his kidney. People who illegally enter China to sell their kidneys may lose other internal organs without knowing it, a police official has warned. Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Nguyen Phu Thuong of Can Tho City [...]
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April 6, 2011
Underage workers employed at a garment sweatshop in HCMC Three teenage girls, aged 15 to 16, returned home last week from brothels allegedly disguised as barbershops in the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot. Two of the girls were being returned for the second time. Last November, a non-governmental organization rescued the girls from [...]
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February 6, 2010
Deputy director Nguyen Hung of HCMCâs Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has promised members the cityâs table tennis team and their parents that their grievances will be addressed soon. His assurance that the problems they have complained about will be resolved before the Tet holidays (February 13-15) came at a meeting with the players and [...]
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January 25, 2010
Educators in HCM City say it is an uphill battle to prevent weak and underprivileged students from quitting school. LookAtVietnam – Educators in Ho Chi Minh City say it is an uphill battle to prevent weak and underprivileged students from quitting school. Fearing that students who drop out won’t just lose out on an education [...]
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January 23, 2010
What would you do if your children asked “Will you buy me a mobile phone?” LookAtVietnam – What would you do if your children asked “Will you buy me a mobile phone?”If you say yes, will you have peace of mind when your children have a phone with them at all times?There are currently about [...]
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January 2, 2010
Pressure to perform well at school tops the list of grouses Vietnamese children have against their parents, a national writing contest has managed to find out. Student at an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8.“Dear Mom and Dad, I want to say â¦,” launched by Hanoi-based book distributor Thai Ha, received nearly [...]
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January 2, 2010
Student at an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 8. Pressure to perform well at school tops the list of grouses Vietnamese children have against their parents, a national writing contest has managed to find out. âDear Mom and Dad, I want to say â¦,â launched by Hanoi-based book distributor Thai Ha, received [...]
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December 20, 2009
Thien and his students made paper lanterns, while celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival.VietNamNet Bridge – No table, no chair, no blackboard, no chalk. It is hard to imagine how it could be a class. But it was – a class of a blind teacher. Students sit down in the yard, and put books on their [...]
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