June 19, 2011
Many people complain people in Vietnam rarely walk and rely too heavily on motorbikes. While people in other countries are willing to walk for several kilometers to work, supermarket or metro rail station, the Vietnamese depend on the motorbike even when their destination is within walking distance. Is it true that Vietnamese don’t usually [...]
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June 4, 2011
Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]
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January 23, 2010
With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An Thai Village ramp up efforts to protect their sacred art. Xoan singing is performed at holy venus in the communal house which begins with offering incense for gods.LookAtVietnam – With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An [...]
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December 18, 2009
While state art troupes have to accomplish many formalities to have the licence to hang 20 banners in Hanoi, private show organizers hang advertising banners anywhere they like. Headache with loudspeakers 8am at the Truong Chinh – Le Trong Tan intersection, while drivers couldn’t breath because of smoke from thousands of vehicles and sharp sounds from [...]
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November 28, 2009
A new decree next year would force many small and medium-sized rice exporters to shut down. Farmers harvest rice at Co Do farm in Can Tho. Under the draft decree aiming to tighten control over rice trading in Vietnam, local businesses would have to meet many new conditions before being allowed to ship rice abroad.But [...]
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November 27, 2009
Farmers harvest rice at Co Do farm in Can Tho. A new decree next year would force many small and medium-sized rice exporters to shut down, while competition has already been dominated by a small cabal of big companies for years, industry insiders said. Under the draft decree aiming to tighten control over rice trading [...]
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November 24, 2009
Every day in central and south Viet Nam, the lives of tens of thousands of passengers, many of them schoolchildren, are placed at risk because of a lack of life jackets. Teachers and students of Chieng On Secondary School in Son La Province go to school by boat. Their lives are at risk because of [...]
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November 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Workers in industrial zones accept long overtime hours because they fear losing their jobs or having their salary cut. Nguyen Thi Dan from the HCM City Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. LookAtVietnam – Workers in industrial zones accept long overtime hours because they fear losing their jobs or having their [...]
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November 3, 2009
An official from the HCM City Department of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs admitted to Tuoi Tre that child labor is a problem in some districts in HCM City, particularly Tan Phu. Pham Nhat Cuong, 14 and Dang Thuy Duong, 15, work very hard but they don’t know how much they will take from [...]
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October 8, 2009
Many young girls don’t know much about the normal workings of their own bodies.LookAtVietnam – Many young Vietnamese women still don’t know how they were born while many others panic during their first period, according a survey by Kimberly Clark Vietnam. The survey of 300 young women between 16 and 24 was carried out in Vietnam [...]
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